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Senna/Prost era would be considered boring today - Alonso
Formula 1 reached its peak in the 2000s and the era of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost would be considered boring now, reckons Fernando Alonso. The two-time world champion believes the 1980s title battles are viewed over-generously with hindsight. A stern critic of F1's recent direction, Alonso reckons many of the 2014-16 regulations' problems also compromised what many consider as the championship's halcyon period. "Formula 1 at that time, it was very boring," he said of the Senna/Prost era. "If you see a race now from '85, '88 or '92, you will sleep through the race, because it was two McLarens, the fourth guy was lapped and there was 25 seconds between each car. There were...
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