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Formula 1 is a sport for individuals but, contradictorily, one in which teamwork plays an enormous part. Not as in the murky world of ‘team orders’ - but in the camaraderie between mechanics and driver. Or how a strategic masterstroke from the pit wall can turn a race on its head.
Not only is F1 a sport, but a technical endeavour pushing back the boundaries of automotive technology. Turbos, aerodynamics, advanced electronics and countless other innovations have shaped the history of the sport - just as an environmentally-friendly revolution will surely shape its future.
Above all, Formula 1 is drama. Yes, some races settle into lifeless processions. That has always been the case in F1 - regardless of what we often misremember in a warm, nostalgic, rose-tinted glow.
The greatest F1 races are works of pure, unpredictable, unscriptable sporting drama to rival the greatest chapters of any sport from football to the Olympics.
Perhaps it’s time to give the sport as much praise as it gets criticism.
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