Nev

Or just poor TV coverage.....it looked to me that a lot of the drivers/team members at the British GP showed little respect for the one minute's silence. Button seemed to be chatting away, and a lot of the others seemed like it was just a distraction they didn't want.

OK, so they are preparing to race at nearly 200mph, but surely they can spare 1 minute's selfless consideration of others?

MattW

I agree, Button was shaking hands with people and DC was smiling.

Nev

that's what I thought! Have to admit the coverage looked pretty poor though as I don't think it was obvious as to when it had started and stopped!

Leslie

You are quite right about that, I was not too impressed at that as well.

Maybe there was a reason such as they did not know it had started regardless of all the horns blowing. If that was it they must have been a bit slow off the mark.

Les

PG

Maybe it is because the whole "minutes silence" thing has been so cheapened in recent times that people just cant be arsed with it any more ?

DBY

No, it's not just you I thought the whole thing was very poor, chatting during a minutes silence they were taking the ****!!

Patt@firstime

I noticed it too - thought the Jordan drivers started chatting first then the rest followed

Jap2Scrap

To be honest I spent the whole time waiting for the background noise to completely settle, thinking there'd be a whistle/airhorn to announce the start. Then it was over.

C 8HEP

the reason they were all talking was because the drivers were not informed about the minutes silence!

stevencotton

Yeah one of the commentators mentioned it too, and wondered whether the drivers were aware. I can't see them deliberately not paying their respects.

mad_dr

I was at the circuit and the commentators clearly announced it over the Tannoy. They started off by apologising to those who may have been delayed entering the circuit but that for obvious reasons security was a priority based on Thursday's events. With that in mind we would like to invite you all to observe a minute's silence as a mark of respect etc etc.

MattW

Some of the drivers clearly respected the silence, so I find that hard to believe.

Iwan

I noticed Geoff Hoon was on the grid and was chatting during the minutes silence, i'd be very surprised if he did it deliberately since he's an MP and government minister. I did hear on TV that those on the grid weren't full aware of when it started/finished, so I imagine it was down to poor organistion/communication.