[raisemyrent]

seriously, the argument is always the same, and they comply to keep TV viewing figures up, but if you want to never know who's going to win, go watch NASCAR.
F1 has always been at least 50% about making the best car, and we wouldn't be where we are if some of the older teams had given up, blamed other people and the rules, and not tried harder the following year.
Monaco is about the fastest cars in the world driving round an impossible twisty circuit (though originally it was just a reckless idea). Bike in the living room like Senna said. It's not about passing.
That said, this tyre conservation (drivers completing a GP without ever having a pedal-to-the-metal stint) is getting a little out of hand. Long gone is "Michael, we need 20 qualifying laps..."
But yet again, you wanted more uncertainty, so now live with it.