Is Sebastian Vettel Making Formula 1 a TV Turn-off Again?

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Published: October 7, 2013

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Eleven years ago this month, the world of motorsport was reflecting on the culmination of a dismal 2002 Formula One season.

That was the year Ferrari duo Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello swept all before them, with 11 and four wins apiece. Schumacher finished every race on the podium, winning the title at a canter. Ferrari, as ESPN notes, scored the same number of points as every other team combined.

ESPN also quotes the race's scathing review in the Daily Mail, which read: "If proof were needed that F1 is becoming a television turn-off, yesterday's season-ending Japanese-Grand Prix was the perfect example—a Michael Schumacher masterclass and Ferrari one-two with dramatic content of zero."

 



Sticking with that belief that one driver always winning is boring for the sport is Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver had to watch with frustration in Korea as Sebastian Vettel once again stormed to victory, and he reckons that is bad for F1.

In quotes picked up by BBC Sport, Hamilton bemoaned the situation in which F1 finds itself and likened it to the Schumacher era that was so maligned by "bored" fans - such as himself.

I remember waking up to watch the start of the race then going to sleep and waking up when it ended because I knew what would happen. I am pretty sure a lot of people are doing that today.

What Hamilton says might well be true for a lot of people.

The Schumacher domination of the early noughties was certainly not the best advert in F1's history. But to suggest people are doing the same thing with contemporary F1 is well wide of the mark.

 

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