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Originally posted by cegerer
IMO, the change is more to do with driver personalities (and lack of same!). There were a lot of characters 'back then'. Even 10-15 years ago: Senna, Prost, Mansell, Hill, etc. Before that, Gilles, Lauda, Andretti, Arnoux, Pironi, Hunt, Fittipaldi, etc., etc., etc. It was easy to find somebody you really liked or disliked. There were always BIG rivalries.

Today? there's Schumacher and ..... well, there's Schumacher and that's about it. Kimi, Alonso, Massa, Fishi, and the rest ...... they're all pretty much out of the same mold. These guys are good drivers but have no public personality. It's tough for fans to invest any emotion in robo-drivers.

I think you're spot on. Today's F1 drivers are corporate robots for the most part. I miss Mika! I think we'll be missing Juan soon, also.