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Originally Posted by G MONEY
This to me is the biggest problem. All the talk after races is about who finished 7-11. Take this race. From 3rd place on its over 20 seconds and climbs. 9th was like 50
Seconds�� and 10th is a lap down. Wake me up when the top three finish within 5 seconds. Or it’s a drag race for the win or a pass on the last lap. For fucks sake. Do it on purpose for 1 race. After race 12 all the titles will be wrapped up so they can plan to have someone pass Max on the last lap, do something!! The drama at Red Bull is way more interesting than the races That Ain’t Good. This is coming from a long time fan. I do love the sport, For everything about it. But you need a competitive race once in a blue. It pathetic right now. SAD
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Sorry, but if you really claim to be a long time fan of the sport, you either haven't been paying attention, or you have a serious memory problem, because what F1 era you want, has never happened. So you might just as well stop watching it.
I mean, if you think 10th place gets lapped is a big gap, lets go down memory lane.
Lets look at each 5th race of the years 1985, 1990, 1995 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020....
1985: canadian GP: 7th car was 1 lap down, 9th car was 2 laps down etc
1990: canadian GP: 10th car was already 3 laps down...
1995: monaco GP: 10th car was 6(!) laps down....
2000: spanish GP: 7th to 13th car was 1 lap down, 14th was 2 laps down
2005: spanish GP: again, 7th car and lower 1 lap down
2010: spanish GP: 9th car was 1 lap down
2015: spanish GP: 7th car and beyond: 1 lap down
2020: silverstone GP: 14th car 1 lap down.
So you see, if you really are the long term fan, you'd know that in the past the differences between cars was way bigger than it is in modern times. Only since the last few years (say 1 or 1.5 decade) cars finish much closer. There's a reason in the late 90's the 1.07 rule was put into place...nowadays that would seem ridiculous but back then that was a real benchmark.
So it is pretty much the opposite what is happening compared what you think is happening.
But I understand it's hard when you have to focus on whats happening at 9th place. If that's the only thing that counts, indeed you might be better off watching the weather channel.