Portimao, Portugal - The Formula 1 circus, which on this crisis year is set to cut its spending by some 30 per cent at the request of the FIA, launched the first joint tests Monday in Portimao, Portugal with a show that was in accordance with the new era: grey, lacklustre and somewhat disappointing.
"It is not at all sexy," an Italian journalist said of the new weapon in the hands of double world champion Fernando Alonso.