I have a friend who wanted to get into F1 this year. He was looking forward to supporting Ricciardo as they both support the same football team, so he was pretty sad to hear that he didn't have a drive. Four races in and he bowed out saying he might watch the highlights, but overall the races are too boring to watch.

I can understand his problem, a lot of the skill is not easily seen given how good the field is. F1 doesn't (often) have drivers slamming into each other and spinning off. F2/3 deliver much more in that space. Albon's race craft last Sunday was exceptional, an absolute joy to watch, but I guess not if you're hoping to see some mad cap overtakes and wild moves

Then they're not really F1 fans, and they were always going to switch off eventually. F1 managed 70 years without a massive American fanbase and would survive without it now.

We just need more WWE style entrances. That would balance it out for sure.

Number of unique individuals on the podium through eight races by season: 2019: 5; 2020: 6; 2021: 6; 2022: 6; 2023: 7. If anything, this is the most interesting season we've had in a while.

the FIA and teams blocking the creation of an American team from joining is more of the issue than the predictability of the race.

You need sprinklers on the track.
Better yet, fans get to vote for when the sprinklers get turned on and off during the race via f1.com/sprinklertime