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Originally posted by The Dolphin

F1 is a bit of a joke nowadays anyway and nothing like the fun it once was.
Verstappen is great and a proper racer and there are some good youngsters coming through as well but it is so sanitised now.
As another poster said - the money you have to spend on a Grand Prix weekend for travel, bed and board is ridiculous nowadays.
The "result" probably stops fans claiming their ticket money back- absolute greed and farce at the same time.

That was clearly why they made the decision to run for 2 laps, so it could be called a race.

If anyone has seen the film 'Rush', this gives a good example of how things were. It was in Japan 1976 at the final race of the season and Lauda said it was too dangerous to race because of the rain. Hunt won the race and the World Championship as a result.

Mind you, Lauda was still recovering from his near death crash at the Nurburgring and Spa is a far more dangerous track than Fuji.

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And this is what happened at Spa in '98 when they started the GP while it was raining.

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Edited by Palace Old Geezer (31 Aug 2021 11.52am)

 


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Here is a statement from Jean Todt . . . [Link]

 


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When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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