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Originally Posted by jimclark
'Understand your point of view but disagree. All of the above, to me, is gimmickry (sp?). Racing used to be about proving who could design, build, develop, compete the best, then do it some more. Now there's nothing but putting on a "show" to gain exposure for the sponsors of said show....sorta' like any fictional movie or show. Hmmmmm....do I see a similarity here? 
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Indeed, that's what racing used to be about but the costs in doing that now, would be prohibitive. So everything is now done within a narrow formula to keep the costs down but still continue racing. Hence the contrivance.
However, that doesn't mean designers, drivers and teams can't still try to be the best, within the confines they are participating in.