Charlen Raymond | Don't hate but embrace Max Verstappen's dominance - we're part of history

Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing's impressive run of form dilutes Formula 1.

That's the narrative many fans and non-fans are spewing now, labelling the sport as boring and predictable as the team and driver combination romp away to another championship double in as many years.

In 2021, Verstappen won the F1 Drivers' title while Mercedes secured the Constructors' crown. But last year, Red Bull and its star driver secured the championship double - a first for Red Bull since the Sebastian Vettel era in 2013.

And this season, bar an Armageddon-like act of God, they are set to repeat it.

However, though they are entitled to enjoy the spoils of their labour after producing a car head-and-shoulders above the rest of the grid, they are met with disdain and blame as if they are at fault for executing the technical regulations better than everyone else.

YES BOYS! ??Another amazing achievement for the team @redbullracing ?? Thank you to everyone for your continuous hard work ?? Today was a perfect day ??Thank you Hungary for your support all weekend ????#HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/oTLVK3b4Ev

A level playing field

Thinking back to dominant eras before the Verstappen one, fans, experts, and pundits would always suggest that the sport needs equal machinery for every driver. Admittedly, they were right, but F1 was never an affordable sport.

Top teams with bottomless money pits could spend millions - if not billions - every season to make their cars as good as possible. McLaren, for instance, had an impressive run of form between 1984 and 1991, winning every Constructors' crown, bar '86 and '87.

Conversely, Ferrari won the Constructors' title between 1999 and 2008, only beaten by Renault in '05 and '06. Red Bull won four in a row between