The European GP is pointless, especially when it's at Valencia..

The European grand prix has always been an oddity on the F1 calender, there are so few tracks which are good enough to warrant one country hosting two races, and so the "Grand prix of Europe" seems to have turned into the race which is auctioned off to the track prepared to pay Bernie's price.

Another year, another grand prix from Valencia and another bore.

10 laps to go until the finish and I don't think anything exciting has happened...

• We've had a McLaren pit stop where they didn't have the tyres ready, I can only assume the guys have been taking lessons from Ferrari .
• Barichello gets ahead of Hamilton in a very typically Ross Brawn strategic overtaking in the pits move. Yes, it's very clever but does not make for a great spectator sport.
• Luca Badoer utterly failed to impress, being out-driven by rookies Alguersuari and Grosjean. I would be surprised if Ferrari didn't try an alternative driver very very soon. I would love for Valentino Rossi to race, but I know that's just not going to happen.
  

In the interests of balance, I do like the trophy handed out at this grand prix. See photo for a happy picture of Lewis Hamilton with one last year when he later went on the win the championship. Note the lovely "Not for public use" watermark, always good when your image appears on the first page of a google image search (source).

I don't understand the full details of why some tracks provide good races and some dull ones. I don't know how long Valencia can be justified a place on the calender if next years race is a repeat of these last two. Oh wait, as long as you pay up to Bernie, the racing is irrelevant.. (Yes I am deeply cynical..)

I think I'll go look at the cricket score until the last lap, because nothing more is going to happen in this race.

The good news is that at least it's Spa next race.