This question essentially centres on the push by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to return Formula 1 to a set of engine regulations that are pretty much the same as the era from 2010-13.

We delved into this topic extensively last week. There’s a link to that article below.

Now, as to the specific question, yes, 2013 was pretty boring, or at least the second half of it was.

The season started relatively competitively – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won four of the first 10 grands prix, but Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton all won over that period.

But a change to the specification of tyres following a series of blow-outs at the British Grand Prix led to Red Bull dominating and Vettel won the last nine races in a row to clinch a fourth consecutive world title.

The last years of the V8 era, once refuelling was banned at the end of 2009, fluctuated between intensely competitive and, er, not.

The 2010 and 2012 seasons had gripping title fights. In 2010 there were five drivers in the running until the penultimate race, and four mathematically at the last one.

That was the year Ferrari dropped the ball on strategy in Abu Dhabi and threw away the title, letting Red Bull and Vettel in to win their first title.

In 2012, there were seven different winners in the first seven races, and the title fight between Vettel and Alonso went to the final race again.

In 2011, as in 2013, Vettel and Red Bull dominated.

But there were a lot more factors involved in those scenarios than just engines. Tyres, for one. The relative competitiveness of the cars for another.

However, the naturally aspirated era – and especially the years from 1994-2009 when there was refuelling – was notorious for the lack of overtaking on track.

That has certainly increased this year with the new style of “yo-yo racing” brought about by the new hybrid engines.

There are so many issues wrapped up in this engine debate. Some of it may well be people harking back to the past, one they felt was more attractive than what F1 serves up today.

But there is also a cost issue, whether the essence of F1 has been polluted, noise, the changing road-car market place and on and on.

Hadley caught Glamorgan’s eye playing for New South Wales in this season’s Sheffield Shield, Australia’s domestic first-class competition.

He has also starred with the bat as well as the ball for Glamorgan. His unbeaten 50 as nightwatchman in the two-wicket win against Somerset was a key innings as the Welsh county claimed a historic first ever home triumph in Division One.

Asked if there was scope for Hadley to remain even longer than the next two Championship games, Dawson added: “Obviously he needs to be back in Australia at some point so I don’t know about that yet.”

Rain spoiled Glamorgan’s game at Warwickshire which ended in a draw, with Hadley claiming a wicket in each of the hosts’ innings at Edgbaston.

Glamorgan have made a good start to their first campaign back in the top tier for 20 years, sitting third in Division One after six games with two wins and three draws so far.

The independent disciplinary commission has three people, with the chair usually being a King’s Counsel (KC). They sit with two side members who are lawyers, barristers or mediators.

It is expected to be a virtual hearing but it could take up to 24 hours for the verdict to be made public.

If guilty, options open to the independent disciplinary commission include a fine, a points deduction for next season or throwing Saints out of the play-offs.

Unlike, say, a profit and sustainability hearing, there is no framework or sliding scale of offence-to-sanction. This is completely new.

There is no direct precedent because no one has ever broken regulation 127.

The independent disciplinary commission will, in effect, be creating it – which adds further significance.

Whether spying is deemed enough for the panel to think it has a significant consequence over promotion will be key.

We have seen a spying case before, when Leeds United were found guilty of watching Derby training seven years ago.

Leeds were fined £200,000 but there are a couple of crucial differences.

Firstly, in 2019 there was no rule which outlawed watching the opposition train before a game. As a result, the EFL brought in regulation 127.

Then there is the timing. Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa was caught sending a member of his staff to Derby’s training ground in the middle of January, hardly a crucial point of the season.

Saints stand accused of spying on their opponents before one of the most important games of the season, a play-off semi-final.

The argument is that a fine would be meaningless if Southampton beat Hull to earn promotion to the Premier League.

That would give the Saints a minimum £110m in broadcasting revenues.

Another option is a points penalty. This could be seen as a halfway house, whereby the independent disciplinary commission dodges the nuclear option of banishing Southampton from the play-offs but still applies a sporting sanction.

If Saints get promoted, the EFL would not be able to unilaterally apply the penalty in the top flight, but it can recommend to the Premier League board that the deduction is carried over.

Removing Southampton from the play-offs would most likely be achieved by giving Boro a default 3-0 win for the first leg, and therefore a 4-2 aggregate victory.

The independent disciplinary commission must find a punishment which is fair but also acts as a deterrent to any other club who might try to spy – especially before a game of such magnitude.

Saints head coach Tonda Eckert and his staff could also face Football Association disciplinary action, though the EFL process must conclude first.

The coaching staff do have questions to answer.

Who knew what, and when? Was there a live stream? Was it uploaded anywhere?

At the 2024 women’s Olympics, Canada were found guilty of spying on New Zealand using a drone.

Fifa docked six points from Canada while three members of the coaching staff, including the head coach, were banned from all football for a year.