Quote Originally Posted by AndyL View Post
I agree it's not really a valid comparison. It's true that back in the day, when a driver lost 3rd gear or something, they just had to accept it and drive around the problem. But imagine if the team had got on the radio to Senna (or whoever) and said "the gearbox will magically fix itself if you do one simple thing, but we're not going to tell you what that is." It would have driven Ayrton just as mad as Lewis was on Sunday.
Yeah it would have alright. It was a ridiculous situation. The issue is with this formula is that you can't have it both ways. You can't expect someone to evaluate a couple of hundred switch positions and race around an issue at the same time. It's a different skill sets required for each.

I think we have to leave go of history and stop wishing that the days of drivers magically driving around issues are gone. It can still happen, now and then, but figuring out a switch position isn't the same thing as that and doesn't contribute anything to the entertainment value of F1.

If people don't want to leave go then the rules have to be changed to make the less complicated and more about driving which, unfortunately, is something the 2017 rules don't do!

Either that or let the sport evolve naturally and stop meddling with it. And, most importantly, stop bitching about what we do have all the time. People love to complain.