The questions were well thought and excellent, you got him talking a lot about stuff other than Le Mans (I loved the Feeder Series angle) and he is such a top bloke – I would guess that he made you feel at ease interviewing him.

Here’s hoping the Lion is made to jump through the Four Rings this year eh?

You clearly did well to get that long with McNish.

The overall point I was trying to make was that a lot of racing drivers are now getting lost in the Motorsport system, and I don’t think that’s good for anyone

For the last couple of years, I went with some friends to the A1GP at Brands, which was cheaper and more accessible – pre-race pit access was easily affordable and allowed us to see the cars and drivers up close.

A1GP is gone now, so this year we’re going to the WTCC/F2 instead. Again, much more affordable than F1.

So I think it’s good to have some single seater series that aren’t F1 support races.

It used to be that a stop-off in F3 was needed because it gave drivers the opportunity to be involved in car development – something that doesn’t happen in GP2.

But as F1 cars themselves become ever more tightly restricted, and development work is done in simulated environments, perhaps real-world car development experience is less important for drivers.

Spec series like Formula BMW, GP2 and GP2 may thrive while F3 grid sizes dwindle. Just look at what’s happened to F3 Euroseries this year.

The MotoGP system has the lower classes at most of the races, not all of them but they are not restricted to Europe. I’d like to see at least GP2 follow F1 to more than the European GPs and I think that is more likely as the number of European rounds decreases. It would be good if GP3 could do the same. There is the cost issue though. I like the side-effect of having more racing on a GP weekend, the gaps in action has been a negative for a long time.

I agree that the jury is out on GP3. F2 had some good drivers in year 1 but they’ve all gone now, I’ve never heard of anyone on the current grid. I don’t think we should completely write off F3 yet either.

I like your future direction, I think TFS should follow feeder series that actually do feed upwards rather than send people into the wilderness. I don’t care whether that means to F1, IndyCar or sportscars, as long as they move up afterwards rather than across to another similar series.

Perhaps you could touch on fast runners in FBMW Europe or FRenault 2.0 (harder to do because there are so many FRenaults) so we know who’s likely to move into F3/GP3.