Formula 1 ???

bill
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edited September 2017 in Sports #1

Watching paint dry or watching Formula 1these days ?  Difficult choice !

At least we can record Formula 1 and fast forward the boring parts but that's about 99% of it !!

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  • DavidKlyne
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    edited September 2017 #2

    Obviously some races are more exciting than others. I expect Grand Prix enthusiasts rarely watch in an impartial way so it will depend on what happens to their team whether a race is exciting or not?

    The Singapore GP was at least exciting for the first 3 minutes!!! Shame for poor Max but the Red ones got it badly wrong. Has Vettel gifted the championship to Hamilton?

    David

  • cyberyacht
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    edited September 2017 #3

    Probably

  • trellis
    trellis Forum Participant Posts: 1,102
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    edited September 2017 #4

    Watching paint dry gets my vote.😁😁.

  • Pliers
    Pliers Forum Participant Posts: 1,864
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    edited September 2017 #5

    'Fraid it does nothing for me either. But it does seem to be very popular, so each to their own.

    😊

  • ihatew0rk
    ihatew0rk Forum Participant Posts: 84
    edited September 2017 #6

    Try motogp instead, shorter races & way more exciting.  Try and work out how you can lean a bike at the angles they do at the speeds they achieve.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited September 2017 #7

    Not for me, I don't find motorbikes very interesting at all. The beauty of F1 is the skill of the driver and the cutting edge technology.  Each to his own.

    David

     

  • trellis
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    edited September 2017 #8

    David, I thought the cars were remotely controlled from the pits ,a bit like a PlayStation game, and that the drivers were only ballast.! 😁😁.

  • mickysf
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    edited September 2017 #9

    Used to love motor sports, participated in rallying in my younger days, enjoyed many of the formula racing but never really got into F1. Monaco was the worst of the lot and probably still is for many. It was all about prerace days and reliability during the final day. All about manufacturers, pit crews and then possibly the drivers, couldn't really decide which was the more important aspect, all I know iis that it was/is slightly better than the American roundy, roundy races.

    Today, of all the MSs probably speedway would grab me most!

  • bill
    bill Forum Participant Posts: 388
    edited September 2017 #10

    The trouble is these days David is that too much is about pit stops and controlling the engine mapping through laptops in the pits with engines being 'slowed down' to save their lives rather than to give spectators proper racing.  At least in motoGP there are no pit stops and little interference from the pit crew and much more difficult to predict a winner.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited October 2017 #11

    Vettel did well to claw his way up through the field, just missing on a podium as his tyres went away in the last few laps.

  • Tammygirl
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    edited October 2017 #12

    One even landed on his boot at the end laughinglaughinglaughing

    Didn't  Max do well.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited October 2017 #13

    Max did do well today and thank goodness his car was reliable. I think Red Bull have probably got the two best drivers in F1 at the moment. I am biased of course!!!

    David

  • 63ellsbells
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    edited October 2017 #14

    Used to watch all the races a few years ago, then started to record them and only bothered to watch if Hamilton crashed out but now don't even do that.
    Too much reliance on technical control from the pit lane and not enough driver skill or flair for me - ballast indeed trellis. 😉

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