Formula One

I think that it would be much fairer if the cars were filled with fuel and equipped with tyres and raced until the end and if needed have 2 races in the days.  Too many times have pit crews and strategists won races and not drivers.

Putting all the controversy of the drivers championship to one side, Mercedes must be congratulated for winning an unprecedented consecutive eight world constructors championships.

I for one hope that their strategy of abandoning work on this years car half way through the season in favour of developing next years car, something Red Bull chose not to do, will pay dividends for next years championship and put Red Bull firmly back in their box.

I think it is perfectly clear that Red Bull took every opportunity to make sure Max was in a position to attack should the opportunity arise. Mercedes decided not to take the same opportunities because they were concerned that they would give up track position which is fair enough but on this occasion it didn't work out to their advantage. There have been a few occasions this year where Mercedes have got the Strategy wrong. I think Mercedes gambled on the thought that the race would end under the safety car. Clearly the Race Director had a different view. I don't think many of us would have wanted to be in Michael Masi's shoes yesterday? No doubt we will be talking about this for a long time to come. 

Looking forward the next year the cars will be significantly different so it will be interesting to see if that provides amore level playing field or whether another team will emerge as the leaders.

David

This makes interesting reading

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59631665

Yes I've read that. Seem that Michael Masi panicked and is clearly not up to the job. I wonder what Charlie Whiting would have made of it all?

A highly regarded man who knew all about F1, starting, literally, at the nuts and bolts of the job. He wasn't a man to panic as I recall

I for one hope that their strategy of abandoning work on this years car half way through the season in favour of developing next years car, something Red Bull chose not to do, will pay dividends for next years championship and put Red Bull firmly back in their box.

Hopefully not. The last thing the sport needs is one team that is overly dominant. It makes for very boring racing. One thing this year hasn’t been is boring.

The real racing is in the lower formula's,  F1 is mostly entertainment.

Fair point.

 As mentioned earlier F1 is mostly entertainment the real racing is in the lower formula's