Following the criticism sounded by Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Patrick Head and even Bernie Ecclestone, more Formula One players are now saying a change is needed to the Formula One regulations, to make the racing more exciting.
BAR president, Craig Pollock, and Jordan Grand Prix team owner, Eddie Jordan, have joined the voices that demand changes in Formula One, making the sport more exciting that it currently is.
Speaking yesterday to the press, Craig Pollock said: "Formula One is often described as a circus, but a circus is a show and, at the moment, we don't have a show."
Pollock was, however, pessimistic that team owners will be able to reach a unanimous agreement with which they could face the FIA in battle for changes. He did, however, say that the team owners "must get together and solve this, or otherwise we have a big, big problem."
Later on, Eddie Jordan was asked, in the "Friday Five" press conference, whether he agrees with Pollock, that team owners should get together and discuss how to improve the Formula One show. Jordan had this to say in reply: "Let's not get confused about this, because although Barcelona was a horribly boring race for everybody, there have also been some very exciting races this year. There never has been much overtaking in F1, and there probably never will be.
"What we have to do is to make it exciting, and if that is what Craig was saying, then I support him. You will see a helluva good race here on Sunday because Canada has always developed into a good race, while Barcelona has always seen poor races. Each of the teams here has already done between eight and ten thousand kilometres of testing at Barcelona, so you can read the conclusion for yourself - reduce the testing."
The team owners were also sided by two more drivers, Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Zanardi, both former CART champions. Both drivers have also voiced their concern of the decline of excitement in Formula One. On Thursday, Zanardi said: "The changes that have been made to the cars were done mainly as a result of what happened in 1994, to improve safety. I have to take my hat off and thank all the people involved in that, especially our President, Max Mosley, for pushing so hard to make the cars safer.
"[But] if you had asked me to suggest something to slow the cars, I would have recommended something different to slow down the cars. But I believe that the people who pull the strings in this sport have the problem under consideration, and I expect they will change something in the near future to make it even better."