Imagine if we were in the old Second World War airfield called Silverstone two days before the British Grand Prix was due to take place, and a few miles down the road the latest in a series of explosions had gone off. What if there were no guarantees that those inside Silverstone would be safe from attack?. It should be pointed out that Stefano Domenicali, Formula One’s chief executive, is a decent man, and we do not know the exact briefings he is receiving from the local authorities. On Friday, human rights group Reprieve claimed a further 16 people have been killed in the country since the mass execution of 81 men on March 12 and projected that up to 500 may suffer the same fate this year. On Friday, before all the post-practice media sessions were mysteriously cancelled, he added: ‘My position is still the same as last year. ‘We drivers don’t decide where we go to race, but we are duty bound to try and do what we can.

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