All in all, the British Grand Prix weekend was action-packed. The race itself was an absorbing contest shaped in part by the English summer, with reversals of fortune on the track - not to mention in the pitlane - giving a result which, while not the one wanted by the home fans, was certainly welcome in the context of the current season.
It also put the kerfuffle over the clampdown on the use of off-throttle blown diffusers in its place. At one stage, it seemed as though the FIA's to-ing and fro-ing as it tried in vain to provide an equitable solution to the problem might even overshadow the racing. Would that have been the case if Sebastian Vettel had led for the entire 52 laps?
With the governing body set to reverse its edict, it now seems that questions of whether or not Red Bull or McLaren might lose out, or that Ferrari might be the big gainers, are moot. If the whole thing did just turn out to be a big waste of hot air, then perhaps there's an irony in there somewhere.
Mark Webber, for one, wasn't impressed. "It's nonsense. Nobody really understands it. We don't know what's going on," he said after taking pole position on Saturday, when matters were reaching a head. "It's very boring for the fans. I am sure only 0.1 percent of the fans understand what's going on." He added: "Let's get on with the racing and keep the rules as simple as we can."
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