The gap between Spain and Turkey has been flat and now we get the bad news that Super Aguri has gone to the wall. There is a lot of sympathy for the Japanese minnows but spare a thought for Honda which has been behaving like a very benevolent charity for the last 12 months baling out a commercial disaster area.

I understand Honda has handed over ??35 million in that time including a final payment of ??100,000 to enable Super Aguri to race in Spain - this is serious money in anybody's language and money Honda will never get back. There is some grumbling about the way this largesse was received at Super Aguri but it is probably best not to get into that at this stage.

From a British perspective this all means one less man on the grid which is a pity, especially for Anthony Davidson himself who is a pleasant, modest chap who did pretty well with the tools at his disposal. Takuma was also a popular figure in the paddock and a driver who had his moments.

You might think the loss of two cars is a retrograde step which Formula One can ill-afford. Strangely however Bernie doesn't seem remotely bothered, even if he did expend some energy and time trying to construct a lifeboat for Super Aguri.

On another subject, Max Mosley, as we all know, is well on his way to redefining the concept of "over-staying ones welcome." The latest strategem in his arsenal is the appointment of Anthony Scrivener QC to provide an opinion for the FIA on whether the News of the World was right to describe Mosley's sado-masochistic fantasies as "Nazi-inspired". Mosley's man, Richard Woods, says the appointment was not Mosley's idea but that he may have taken part in discussions about it subsequently with "senior officers" of the FIA                                                                                       

The gameplan here is Mosley's strategy to choose the ground on which to fight his battles. He wants the debate to be about the allegations of Nazism and not whether or not he is a (remotely) fit and proper person to represent the FIA. Why? Because Mosley genuinely seems to believe that most ordinary right-thinking people will have no quarrel with the rest of it - the five prostitutes, the sado-masochism, the prison-camp role play, the personal/private deception and so on. Of course most of the 100 million or so ordinary members of the FIA would be quite happy to know that they are being led by a self-confessed pervert. I think not.

It will be a very bad day for the FIA if its members fall for this on June 3rd. Nothing has changed. Mosley should have resigned immediately to protect the sport and the FIA from damage by association with his personal predilictions which have made him a social and professional embarrassment.