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> So how about we make the cars fun to watch again? Since you mentioned you are too young to even have watched the refueling era of F1, you need to understand:
by piva00 3y ago
> So how about we make the cars fun to watch again?
Since you mentioned you are too young to even have watched the refueling era of F1, you need to understand: F1 could always be boring to watch.
During Schumacher's era you'd see P1 and P2 lapping over P4 or even P3 sometimes. Reliability was a mess, engines exploding, some races had barely 8-10 cars finishing; richest teams could run 3-5 engines in a single weekend while the non-competitive teams couldn't simply because they didn't have the budget.
The races now are much more competitive, even though RBR has been dominating, and previously Mercedes, the difference in lap time nowadays is much more competitive and entertaining to watch the midfield than it ever was in the 90s/2000s.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoThis. Reliability in F1 20+ or so years ago was appalling, even though cars back then had the complexity of a toaster compared to the hybrid cars of today with their split turbos with energy recovery. Advancements in CAD/CAE simulations really made an impact since manufacturing tolerances were never an issue.