The discussion is so vastly off-topic here that I don't go much into it.

Just saying that the drivers nowadays can't be considered less talented or skilled than the drivers of past eras. That doesn't make much sense. Just that the era itself is different and drivers have adapted to different circumstances. If anything, they have got more advanced special training than in the faraway past days.

But a different thing to claim would be that decades ago drivers needed more sheer bravery to go into motorsports and try out a career - and I guess the answer to it could be "yes"!