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Originally Posted by techweenie
Hate to say it, but viewership is going to fade away if Mercedes keeps up this level of domination. And Ham at +5 to Nico? Jeez. I'm going to have to find an underdog to root for - but all my prior underdogs have let me down. Only reliable one is Maldonado for mishap du jour.
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I agree with you and I also fear this might become boring, but this is nothing compared to the Ferrari era with Schumi. For about 7 years you knew who was going to win with higher certainty than an IMS non-failure rate ;-)
What bothers me is that it's such a simple fix.... Let the manufacturers test. Period, Done. Good for young drivers, for sponsors, spectators, the show (eventually). $ wise it's false economy to restrict it, they have the $ (check out MacLaren's HQ!) and will spend it on CFD or sims instead. If you wanna restrict it to engine testing, fine, use old chassis.... But they must test so that we have at least a shot a engine parity....
Yes Mercedes did a better job and deserved a WC, they will even get 2.... But witht he current token system, it'll take a cluster**** on their side and 5 years for Renault, Honda and Ferrari (who did a better job) to equal them. I know Ferrari is closer, but I get the feeling Mercedes is just playing with them.