An Italian court has ordered that F1 cars will need to be fitted with silencers if further races are to be staged at the historic Monza circuit. (Reported in Pitpass.com)
Utter Madness! The circuit pre-dates almost all of the houses built in the area, but that hasn't stopped locals complaining. According to Italian newspapers, the Judge described motor sport as a "superfluous, dangerous and socially useless activity that had a major impact on the environment." He's clearly unaware that other than an assassination and the rather odd carryings-on in a local nunnery, it is motor sport which put Monza on the world map.
And I thought it was only Blair's Britain that was a nanny state!
See the full Pitpass article here
