Red Bull Racing advisor Dr Helmut Marko has hailed a step forward for formula one in the wake of Bernie Ecclestone's departure. During the Spanish grand prix, a distraught young Ferrari fan was plucked out of the grandstand by Formula One Management staff so that he could meet Kimi Raikkonen and get a signed cap and once-in-a-lifetime paddock visit. 'I don't know if something like that was possible under the old management,' Chase Carey, who replaced the ousted long-time F1 supremo Ecclestone, is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport. And that isn't all. In Barcelona, among other new fan-friendly initiatives, there was a F1-branded white two-seater Minardi doing laps all weekend. 'There are new...
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