Lewis Hamilton fears for future

Lewis Hamilton fears Formula One fans are falling out of love with the sport and has urged his fellow drivers not to “stand still and let it happen”.

Hamilton’s plea comes after the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) published an open letter blasting the “obsolete and ill-structured” decision-making process which they deem to be harming the sport.

The almost unprecedented attack on Formula One’s powerbrokers - notably Jean Todt, the FIA president, and the sport’s chief executive Bernie Ecclestone both here in Bahrain this weekend - has been building for some time.