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[PayasYouRace]

Well and I "find it funny" to suggest that today's mediocre drivers would rip the past greats apart just because they have professionalism and technology on their side.

Funny as in strange, not derisive ROFLing. But there can be a middle ground between not being able to cope with the cars and ripping the greats apart.

Obviously we could never be able to compare directly, but modern drivers with their levels of health and fitness, and having developed their skills more fully from a young age, wouldn’t have any problems with an old F1 car. When they do drive said old cars, they race about them. They comment on their disbelief that people raced such death traps, but in a competitive situation, they’d be able to do a really good job.

[Paul McLucas]

Funny as in strange, not derisive ROFLing. But there can be a middle ground between not being able to cope with the cars and ripping the greats apart.

Obviously we could never be able to compare directly, but modern drivers with their levels of health and fitness, and having developed their skills more fully from a young age, wouldn’t have any problems with an old F1 car. When they do drive said old cars, they race about them. They comment on their disbelief that people raced such death traps, but in a competitive situation, they’d be able to do a really good job.

The physically smaller drivers might have a problem with ground effect cars without power steering

 

I think Lando Norris, for example, would struggle.

[Jovanotti]

Funny as in strange, not derisive ROFLing. But there can be a middle ground between not being able to cope with the cars and ripping the greats apart.

Obviously we could never be able to compare directly, but modern drivers with their levels of health and fitness, and having developed their skills more fully from a young age, wouldn’t have any problems with an old F1 car. When they do drive said old cars, they race about them. They comment on their disbelief that people raced such death traps, but in a competitive situation, they’d be able to do a really good job.

Yeah fair enough. I just share the view of shure above, I think ultimately the greats would rise to the top in every era.

[Lights]

Apart from having drivers race in machines with four wheels on asphalt, F1 in the 80's and F1 now are such different sports.

 

Qualifying has become increasingly important.

Safety has increased and tracks limits are more forgiving, resulting in a different mental approach.

Increased reliability. Power steering. More consistent teams and setups. Better driver preparation and training.

Tires have changed over time and we've seen how that can affect drivers even within a generation.

The cars of each generation favor different skill sets to get the most out of them.

 

All these aspects together make it futile to compare generations. It's already difficult enough to objectively compare drivers in the same year.

[Taxi]

Oh my... Mika 38, Piquet 40. They would have won 20 championships if they were as fast as Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta. 

[Marklar]

The physically smaller drivers might have a problem with ground effect cars without power steering

 

I think Lando Norris, for example, would struggle.

Well, I remember how people were banging about how the 2017 cars will seperate men from boys, and yet here we are