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Curiously, in the 2 wheeled equivalent of F1 (motogp) there has been a greater dominance by one person (Marquez) since he first came in in 2013. Since then he has won all but one championship but no-one suggests he should retire, the sport is still exciting and the changes made by Dorna over the last 10 years have improved the sport a lot. About the only downside was putting it on BT Sport behind a paywall, although they make a far better job than SKy does in F1 despite its vastly bigger budget. The real problem is that F1 is held to ransom by the big makers whereas Honda went all Ferrariesque when the idea of a common ECU and software was proposed for MGP and said they would leave. Once they realised that their flauncing wasn't going to work, they decided to stay. The FIA/FOM produced their plan which was (and still is) chopped about by the teams to fit their own agenda resulting in no new engine makers and almost zero chance of any more - much to the delight of the existing ones. 2021 rules should have been published at least 6 months ago and if an existing team decided to quit, so be it. Now, we have the prospect of the same old thing until 2026 unless the teams stick to doing their job of producing great cars and the FIA/FOM do their job of producing a sensible set of rules. I just can't see it happening and, by the sound of it, neither does Hamilton. He's right but about 5 years too late.