Are you sure about that Rob? My memories of Mansell, Hunt, Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Alain Prost etc are far less rosey. Or have I missed the point you are making? I haven’t really watched F1 for 10 years so I’m not up to date with what you’re pointing to. In some ways it’s become a little too metro-sexual for me. Too much face creme, designer hair and spoilt brats. Compare it to MotoGP and you’ll know what I’m trying to get at.
We religiously do the members’ revivals (the normal one got a bit too big and busy) and I absolutely LOVE the way they race properly. In the paddock I once asked a Ferrari pit crew about de nts in their 250GTO and they were telling me how they just take moulds off each other’ cars and rebuild them for the next race. It made me think thank goodness people are wealthy enough to do that for my enjoyment
For me the St Mary’s Trophy has always been the most entertaining race: with Minis, Cobras and Ford Galaxies etc all jostling about!! So much fun to watch!