Five days after an epic in China, the F1 grid gets back at it with the “Consider this your annual reminder that Bahrain exists” Grand Prix. No, I don’t know anyone from Bahrain. Neither do you. Alas, the charade continues for another year. In the wake of Fernando Alonso announcing his participation in the Indy 500, Thursday kicked off with a confirmation from McLaren that Jenson Button would return for Monaco. Having retired at the end of last season, Button’s return will undoubtedly be a popular encore for fans of radio communications that vary between unintelligible and complaints of “massive understeer”. Unfortunately, the car he’ll be driving is bound to be awful,...
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