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I am shocked that the teams that are winning want to keep the rules the same

I tend to come at it from the angle that most new tracks are bland because they have no history attached to them. In the Lap of the Gods video, Murray Walker says the old Hockenheim was boring and Suzuka wasn't a great circuit. Most people hated the Hungaroring and the new Nurburgring when they were built. Even the A1-Ring had its critics. A lot of the "character" in circuits develops over time as more races happen there, until it sticks around long enough for people to get nostalgic about it

Plus, a lot of circuit design that's good or bad doesn't appear just by looking at a map. It comes from elevation changes, the location, the size of run-off area and the local climate. Istanbul in theory was a good track, in terms of the layout, but I never really warmed to it because of the car park-sized run-off on the outside of every corner. By contrast, Montreal doesn't have an interesting track layout - no one would draw a track like that from scratch - but it has an abrasive surface and concrete walls next to the racing line so it produces great races

The question is, would you miss this track in 2 or 3 years' time if it dropped off the calendar? I don't miss most of the circuits that have dropped off in the last 10 years. It's a real shame we're not going to have a race in Germany, though, at either of the circuits. Of the current circuits, I definitely wouldn't miss Sochi or Austin, and probably not Shanghai or Abu Dhabi either. I'd take losing Catalunya if it meant moving the Spanish GP back to Jerez

Excuse me but Jerez is even more narrow & twisted than Catalunya. I have no idea how can anyone look forward to F1 racing there?

Spain is bike country, they build a ton of circuits that suit bike racing but are horrible for car racing. Hell, Catalunya is the supposed designated car racing track and it's absolutely horrible in F1.

Zandvoort will be a huge reminder for everyone how these old school narrow tracks don't fit with modern F1 anymore.

Jerez is a cool track but the lap times are too short for F1. The track record is a 1:14 set by Schumacher in 2004.

Excuse the country bias, but Portimão would be an interesting choice. It was built with F1 in mind, it's got elevation changes, interesting corners, it's in a good area and it would definitely gather a crowd. Shame we can't afford it.

Magny Cours was underrated, actually had some good races there, especially 2007 (Alonso had to fight through the field) and 2008 (Hamilton had to fight through the field)
It'd probably be better now and even better under the 2021 rules

I don't know what Magny Cours races you people have been watching, but that track was awful