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Originally Posted by Kempi
This year we had a 2.4s difference between first and last in Q1.
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This is not a fair comparison as it is highly likely, in fact probable, that the fastest cars such as the Mercs, Ferraris, etc. weren't giving it 100% in Q1, unlike qualifying in the past when there wasn't an elimination process as now.
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Originally Posted by Kempi
We had a roughly 4s difference in fastest laps and everyone that finished were on the lead lap. The retirements were mainly due to crashes.
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Again, an unfair comparison as yesteryear there was no safety car to bunch up the cars, and in some instances allow cars/drivers to unlap themselves. And in this years race, there were two safety car periods late in the race which had a dramatic effect on both the result and how the cars all finished on the same lap.
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Originally Posted by Kempi
The old times look nice, feel nice in memory but were not better.
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On the whole, I agree with you, although certain aspects of the racing was better back then because it was man and machine racing whereas nowadays there is too much reliance on machine. And I can only remember that race in Italy that produced such a dramatic finish. Oh, and the Monaco race when Mansell was climbing all over who I can't remember for lap after lap to try to win the race.