[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Artemis

"Huge gaps" ? Feel free to check all F1 races since 1950:
https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html

For example:

*Looking at the '63 Belgian GP, nearly 5 minutes gap between winner Clark and second placed man and the race lasted two and a half hours in precarious cars with no minimal safety equipment, when men were men in the true sense.