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I've been watching F1 since circa 1998. Before DRS there was even less overtaking.

• piva00 1y ago
  Exactly, been watching since 1994, before DRS and budget caps it had whole seasons where a team would dominate with cars almost 1s faster per lap than others, and the only thing keeping the championship a little entertaining was the reliability failures. Teams running 3 different engines during a weekend between qualification/race while others only had money for 1 engine every few races. Teams that could outspend other teams by a factor of 10 sometimes, quite ridiculous. I wish cars to get smaller, these behemoths really crowd narrow historical tracks such as Suzuka, the 2026 regs seem to be taming the size of the cars and I hope it's a direction they continue for the next formula changes.
  • raspasov 1y ago
    Reliability was such a huge wild card! I would say Ferrari, in their post-2000 domination, were the first team to make reliability not a factor, for the most part. M Schumacher still holds the record for most consecutive podium finishes, 19 (!), across the 2001-2002 seasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Most_consecutive_podium_finishes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_driver_rec... Ironically, one reliability mishap arguably cost them the 2006 season.