Wow! The F1 show event in Miami (rewarded by TV ratings) gave us a grand prize with a bang: the little prince Lando Norris finally won, nice to everyone, driving the revived McLaren which rose from the underworld to Olympus thanks to hard work and without the help of the magician Newey (by now essential for those who want to win). A perfect modern fairy tale!
Everyone is talking about a great McLaren rebirth, of a team now at the level of Red Bull. The smoke sellers of the phantasmagoric and exciting commentary talk about the world championship being reopened, but no one ever tells the truth. And that is without the providential safety cars the race would have ended with yet another victory for Verstappen and with Norris perhaps on the podium because, unfortunately, the various Safety and Virtual systems dramatically distort the races in terms of values. But since they are an integral part of it, there is no point in complaining. The wheel turns: today is bad, tomorrow is good.
It should also be added that Max's recovery did not occur not so much due to the irresistible performance of the McLaren but rather due to the damaged floor of the Red Bull RB20 n°1 that he had to manage. But that's not the point as no one wants to belittle Norris' beautiful victory. But neither is it correct to attribute improper meanings and senseless hyperbole as has been happening for the last few days social and in various newspapers.
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F1, GP Miami: exaggeratedly enthusiastic comments
The comments of the many new generation fans who even cry with joy for a simple stage victory are chilling. As if this boy, although promising, had grabbed his first world title. And down to talk about updates that have overturned the values on the field and to magnify Andrea Stella (until a few weeks ago criticized for poor results) as the Team Principal of the century. Stuff that Horner and Wolff avoid!
But is it possible that Formula 1 has turned into the ugly version of football? Is it possible that everyone prefers a psychedelic reality full of useless superstructures, the result of a narrative that wants to create heroes and incredible stories at all costs?
It is possible, again, that no one wants to accept a reality in which a rider and a team are largely dominant and in which a few stage victories are granted here and there in case the lucky one is in the best position to seize the opportunity offered from the problems of the strongest?
How can you even imagine that Ferrari and McLaren will leap ahead of Red Bull at Imola and put it in serious difficulty? Max also scored two in Miami pole, won the Sprint Race comfortably and was calmly leading the grand prix with his usual arm out the window when circumstances and his own mistakes changed the history of the race. In this sense, the Piastri race is also the emblem of how certain circumstances can transform, in just a few laps, a masterful GP into a sensational failure.
If we then talk about the miraculous recovery of the Woking team we must think back for a moment and remember that in recent years this team has had incredible ups and downs and that when they thought they had found competitiveness then they regressed without who knows what reason.
So I would be very careful with trumpet blasts. Andrea Stella's merits in reorganizing the structure are undeniable, but now comes the good and the difficult because without an official engine it is difficult to look to the future with great optimism.
We all hope for a different and more competitive Formula 1, but creating a virtual reality by transforming victories as beautiful as they are fortuitous into fairy tales that do not exist and which bring with them hopes and future prospects destined to be disappointed makes no sense.
By now we realists have to get used to this "social formula" of the here and today. Perhaps we too should try to indulge in this sort of doping that causes psychedelic dreams. Maybe we will realize that they are right.
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