Günther Steiner: Anyone who thinks that everything is fine in Formula 1 is dreaming

Fans Formula 1 for years they have complained that doctoral dissertations from the rules are constantly being done, often to the detriment of the royal class of motorsport. And if we still have a really boring race in between, like it was at the end of July GP of France v Le Castellet, then the resentment is so much greater.

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But on the other hand, we have to rightly ask, why this discontent? Why this anger of the fans because of one or another boring race? Do you know any hockey fans who would demand immediate action after the first third without a goal? Which football fan, after 90 minutes of torturing the ball, would demand that another ball be introduced into the game in the future after 20 minutes in order to spice up the game a bit? We do not observe, find or experience this anywhere. Especially in global sports. Only Formula 1 immediately falls into excessive reactions. However, the last four races of this season before the summer break have shown that Formula 1 is not doing so badly.

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Also Gunther Steiner, team boss Haas, finds it very unusual how leadership is Formula 1 with excessive changes only in the way of self. Steiner is on Hungaroring said: “We need to be aware that Formula 1 can offer a first-class show. We have now had four very good races and there are means and ways to make this sport even more attractive. For example, to introduce a fairer starting point for all participants."

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South Tyrol continues: “But one thing must be quite clear: Four tense races in a row does not mean that everything is fine now. Whoever believes this, he lives in a dream world. We’ve had four great races, but it could happen that the next ones will be less fun and then that appeal will start all over again. As a sport, we often overdo it with reactions here. I think we should keep a bigger picture in our eyes. And this one looks like this: Four exceptional races are great, but we have to manage to have twenty of them and we have to work on that as well. The bigger picture also means that we finally introduce a budget ceiling as an equalizing factor,He added Steiner.            

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