[JasonB]

Or maybe it could, but F1 needs to look at the huge mistakes it has made first and foremost.

It certainly needs to look into what happened at Spa, and make sure that never happens again. It also needs to investigate what happened in Abu Dhabi if it is to retain or regain any credibility with long standing F1 fans. The teams, the drivers and the fans need to have some consistency, otherwise it becomes a farce.

But, leaving aside those two shameful episodes, this season has had some of the closest, most competitive racing for years. So I wonder if the F1 authorities might now be regretting the huge changes being introduced next year.

Those changes might allow some teams to come up with something groundbreaking, as Braun did. But more often than not the teams with the most money will adapt and develop more quickly whilst the smaller teams take years to catch up.

Going back to the NASCAR rules, some of them don't sound bad, but if F1 insists on shooting itself in the foot, rule changes won't make much difference.