Back in the good old days of F1 when they had the high revving normally aspirated V8's and the even higher revving V10's, these engines produced a lot of torque but across a very small band of revs due to the very short stroke of the pistons. Therefore to make these things go, you had to keep it revving high up the rev range in that very narrow band. Let the revs drop and they'd struggle to pull the skin off a rice pudding.
The modern hybrid turbo charged F1 engines produce a hell of a lot more torque that is available from low down in the rev range and has a much wider band. This is due to the pistons having a much longer stroke which therefore means they can't rev as high, but more importantly the presence of a turbo charger forcing air in to the cylinders (more air = bigger bang = more force on the pistons = more torque), and finally the addition of electric motors which produce loads of torque instantly.