FIA president Max Mosley once famously made the observation that a Formula 1 race should be a little like a chess match: demanding and taxing on a mental level, where the culmination of an afternoon's strategy leads to a singular, decisive move rather than a rash of scrambled and impetuous stabs at glory.
Mosley later admitted that it hadn't been one of his most insightful comments when he was barraged with complaints from fans who wanted their motor racing to be a little more exciting than a board game, thank you very much.
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