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Until they spec 90% of the parts, it's only ever going to be a 6 car race (at the best of times).
I recall they tried to start restricting how much drivers could be coached over the radio a few years ago, but all the drivers sulked terribly and said the cars were too complicated to drive without an engineer telling them what all the buttons did.
"Overall, the 1982 season saw eleven different winners in 16 races, with no driver scoring more than two victories. This included nine different winners in the same number of consecutive races. Five drivers scored their first ever Grand Prix victory: Patrese, Tambay, de Angelis, Rosberg, and Alboreto"
By comparison, from the start of the 2012 season to the race just finished in Montreal, we have had 125 Grand Prix and 11 winners.
This can be broken down further: from 2014 to now we have had 86 Grand Prix and just 6 different winners over three teams.
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My main issue is that currently the drivers get a lot of remote assistance in tyre and systems management. This facilitates the kind of race we saw at Monaco and Montreal, where the drivers are never pushing as they’re trapped in a carefully dictated tyre management game. Take away the remote assistance and you’d get a lot more variation.
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I don't mind remote assistance. It seemed as somewhat ridiculous that you have this team structured sport and then during races the team was not meant to offer advice to the driver. The teamwork aspect is one of the best things about motorsport, how it depends on everyone from engineer to driver to wheelgun operator to work as efficiently and effectively as possible to get positions and hopefully a win.
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First year I've actively watched the WEC, enjoyed Spa at the start of this season, and me and my eldest are speeding the weekend at Silverstone in August, but Le Mans is the biggie.
We only get coverage at home via the BTSport app on a tablet, so me and the lad are staying the weekend at my parents who have Eurosport on Virgin and a big telly...we've plans to sleep over in the lounge with the TV on.
Aston Martin for the GTE win please. Nicki Thiim on top step.
One day I shall go for the weekend.
Make the most of it, come 2019 it'll be all pay per view.
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