Ben Gilbert: belief

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…And the other big thing for this year is there's a new Concorde agreement complete with a full rewriting of the rule set by the FIA. There's a resetting of the field. And people always say these things come with a big reset. But do I think Mercedes and Red Bull and McLaren are not going to be three of the top four teams? No, I think that's going to stay. Have we seen anything in preseason from any of the teams at the back of the grid where they have some magic car that they've developed? Not really. I mean, the biggest thing I think we've seen is Ferrari, who is a front of grid team, is doing something very clever to create downforce with their exhaust. But we'll have to see how that actually plays out. We should say there's some excitement around this new rule set where it's going to enable more passing, which should make for more dynamic races. Which I've been ripping on the whole time. I do like watching F1 races. But I do also think they could learn something from the NFL and figure out how to make it more competitive and a better pure sport. More exciting, yeah, better product on the field.…

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