F1 just isn't the same anymore

Has Formula 1 changed? Does the sport suddenly feel different? With Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominating Formula 1, many fans have been debating whether F1 has become boring or too predictable. Formula 1 has always had era's of dominance, but what feels different about the 2023 Formula 1 season? Let's talk about it. Enjoy!

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[soundscape]

The 2006 - 2010 period in F1 was really out of the ordinary, 5 different champs, 5 different teams.

[LJT]

honestly i think the biggest issue with F1 right now isnt Red Bull, its the FOM trying to generate more money from race weekends. It does need money to survive, however sprint races and adding more races that arent amazing to the calendar is just diluting the sport. More is less in my opinion, this was shown when we had the 2020 season and we had some amazing races in a much shorter calendar with the standard format - and mercedes had a similar pace advantage as red bull has now.

[elmemoshu]

Mercedes fans after 8 years of winning the constructors championship: Red Bull is dominant and something needs to be done.

[wtfomg]

Reallistically, an F1 season has more chances of being boring rather that interesting. And I've been following for a looong time.

[arthurdebacker]

For me personally, it's the added amount of street tracks. We are 4 races in and apart from Bahrain we haven't raced on a proper circuit yet. Which I think is weird. I remember in 2018 or something where after 4 races we had China, Bahrain and Spain (yes not all races were perfect) but the races weren't stopped by red flags because of a massive crash it was just racing with strategy being played out.

[finlaymcsporran]

It's cause most people have unrealistic expectations after 2021

[Huehuecoyote]

My suggestion to make F1 more interesting is to change the scoring system.
For example, 1st place gets 20 points, 2nd place gets 19 and so on. Any driver that finishes the race will get his points, unless he ends up with a DNF.
I have been using this method for years, and it makes my experience of following F1 way more interesting and enjoyable.

[toothlessrage]

It'll keep changing man.
Nothing will replicate the feeling of the early 2000's.

But, the Hypercars at WEC are pretty 🔥

[Arseization]

It feels like they did not really factored in that new regulations can be horribly missed or perfetcly nailed. The cost cap would work very nicely (in fact of fairness and entertainment) if the 3 top teams are relatively equal in performance, or at least two of them - so the rest of the grid can catch up and there would be racing between "top teams". But now the cost cap kind of locks in the current state of performance, so much so that current seasons are being thrown away to ensure a better project for next season. The Cap is still a good measure and it definetly worked, its just that we all expected things to be different and now they arent.

[thejman]

I could be taking bs, but I think there’s also some additional psychological reasons too. Yes I think that like others have said, going from one unprecedented level of dominance by MB to what will likely be another era of crazy dominance takes the wind out of the sails of the sport, especially coming off the back of 2021. But I also believe that because the community is becoming increasingly toxic among fans and some media, as well as the new and very loud fans coming in, the air and vibe around the sport has changed. Not to mention the way F1 is so aggressively pursuing change in favor of profits such as potentially making a third of the calendar sprint races, getting rid of some practice sessions, etc, again the air feels different around the sport. The community just isn’t as much of a club anymore. Just something I’ve noticed but I could just be nostalgic lol

[widefin]

This years reg change in particular has significantly reduced the ability for drivers to follow and battle, even though last year was red bull dominant there was plenty of on track battling.

[SgtStressful]

Everyone should have the same setup and rely on driver skill and strategy to win races. No car should have an advantage over another. They should test the best design and setup then every team gets that exact setup. No more improvements are allowed for that year. This would also keep everyone in budget.

When the year is over they can use the data to make setup changes to improve its aerodynamics, engine, suspension and braking for the following year every team now gets that setup and it's down to the drivers and team to get the most out of that car and come up with the best strategy to win.

This would create much closer races and the only advantage a team would have is how skilled their driver is over another. In this current grid if all cars were equal 90% of current drivers on the grid have the ability to win on the day.

Imagine watching Hass win cause their drivers were just better on the day, or Lando, Oscar, Yuki, Stroll etc

[nicolasotero]

Since the 2014 season the F1 feels broken to me I dont know what it is broken but isnt the same (I watch F1 since 1997), the 21 season was really fun but it was a flash in pan.

[wpz]

so, we need to wait once every half a decade to get a decent season

[alejandroromo]

Wasnt mercedes complains about purpoising regulations that made everbody change the floor and making red bull so dominant?

[MattO]

The best era of F1 was 2007-2013. Lewis, Vettel, the return of Michael, Alonso losing at ferrari. Don’t forget about Pastor.

Nothing will beat it.

[Eeraz]

The difference is Social Media. Apart from 2005-2009, F1 has always been dominated by some Team or Driver and we all were bored at times yes. But going online and taking a deep dive on how boring it is, amplifies our feeling of boredom.

[techmantra]

As a Hamilton fan, i was also bored of him winning sometimes, but at least there was usually another close team or teammate. It's just that right now your know who is going to win without a doubt. Not Max's fault. Just a product of the regulations.

[giuseppemaggio]

To those who KNOW, the problem has been very clear since last year: the TD39. At the beginning of last season cars were able to follow each other closely and there was a great balance between Ferrari and RB. Then what happened? Because the Mercedes car had porpousing, Wolff adopted the classic German strategy in motorsport "Our car is not competitive so instead of trying to get better we'll force them to change the rules". Because the FIA (and they have clearly proven this in the past 9 years) is Toto's bitch, BOOM they change the rules...because of a single fucking car out of 10 having some really dangerous porpousing (I am not saying that the Mercedes was the only one afflicted by the phenomenon but it was clearly the only one getting a dangerous amount of it). Wanna know the funniest part? In July, so before TD39, the teams had it figured out...porpousing was not that dramatic anymore. Meaning that if they would have had the patience to wait a couple of months more, there would have been no need of having the TD39. That rule change killed the Ferrari project and there we go, this is how we got from a super exciting new era of F1 to an absolutely awful one. With that being said, there is clearly something fishy about those RB suspensions

[willjackson]

I think the reason this Red Bull dominance feels different to the Mercedes dominance is that now we know it’s possible. Throughout that era, there was always that feeling of I wonder who will take down Mercedes, but in this era, now that we know streaks of dominance that long and recent are possible, with no signs of anything being different about this situation, it just feels predictable.

Also, the fact that the whole intention of the rule changes was to close up the field and get us better racing, yet that’s not been achieved, makes this feel even more hopeless.

I acknowledge that Mercedes weren’t held to that standard of “something needs to be done”, but I think you also have to admit that this IS different because there’s a risk of another era of dominance right after the last. There’s nothing inherently worse or more problematic about Red Bull winning so much, it’s just that it contrasts with the concerted effort to get rid of that.