(12-17-2021, 10:21 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: I used to watch F1 regularly a few years ago. I knew the drivers and teams very well, but it's all become antiseptically clean, overly monitored and technologically separated from the premise of drivers and machines in gritty competition. The fact they have a small crowd of mechanics performing pitstops is ridiculous. I appreciate the speed and precision, but it has evolved into something that just isn't quite as interesting as the sport was in the past. Like NASCAR, it used to be a competition of not only drivers, but car builders. Now the technical requirements of every car must be so similar that the only difference between them is the color. I realize the differences go deeper, but it's just not as fun to watch anymore.

And the FIA has given each team a monetary cap on what they can spend on their cars and it's even across the board. Mercedes can only spend $140M the same as Williams. Mercedes is used to spending over $4M on their cars per year. I don't know that Williams has ever spent over $135M in awhile, if ever. It will be interesting to see how the teams stack up accordingly next season. 

I don't have anything to compare recent years to so I don't know how good it was in the past but I definitely get what you're saying. Who used to do pitstops? It's crazy to me those can be done in 3 seconds. NASCAR pitstops seem to take forever compared to F1. That surprised me. Lol.

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