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Originally Posted by TypeRNammer
... And to top that off this has been one of the most dramatic seasons in my opinion.
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I might be on my own with this opinion but as a purest I feel like this season has taken F1 to a near all-time low. It's dramatic because they've turned the series in to a soap opera. The actual racing has been trash for the last few years, now it's all about drivers and team managers whinging like children over every millimeter they can get from the rules. Drivers are the most immature and unsportsmanlike that I can remember with their brake-checking, dangerous blocking attempts, outright smashing in to each other, etc. The announcers during the Saudi race even said it themselves that some drivers aren't afraid of just crashing in to other cars. That stuff has always been there but I don't think I've ever seen it this bad. Hamilton's pit-maneuver on Verstappen this year was disgusting and very dangerous. If someone had taken me out like that back in my racing days they'd have best left their helmet on back in the pits.
I've been following the season loosely because MotoGP provides infinitely better racing and parity, but I heard the hype over the Saudi race so I watched it last night. I didn't see high-quality talent racing hard, I saw two immature team managers and drivers playing chess with the rules. That wasn't racing, it was crap.
The hybrid cars are soulless and boring, no fuel at the pit stops makes them almost a non-factor. I miss the "V10 era", and was fortunate to see them at the Australian GP in 2004 and walk the track after the race. Those cars were absolute beasts to drive and a pleasure to watch. I wish they'd bring those engine rules back with modern slicks and aero.