Do I find F1 interesting? No, not really. I watch it because I always have, and it's what got me interested in racing in the first place at a very young age. But I can't honestly say that I look forward to race days or feel much excitement during the race. In fact, without Sky TV I'm relegated to watching the races hours after the fact on Channel 4. Initially this bothered me, but now it doesn't... it just means I can watch whenever is convenient for me. (I often watch on Monday!)
If we're being honest, if we remove our rose-coloured spectacles then F1 has very often been a one or two horse race throughout it's history. So it's not necessarily Mercedes dominance that is boring me. It's not like the TV coverage shows a Merc driving around on it's own for 90 minutes, they focus on where the racing is, and it's the racing I want to see. I don't care if it's at the front, back, or somewhere in between, and I'm not overly bothered who wins.
One thing I miss from the "old days" is the obvious innovation and crazy ideas being brought to the cars. The fan car, active suspension, six wheels... it was fun seeing what the engineers would come up with next. The same kind of thing is happening now, but it's nearly all aero innovations which are "invisible" and make little sense to non-engineers. Yawn. I actually really enjoyed hearing about Mercedes "DAS" system this year, a real innovation making clever use of certain loopholes.
And one thing I
hate is the gimmicks. By gimmick, I mean anything which tries to "force" overtaking by giving a car an unfair advantage over those in front. That isn't racing in my personal opinion. It's not fun, it's not exciting, it doesn't generate any gasps or admiration for the driver. It's just fake, cheap, brainless rubbish introduced by morons who think watching one car sail past another completely unopposed is somehow fun to watch. It's not.
DRS is desperately needed to have at least SOME overtaking.
Why? As mentioned above, how does watching one car fly past another which has no hope of defending against it make the "racing" any more fun or exciting? It's lame.
Instead of coming up with these stupid gimmicks, F1 should be taking charge of their own sport, changing the regulations to allow the cars to race naturally, and telling any team that whinges and whines that they are free to leave if they wish. I bet most would not, and I bet more groups would be interested in taking the place of any who did. The biggest mistake F1 ever made was allowing teams to have a say in
anything whatsoever.