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Originally Posted by torqdork
The entire race was shameful.
IMO it showed how the FIA was snookered by the straw man case that brought the most radical change in F1 in history that produced unreliable, unnecessary, boring technology that actually slowed the cars down. That's progress? More like the cars are running on snake oil.
Of course that didn't slow the insufferable NBC commentators from hysteria, proclaiming it the best GP of the year and firmly cementing them as network toadies, although I'll exempt Hobbs who was uncharacteristically quiet throughout the debacle.
At least there was some humor that Vettel mistook for support when he credited Renault in a quasi-French province and the crowd cheered.
At least we have LeMans to look forward to, I've about had it with F1 this year.
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I don't know what race you were watching, but I saw bunches of overtaking, lead changes, crashes, and the fall of mighty, "untouchable" Mercedes. It was probably the most exciting race of the season because of the drama from early retirements (even Marussia knocking each other out was a surprise), and the absolute intensity of the final 15 laps or so. Massa on the drive of the season only to careen into the back of Perez, who was eyeing a win for himself. Rosberg was trying to hold off FOUR attacking opponents in a crippled car. And Ricciardo took everything he could to finally get an incredible win.
Yeah, the technology still has a lot of quirks, but it was pretty goddamn boring watching Vettel win race after race for 4 years, and I'm very happy to see things turned on its head. Now, even though it's been MB all the way (at least until today), there has been a STRONG fight between Lewis and Nico; a fight that we never got to see with Webber and Vettel. And the "best of the rest" battle has been close and strong all season long, providing some amazing intra-team battles in just about every other team.
No, they don't sound like they used to or go as fast, but today was actually an exciting race to watch with an unbelievable and totally unexpected last lap.