Letters: Does Formula One need a reboot?

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Formula One reboot? Is it time for Formula One to change its format so that the best driver is the winner, not the fastest car? Kimi Antonelli is no doubt a freakish talent, but i…

Mercedes' Italian driver Kimi Antonelli is a young superstar of Formula One. Photo / AFP

Is it time for Formula One to change its format so that the best driver is the winner, not the fastest car?

Kimi Antonelli is no doubt a freakish talent, but it does help that he is driving the fastest car. It was the same with Lewis Hamilton when he won all his world crowns and Mercedes were the fastest car. Once it wasn’t, Hamilton stopped winning.

The real winner is the team that develops the fastest car, and it is staggering to think the top teams have teams of more than 1000 workers back at base trying to bend the rules to gain an advantage.

Formula One should look at IndyCar rules, where there is far greater parity and on the day the best driver wins and penalties for cheating are swift and harsh.

The real story of this election was the 1.2 million registered voters who did not vote, 20% more than at the 2023 election. This is an indictment of our MMP system of government. We have too many politicians and not enough quality administrators and managers to run New Zealand successfully.

Unless there is leadership for real governmental reform, New Zealand will continue to slide in all performance measures.

A hung Parliament is one of the possibilities after the final count of special votes on November 27. Since Parliament has essentially hung up its spurs for the year to go fishing, another election could be planned for February. The caretaker Government will continue.

We’ll know how to fix it, and exactly who we want, but let’s have all the bottom lines on the table next time to avoid getting what Harry Mowbray and Don Brash wanted: a hard-right, US-style autocracy for the wealthy 1%, paying minimal tax percentage-wise compared to the working class.

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