Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. But has it ever been what it used to be?
Complaints about the interpretation and implementation of F1’s ‘Driving Standards Guidelines’ have intensified even as the document enshrining them has thickened in response with caveats and clarifications. In tandem with this phenomenon there has developed a widespread longing for a halcyon era in which race control carried such authority that competitors simply tugged their forelocks and accepted its decisions without question.
