As a fan, what Perez did was one of the greatest driving feats I've ever seen and a perfect example of why F1 is a team sport- nothing wrong with that, it would be a travesty if this type of action was removed from racing.
The chaos that happened after Latifi's crash is what needs reform.
Indeed. Safety cars are the problem. It introduces chaos into pit strategies, and allows cars to close up gaps.
I grew up watching F1 in the 80s, and I don't recall EVER seeing a safety car. They either red-flagged the race and had a restart, Or they had sector based cautions.
I'd like to see a return to that style of race management. For added safety, the could using the same technology used to control DRS to enforce a speed-limiter in yellow sectors.
There were no safety cars back then. If you look for races of the 80s on YouTube you can see cars parked all over the place and becoming part of the track (especially at Monaco.)
If you look for races in the 70s and early 80s you can see photographers on the grass at the inside of the curves.
And the invasions at Monza when the cars were going back to the pits after the end of the race. This is one of the last ones
I should have probably noted I’ve only been a fan of F1 (watching every qualifying, race, reading books and listening to podcasts) for the past 3 seasons so my sample size is small
The chaos that happened after Latifi's crash is what needs reform.