Circus festivities, droid tracks, rule changes without any impact, and increasingly less excitement. This is what everyone sees in 2024 who does not cheer for Red Bull Racing. The bigger problem is that a significant part of the industry sees it this way too.
Eddie Jordan sees this clearly as well, who, alongside traditions, misses the loud engines that signify the sport's benefit. He is not alone in this:
“Oh my God! When you were at a race, say in Silverstone, and the field took off with the V10 engines… It was something incredible, you felt like the ground was about to open up beneath you. There was amazing power and dynamics in them, the fans loved it, everyone was crazy about it, and they could bring it back, yet they don’t want to. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with the drivers, I hold them in high regard, but these current cars… They aren’t even racing machines, they’re more like tractors!
Ton-heavy monsters, with a hell of a lot of excess weight, a real disgrace in the history of Formula 1. And by the way, this is a huge shame for the rule makers as well, and humiliating for those whose DNA is F1. I hate these people for what they have done to this beautiful sport!” - Jordan expressed a dismal opinion about the FIA Liberty production. It may be a cliché, but we cannot argue with the old man.
