>1997
>the Osterreichring, one of the most intense and classic tracks, is destroyed by Hermann Tilke
>would be the first among others like the Hockenheimring and Silverstone
>1999
>F1 starts selling out to wealthy shitholes with literally no racing culture
>several shitty boring tracks pop out in the middle of fucking nowhere
>Malaysia, China, Singapore, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, India, Abu Dhabi now host a Grand Prix
>2005
>last year of mighty V10 engines (V8 still good but not perfect)
>first step towards making F1 less interesting
>2006
>last year of gridwide tobacco sponsorship
>several teams lose millions in sponsors
>2009
>rule changes to "make cars faster and more competitive"
>make cars ugly and make one team dominance much easier
>even though 2002-2008 cars were beautiful
>even though 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 were some of the most exciting years of all time.
>2009-2017 only 2 different teams manage to win the championship
>2013
>last year of nice V8 engines for the sake of evironment faggotry
>cars now sound like fucking lawn mowers
>F1 popularity suffers an all time low
>2014
>Jules Bianchi fatal crash
>FIA starts to be fags with all the safety shit
>he would still be alive if marshalls hadn't been such idiots and Bianchi himself had payed a bit of attention to the double yellow flags
>HALO appears
>2016
>HALO gains force
>It's just a PR stunt
>another move to make cars look like shit
>it would probably do nothing in cases like Massa 2009 or Bianchi 2014
>2017
>Rule changes to make cars better looking and racing more interesting
>it's too late anyway
>same team that has won the past 3 years wins again
>2017
>change one of the very few good things left in F1
>a perfectly recognizable logo that has the brand image for the past 20 years
>replace it with a bland, generic, modern logo
>2018
>change another classic aspect of F1
>grid girls are gone now for the sake of political correctness and shit
>now several women are unemployed
>F1 is now shit