Lord, please not eternal rest!
05/05/2020
It's not just the DRM Classics that has come to a standstill, the entire world of motor racing has been at a standstill for weeks. Everyone is currently racking their brains as to when, how and whether it will continue at all. We can't do much more than sit at home and hope that everything will get better at some point.
And when even the second channel of Swiss television (SRF2) broadcasts a two-hour Formula 1 highlight review later on Sunday afternoon, from the perspective of long-time commentator Michael Stäuble with Skype connections from Peter Sauber and Nick Heidfeld to Heinz Harald Frentzen, Marc Surer and Timo Glock, according to the motto: "We dig up great, crazy and spectacular moments from the last few decades; the only thing you have to do is 'Switch on, sit back and enjoy!'", then it's clear that something important is missing in our lives after all.
In a country where racing has been frowned upon for years and where, even during the coronavirus crisis, all speed cameras are in operation day and night on every corner, there is increasing hope for a normal life.
There is certainly no hope for a race track in Switzerland even after Corona, but the TV broadcasts of various races alone, or at least the opportunity to let off steam on a race track in neighboring countries, are already helping to cope with today's growing frustration.
Some racing series are currently fighting for survival. The DTM already has a huge problem with the withdrawal of Audi, and it is far from certain whether all the teams in F1 will survive. Eight Grand Prix are needed to crown a world champion in 2020, but whether that is possible is written in the stars. Red Bull is now determined to at least start with two ghost races in Spielberg, but it is completely unclear how things will continue afterwards. But as the saying goes: hope dies last ... we're keeping our fingers crossed ...
