Look, back during the era of Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher (who was just breaking into NASCAR back then), followed by Mika Häkkinen, Damon Hill, and the rest—I honestly think things were just more interesting back then. Today’s cars and drivers lack that certain "X-factor" those legends had...
In my book, it didn't matter if you were pulling for Ford, Williams, McLaren, or even Benetton at the time; all that mattered was whether the race actually delivered something worth watching...
And don't even get me started on the cars from that period. They weren't cluttered with the hyper-sophisticated electronics and tech we see today—it was basically just raw power. We're talking absolute beasts with 1200 HP, mostly driven by those 1.5L turbo engines, if I remember correctly.
It feels like all that magic just "vanished" once Mika Häkkinen moved on and that Michael Schumacher dominance took over, doesn't it?
In my book, it didn't matter if you were pulling for Ford, Williams, McLaren, or even Benetton at the time; all that mattered was whether the race actually delivered something worth watching...
And don't even get me started on the cars from that period. They weren't cluttered with the hyper-sophisticated electronics and tech we see today—it was basically just raw power. We're talking absolute beasts with 1200 HP, mostly driven by those 1.5L turbo engines, if I remember correctly.
It feels like all that magic just "vanished" once Mika Häkkinen moved on and that Michael Schumacher dominance took over, doesn't it?