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Conversely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlqWlM-YI_s
This is the main reason I'm so glad Melbourne is no longer the opening race of the season. Every year without fail, constant complaining about the regulations not allowing overtaking on a track that has been consistently shit for overtaking.
The bulk of F1 races in the 70s/80s resulted in a load of cars DNF-ing due to reliability issues with a massive field spread.
It's all well and good being able to cherry pick a decent battle or two from a 20 year period. But I challenge you to find a few decent races from those periods that are actually worth watching start to finish.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love nothing more than watching a field of these racing over the course of a full season (safety regs permitting):
But modern F1 has always been a compromise between listening to the whining of people that the cars aren't fast/technologically advanced enough, and listening to the whining of people that the cars can't race wheel to wheel. Despite those two things generally being in direct opposition to each other. Personally I think the move F1 have made with this season's regulations has gone as well as can be expected.
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