MUFC 1,507 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, RandoEFC said: There was more jeopardy of reliability failures in the past but we get tricked by highlight reels into thinking that there was always a battle for the lead or a close championship fight. In the past where I was properly obsessed with F1, I'd sometimes torrent full seasons from the past and watch them to get my fix. Honestly the majority of races you'd get down to 4th or 5th on the grid and the gap to pole would be over a second, outside the top 10 would be 2+ seconds off the pace. Then the races you'd have one guy leading by 40 seconds and lapping everyone outside the top 4 or 5 cars. Modern F1 could be a lot better but the 70s-90s F1 aren't the answer either. Honestly the era I got into it in the 2005-2012 years was my favourite. Most years were competitive between 2-3 teams and overtaking was possible but not too easy. Them years you mentioned. Top of my head I remember at least 4 seasons going to the last race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted April 21 Moderator Share Posted April 21 That was great to see today. How much it meant to him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 298 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 21 hours ago, RandoEFC said: There was more jeopardy of reliability failures in the past but we get tricked by highlight reels into thinking that there was always a battle for the lead or a close championship fight. In the past where I was properly obsessed with F1, I'd sometimes torrent full seasons from the past and watch them to get my fix. Honestly the majority of races you'd get down to 4th or 5th on the grid and the gap to pole would be over a second, outside the top 10 would be 2+ seconds off the pace. Then the races you'd have one guy leading by 40 seconds and lapping everyone outside the top 4 or 5 cars. Modern F1 could be a lot better but the 70s-90s F1 aren't the answer either. Honestly the era I got into it in the 2005-2012 years was my favourite. Most years were competitive between 2-3 teams and overtaking was possible but not too easy. I think there were very tight seasons from 97-00, and in between a schumi season we saw competition I think up until 2008ish you had contested seasons. Post 2010 maybe 3 interesting seasons, 2010,2012 and 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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