Tumbleweed
Team Owner
I am a relative newcomer to Formula One racing with this current season being only the fourth for me since I began watching. It seems to me that it’s been a Mercedes Benz show almost that entire time with maybe a handful of wins over those years by either Ferrari or Red Bull.
Qualification is always the same, with either Hamilton ending up in P1 and Rosberg in P2 or vice versa. Usually it’s been Hamilton starting the race in first though and Rosberg in second. Almost without exception it’s been Mercedes finishing the races first and second (just where they started the race). I have seen a handful of other drivers win races however but not many.
Usually the only reason other drivers win are the rare cases where the two Mercedes cars knocked each other out at the beginning of the race. I did see Hamilton blow up a few weeks ago, another VERY rare occurrence. It’s gotten to the point for me that whenever a F1 race starts, it’s an automatic assumption that the two Mercedes cars will finish first and second with the rest of the field WAY behind them and competing only for third place on back.
In my opinion, the only real excitement to come to F1 during the years I have been watching has been the arrival of Max Verstappen. He pi$$es a lot of people off but he’s a good driver and exciting to watch. He certainly livens things up when he’s racing.
Are we doomed to keep watching F1 races where no other teams are able to mount a significant challenge to Mercedes? It seems that Ferrari and Red Bull usually come the closest to giving Mercedes some real competition but so far have been unable to succeed. The rest of the teams seem even less likely to provide any real competition.
Qualification is always the same, with either Hamilton ending up in P1 and Rosberg in P2 or vice versa. Usually it’s been Hamilton starting the race in first though and Rosberg in second. Almost without exception it’s been Mercedes finishing the races first and second (just where they started the race). I have seen a handful of other drivers win races however but not many.
Usually the only reason other drivers win are the rare cases where the two Mercedes cars knocked each other out at the beginning of the race. I did see Hamilton blow up a few weeks ago, another VERY rare occurrence. It’s gotten to the point for me that whenever a F1 race starts, it’s an automatic assumption that the two Mercedes cars will finish first and second with the rest of the field WAY behind them and competing only for third place on back.
In my opinion, the only real excitement to come to F1 during the years I have been watching has been the arrival of Max Verstappen. He pi$$es a lot of people off but he’s a good driver and exciting to watch. He certainly livens things up when he’s racing.
Are we doomed to keep watching F1 races where no other teams are able to mount a significant challenge to Mercedes? It seems that Ferrari and Red Bull usually come the closest to giving Mercedes some real competition but so far have been unable to succeed. The rest of the teams seem even less likely to provide any real competition.
