I couldn't agree more. The teams have agreed not to use the F-duct next year. I found the late 80's in F1 extremely interesting due to the technical innovation

I couldn't agree more. The teams have agreed not to use the F-duct next year. I found the late 80's in F1 extremely interesting due to the technical innovation. By the end of that era, the cars were "active everything", completely reconfiguring themselves (aero and suspension settings, brakes, you name it) for every different turn on the track. As an engineer, I was just eating that stuff up. The argument against it was that the proliferation of technology was leading to development budgets spiraling out of control. But the budgets haven't gotten any smaller since, AFAIK. It seems to me that the cars of today are so similar, differing only in tiny details, that there is precious little difference. Gone is the creativity of the 70s, like the Tyrrell six-wheeler [1] or the Brabham "fan car" [2]. [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Tyrrell_P34 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Tyrrell_P34 [2] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Brabham_BT46#Brabham_BT46B_.E2.80.93_the_.22Fan_car.22 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Brabham_BT46#...