A fifth Mercedes 1-2 in five races, on the back of their five consecutive World Championship titles… I guess that sort of sums up the situation in Formula 1. It’s a High Technology Constructor’s Championship, and the best team with the best financial resources keeps on winning, and winning… Looking down the history lane, nobody has ever been so consistently dominant, so if we want the situation to change, major changes must be implemented. As Martin Brundle wrote: “F1 must be a drivers' championship, not an engineers' tech fest. The cars must be the angriest, flightiest most challenging machines on the planet. I don't want to see teenagers jumping in them and having it all mastered by lunchtime, and fully on the pace”. Words of widom. Will the powers that be listen?
I doubt it.

The French Grand Prix was all about the anticipated return to the country that invented the name Grand Prix back in 1906. The traffic jams were much the talk of the town (Paul Ricard circuit access was already a problem back in 1971, and nothing has changed), and the racing in the end was all about Lewis Hamilton, who led from Pole position never to be seen again by the opposition till he took the checkered flag. Rather boring. The Greatest Racing Spectacle on the Planet? Mmmhhhh...

Daniel Ricciardo, the nicest driver in Formula 1, the impossibly late-braker en personne,finally won the Monaco Grand Prix. Bravo!
But a good description of this year's race was given by the outspoken Fernando Alonso: "Without a safety car, without yellow flags, the sport needs to think a little bit about the show because this is very disappointing. Probably the most boring race ever in Formula 1. We need to give something to the fans at the end of the race just to pay the ticket back a little".
Well, the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix was memorable because of the final laps when the nose of Nigel Mansell's Williams-Renault was furiously close to the gearbox of Ayrton Senna's McLaren-Honda. Mansell tried and tried again to pass, but Senna spectacularly defended till the checkered flag. Now compare to this year's race, where Daniel Ricciardo admitted that his engine was 25% down on power (!), yet neither Vettel nor Hamilton attempted to pass him... I know, Monaco is notoriously bad for overtaking, but still...