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Originally Posted by petrolhead611
Overheating, brake wear, tyre wear etc , is all part of racing at every level.Driving around the problems is part of the drivers' skillset and always has been.Flatout all the time is not the way of longer distance races, and even 20 minute touring car races, certainly in the UK ant any rate, have tyre management issues .
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Absolutely true. We see this to some degree in anything longer than a sprint car race on a dirt track. This has, however, come to dominate F1. Singapore was the most flagrant example yet. Leclerc held the field at a local Spec Miata pace, with Hamilton complaining over his radio that he couldn't go much slower. The penalty for trying to get "racy", however, was simply too great. The tires would have been gone in a lap or two had he really committed to going after the lead. A pit stop would have had him at the back of the field.
Fans simply do not want to see endurance racing strategies playing out in what is meant to be a sprint race. Beyond the contrived tire management issues, the aero issues have rendered them unable to race. When one of the chief design goals is to develop an aero package that preempts anyone following close enough to pass, they have been allowed to go too far. Either one of these issues on their own would be enough to ruin the racing - combined, they have destroyed it.