Formula 1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: GPDA Survey, Pastor Maldonado, More

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Published: July 2, 2015

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The first set of results from the Formula One GDPA's fan survey have been published and the results don't make pretty reading. A whopping 89 percent of respondents say the sport needs to be more competitive, while 77 percent think F1's business interests are having too much influence.

By contrast, just 45 percent feel the current crop of drivers represent the world's best, and over half of the fans in the weighted sample used have stopped watching live races due to coverage switching to pay-TV providers.

And the three words most would use to describe F1? Expensive, technological and boring.

Away from the survey and looking ahead to the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is hoping to get his hands on the winner's trophy. But the 2008 and 2014 world champion—who has plenty of experience in the field—thinks the trinkets given to podium finishers have declined in quality over the years.

Hamilton would like to see each race have its own unique trophy for the winner, awarded year after year—something like the famous gold trophy he asked for on the podium of last year's Silverstone race.

Elsewhere, Honda have revealed the areas they are targeting for spending their seven power-unit upgrade tokens, Pastor Maldonado feels getting advice from an experienced older hand would not be beneficial, and two leading F1 figures have dismissed the idea that Formula E could be bigger than F1 in the next five years.

Read on for a full roundup of the top stories from the last few days.

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