After Sebastian Vettel's Canadian GP win was stripped by an unfair
and unnecessary penalty, numerous people have spoken out about what seems like
F1's slow death.
After 5 long years of dominance, Mercedes are showing absolutely
no signs of slowing down (quite literally). The issue is that, this long and
strong run of Mercedes comes at a time when the playing field between teams is
more uneven than before. The sport is becoming incredibly easy to predict, so
much so that my non-f1 watching parents can tell who takes pole Saturday and
who wins on Sunday.
The gap between Mercedes is
absolutely alarming. Despite rule changes, Ferrari and RedBull haven’t been
able to catch up. There are so many on-track battles fans have been waiting to
see, however with Mercedes cruising 30 seconds clear of everyone else, this doesn't
seem likely.
It's one thing for a team to
dominate and win five consecutive championships, but winning an average of
three out of every four races goes to show that Mercedes just might be the
cause for this so called "slow death".
There is no championship battle
as of now, and quite honestly there hasn't been one for a while now. The main
championship battle has been for second place between Ferrari and RedBull,
which too is starting to become redundant and monotonous in the past few years.
The other teams, are unfortunately just trying to stay relevant.
Does the growing lack of
interest reflect on the management?
Absolutely. The FIA has been
constantly criticised for being inconsistent and the Canadian GP incident was
the final straw. A lot of people have even accused the FIA of being biased
towards Mercedes.
If Formula One has to be more competitive,
it requires everyone to starting brining better cars on track, it requires
Ferrari to literally get itself together and for the governing body to leave
the racing part alone.
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