It irritates me greatly when people say this season is boring because Max is winning and the gaps are to large. So here's a small history of the F1 to prove that wrong.
The first ever F1 race Silverstone 1950 the gap between P1 and P3 was 52s (with P2 2.6 behind P1). In the second race, Monaco only 7 drivers finished the race and from P2 to P7 they were all lapped. P6 and P7 were lapped 6 times.
In the opening two races of 1960 the gap between P1 and P2 was 26s and 52s respectively. In the opening two races of 1972 the gap was 25s and 14s. In 1980 it was 24s and 21s. In the opening race of 1993 in South Africa Prost beat Senna by 79s.
In the opening two races of 2000 at the start of his five year reign of dominance. Schumacher was 11s and 40s ahead of P2. The 2009 championship had 20 second gaps and 10 second gaps consistently. The only difference there is it wasn't as much one driver or team winning.
In 2014 and 2015 with Hamilton and Rosberg at Mercedes there were 50 second gaps to the nearest non-Mercedes driver.
In 2016, there were two non-Mercedes drivers that won races (Verstappen and Ricciardo with Red Bull) and there were massive gaps throughout the field in this year. in 2020, we had three non-Mercedes drivers win a race. Italy (Gasly) and Sahkir (Perez) both were outliers though and Abu Dhabi (Verstappen).
You do get closer years. Alonso's two championships (2005 and 2006) were a lot closer at the top but with massive gaps to the lower end of the field). The 2012 championship was much closer than other years.
The constant throughout F1 is that somebody will be dominant. Either a driver or a team.
Schumacher won five years in a row and two consecutive years before that. Vettel won four years in a row (although the championships were closer he still win them). Mercedes won 7 years in a row. Hamilton won 4 years in a row.
When the regulations change teams either get it right or they don't. And consistently in F1 one team will get it right. You will most likely also have a dominant team or driver in 2026 when the changes come in. It might be Red Bull, it could be anyone.
It's also never just the car. If you put the worst driver on the grid in the Red Bull they're not winning every race.