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Originally Posted by ASCII Man
Like ovals?
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In a sense, yes. Tracks have been having less and less long straights as years go on. Take Imola for example. Back in the 70's it had some massively long straights, in fact in many ways, it more resembled Monza. Same goes for Spa, the old 60's track was basically a flat out blast from Les Combes to La Source.
The lack of long straights and the introduction of aero into racing has had a big (negative) effect on the quality of racing. That isn't to say that all aero is bad, no, aero developed in the right way can be an aid to overtaking, but F1 and a lot of other formulae have it wrong in my view.