Originally Posted By: billt460
Originally Posted By: IndyIan
The whole point of the rule changes is to get closer racing.
But that NEVER happens in F1. You have certain teams that dominate for years, with no one able to come anywhere close to knocking them off. First you had the Schumacher Ferrari era. Then came Red Bull and Vettel for another 4+ years of domination and consecutive championships. Next was Mercedes with years of Hamilton / Rosberg / Hamilton domination. While other teams couldn't come close.... Unless they either wrecked or broke. Then someone else was lucky enough to win one whole race in a row.
You are forgetting the Senna/Prost era, and the Hakennen era also before the Schumacher era.
In essence, since the late 1980s, one team has dominated for 3-5 years, then fallen asunder to another top ranked team.
Back to the interior quote: If F1 wanted closer racing, all they have to do is ban ALL aerodynamics--make the cars follow the Convex Hull model with no wings, diffusers, spoilers, diplanes, winglets, barge boards, or other aerodynamic devices. But F1 does not want racing that close!