Traction control, ABS brakes, refuelling, grooved tyres, aerodynamic flick ups, skinny cars, no overtaking, oh and 1 driver domination

I dunno, I enjoyed that season a lot. I loved seeing the rookie Montoya getting poles and winning. He was so good that year. The cars looked and sounded amazing too. As for passing, well today I'm desensitized to it. More passing doesn't equal better racing or more exciting racing. A pass really meant something back then.

I also miss Magny-Cours. I might be alone on that one though.

And of course Hockenheim.

Magny Cours had two amazing races, 1991 and 1998. The rest were utter shite. I miss that track like I do a hole in the head.

Traction control, ABS brakes, refuelling, grooved tyres, aerodynamic flick ups, skinny cars, no overtaking, oh and 1 driver domination
(Which yes, we've had since too but the racing behind the dominant drivers has always been amazing since 2010)

Nah, this was close to the nadir of F1 tbh, no wonder I defected and became a Champcar fanboy...imagine getting up to watch this then later on in the day a handford oval race, or road america 2001, Laguna Seca 2001 etc..
"Why, these cars look 100 times better and they can race 10000x better too....wat?"

Only time F1 was worth watching in this era was if there was a random safety car that threw everyones routine fuel strategy out the window, or rain.
Refuelling was supposed to spice up the sport but all it meant was all the teams followed the exact same strategy and had the exact same fuel load which caused the exact same tyre wear and none of that could compensate for the aerodynamic push effect through fast corners causing massive field spread after a lap or 2.

There might be a lot of bullshit problems off track in todays shitty F1 but at least when the cars are on track they pass and repass each other occasionally.
Heck, even most practice sessions these days are more exciting than races back then, with the on throttle oversteer and stuff.

Case in point: how much we used to dread races at the Hungaroring in the 90s/2000s and how for the last few seasons it has been one of the best races of the year.
That says it all really.

I dunno, I enjoyed that season a lot. I loved seeing the rookie Montoya getting poles and winning. He was so good that year. The cars looked and sounded amazing too. As for passing, well today I'm desensitized to it. More passing doesn't equal better racing or more exciting racing. A pass really meant something back then.
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I agree with that. If you look at the actual wheel to wheel racing of the last 3-4 years the quality of racing has been absolutely fantastic. I don't know the statistics but I would almost 100% bet there has been more non DRS and non tyre assisted passing than there was in the 10 years leading up to this era.The only thing I would bring back from the past are the Earth shaking V10s, not the banshee screaming V8s.