A standing body of eight, convened to deliver binding judgment upon the great races of the world — and to say plainly which of them have been coasting on reputation.
Est. 2026 · Colorado Springs · Jurisdiction: Global
Every race on earth, examined on its merits. No sponsorship considered. No heritage accepted as argument.
One race per session. Examined, argued over, and ruled upon by all eight seats. A verdict is issued whether or not anyone wants one.
A circuit's history, prestige and postcard views are noted, entered into the record, and then set aside. The Council judges the racing.
There is no appeal. There is no governing body above this one. There is, admittedly, no governing body below it either.
The format, demonstrated. Every session produces a document like this one.
In the matter of Monaco
Circuit de Monaco · 3.337 km · Run since 1929
The Council acknowledges the Principality's circuit as the most photographed three kilometres in motorsport, and finds its harbour chicane to be among the finest sights available to a person standing entirely still. The Council further finds that nothing has meaningfully overtaken anything here since the Reagan administration, absent rain, a safety car, or someone's gearbox letting go on the hill. Spectacle: unimpeachable. Contest: not in evidence.
Upheld on glamour.
Racing merit remanded for further review. Seat IV dissents, loudly, as is his custom.
Two appointed. Six under consideration. Names withheld pending formal investiture.
Six seats remain open. The Council is receiving submissions from those who believe they can hold an opinion about a chicane for forty minutes without blinking.
The first decree issues in due course. Those on the register are notified before anyone else — including, in all likelihood, the Council.
So the Council can see who it is considering.
No correspondence but the decree itself.