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Originally Posted by Deschodt
You are correct in terms of eras of domination, but that does not cover how those dominations happened... Used to be "the perfect team" or "a good idea with better implementation", whatever.... but back then the others were free to catch up if they managed to spend enough in the right place or improve more, or hire that driver....
My beef is that this is pretty much impossible now with the engine tokens and lack of testing. Mercedes has enjoyed a (deserved) 2 year advantage with zero hope of catch up from other teams and will likely extend that advantage into the next 2 years. If everyone does a more or less equal job with their tokens (which is likely), Mercedes will retain its big margin. Ferrari got close only when Mercedes messed up strategy or during weird weather conditions that suited the chassis a little better. Overall it's clear the Merc is still 1sec a lap above the rest, maybe more if they wanted to.
It may result into the same domination as before, but knowing it's very close to hopeless for the others under the new rules makes it boring to me now... I proclaimed last year on this site HAM was gonna win 2014 and 2015. I promise you he will also win 2016 unless he's poisoned by a bad hair dye or tatoo ink... Best car. Best engine.
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This.
I find it laughable that people argue that F1 leads in technology. How does that work when there's little to no development or testing during the racing season?
Bench racing is fun!
