Normally one of Team Silverstones strengths. Last year was good after the horrible start.
Don’t agree with that first statement at all for this start of the 2023 season. Or maybe you missed the snore-fest Red Bull/Vettel and Mercedes/Hamilton years between 2010-2020, now that was some boring F1 in regards to the fight for the championship.
What? 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 were all seasons which went down to the last race - we had fantastic fights between the drivers those years??? 2015, 2017 and 2018 we had title fights between equal machinery almost all season long. Sounds like you're just parroting others and didn't watch those seasons yourself. The years which had 1 dominant driver/ car were 2011, 2013, 2020.
I should have known there would be at least 1 eager forum nitpicker out here that would not be satisfied with the generalisation of “2010-2020”. So especially for you, let me add a bit more detail :
Some are more boring than others. The Mercedes era was particularly bad not only because of their dominance, but also because of the advantage the big 3 had over the rest of the field. A podium from a smaller team became very rare, meanwhile HAM VER BOT podiums became a meme.
Let’s hope no typical Turn 1 of said Sunday Cup. 😅
Didn't you enjoy Hamilton vs Rosberg and Hamilton vs Vettel? Unless you watch F1 for the constructors championship of course. There was some fantastic racing and Mercedes allowed their driver to race freely and fairly. That doesn't occur with Red Bull.
2014 , 2015, 2017 and 2018 were NOT dominated by Hamilton. There were cars driven by Rosberg and Vettel that were of equal speed, just seems you have forgotton? I have no idea why you thought 17 and 18 were boring? Both teams had even cars throughout the season. Even in 2019 The Ferrari was a very fast car, just that their drivers weren't up to the task. The decade before had far more domination - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 all won in cars that were significantally better than their rivals and with teammates that were not allowed to challenge.
It was not enjoyable coming off of 9 straight wins for RBR to Mercedes being even more dominant than RBR ever was. The drama between Nico and Lewis was entertaining, but you always knew Lewis was likely going to finish ahead as long as he didn't have bad luck. When Lewis had a clean season he absolutely smoked Nico and got the title with 3 races left.
Whilst it's true that Hamilton was likely to finish ahead barring bad luck, that's more down to him being the best driver on the grid at the time. It's just the difference between Mercedes and Red Bull is one allows their drivers to race and the other doesn't. That's what made those years fun to watch. With Red Bull currently with a car 1sec per lap faster and a strict no1/no2 heirarchy, this is going to be exactly the same as 2011 and 2013 again.
I've read that Aston really is investing heavily on their upgrade trajectory throughout the season.
they’re already fast and have a hungry experienced Alonso. They’ll have more wind tunnel allowance than the top teams around them since they finished 7th last year. They should be strong at the front all season.
