Engine arguments. Quit threats. Shark fin or no shark fin. Equitable distribution of revenue. The strategy group. Stewarding calls. Track limits. Reviews and appeals. Logos.
It's easy to get caught up in the bubble of Formula 1 and to focus on the divisions that exist within one of the richest and most competitive sporting enterprises in the world. Formula 1 and politics have always coexisted. Bernie Ecclestone this week spoke of his penchant for creating the mayhem which, so often over his decades at the helm of the sport, characterized its perception and led to so many headlines.
But behind it all there exists one huge community. I've often described the sport as a circus, one giant show that picks itself up and plonks itself down in a different location every other weekend. The players remain the same. We are one big traveling troupe.
And for every headline you will see that screams of division and argument, there exists a hundred small acts of kindness that will never be mentioned. Far from being the divisive world many believe this paddock to be, it is a close family of people who all share the same passions, hopes and dreams.
