As a sport, historically, Formula 1 has always been one of decadence and like its most famous circuit, the Circuit de Monaco, a thing of extravagance. Something that’s always held an almost elitist of fascinations. It is a proud sport, a rich sport but it is also in a patch of rapid, meteorical decline.
It is more than just surprising that in a day and age where technological advancement are the cornerstone of what drives a population that a sport which functions on the cutting edge of technology, where winning and losing is so close that it’s measured in 100th and 1000th of a second is seeing such a rapid decline.
However, scratch just below the surface and there in front of you are a multitude of reasons why Formula 1 is failing to find …show more content…
They spent their time on the track, they fought to make the sport safer, but faster, more exciting. It was the fruits of a revolution started by Ayrton Senna, who lost his life in a racing accident, that lets Fernando Alonso walk away from the crash he had at Bahrain. The passion they had for the sport and just the sport shone through, while there are drivers like that still on the racing track, none really seem be from the younger crop of drivers.
Similarly, tyre rules were changed which made the sport more of a mechanical process than a flat out race. While car performance has always played a big part in the outcome of races and championships, there has always been a very human element to pure flat out racing that the Formula 1 is slowly losing. After the limit on the number of tyres and the type of tyres that had to be used in a race and during a race weekend, the next nail in the coffin was the …show more content…
There is the sense of muddling as far as F1 is concerned today and that needs to be set right sooner rather than later. The need for cutting edge development outside of the car and more reliable, realistic organisers of the sport is upon us right now. Doomday-esque as this might sound, beautiful Formula 1 has very little time left before it becomes an archaic shadow of its former self, if it isn’t at that point
It is more than just surprising that in a day and age where technological advancement are the cornerstone of what drives a population that a sport which functions on the cutting edge of technology, where winning and losing is so close that it’s measured in 100th and 1000th of a second is seeing such a rapid decline.
However, scratch just below the surface and there in front of you are a multitude of reasons why Formula 1 is failing to find …show more content…
They spent their time on the track, they fought to make the sport safer, but faster, more exciting. It was the fruits of a revolution started by Ayrton Senna, who lost his life in a racing accident, that lets Fernando Alonso walk away from the crash he had at Bahrain. The passion they had for the sport and just the sport shone through, while there are drivers like that still on the racing track, none really seem be from the younger crop of drivers.
Similarly, tyre rules were changed which made the sport more of a mechanical process than a flat out race. While car performance has always played a big part in the outcome of races and championships, there has always been a very human element to pure flat out racing that the Formula 1 is slowly losing. After the limit on the number of tyres and the type of tyres that had to be used in a race and during a race weekend, the next nail in the coffin was the …show more content…
There is the sense of muddling as far as F1 is concerned today and that needs to be set right sooner rather than later. The need for cutting edge development outside of the car and more reliable, realistic organisers of the sport is upon us right now. Doomday-esque as this might sound, beautiful Formula 1 has very little time left before it becomes an archaic shadow of its former self, if it isn’t at that point