Formula 1 Will Remain a Team Sport Despite Need for Drivers as Stars of the Show

It's official: Formula One is coming back to the people. The 2014 season has generally produced the most exciting, tense, fight-to-the-flag races in many a year, with the new regulations and the resultant loss of downforce making drivers prone to mistakes. The decision made by Pirelli, the sport's sole tyre supplier, to stiffen each of their compounds for this year has reeled in those who turned away when rubber management became the aim of the game, with grands prix now decided on the track instead of the pit lane. Bernie Ecclestone, F1's ringmaster, was quoted by the Daily Mail's Ian Parkes over the Singapore Grand Prix weekend as describing his desire to make drivers' jobs "more difficult" in the near future, which would only ...

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