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I think that Formula 1, despite it's huge global audience (800million a year), still has potential to improve and expand. As an avid viewer in the Mansell, Senna, Prost and Piquet era, I remember the Drivers deciding the races more than the cars and tactics; granted that Williams meant winning. I
'm bored by cars that are supposed to be racing but who are a long lens shot away from each other and the teams relying on gauging when to make a pit-stop for an overtaking manoeuvre.
It's all very technical, very thorough & very academical but surely they should look back at the great races of years gone by and learn something positive to ensure the audiences expand rather than contract as there are at the moment.
I'd love to see a race where the grid lights flash green and the cars screech off with skidmarks rather that all those question marks. It cloudies the sport where we're wondering who's on what tyres, the teams' stop strategies, how much fuel they have on board instead of who can drive a car the fastest, overtake the most and handle the weather the best. Diehard petrol-heads will always come back for more, but if they ever feel themselves fingering the remote, you're got problems.
We need to be able to drop in at anytime and watch some competitive racing and know immediately who's in the lead and to do away with 'track position' as a common phrase. The fact the phenomenal Michael Schumacher has temporarily dropped off the pace shouldn't be a reason for anyone to to flick on ITV1's 4mula1 coverage to see if it's worth watching.
The bigger the manufacturer and the size of their budget has an obvious mirror to the footballing world, but if the right changes are made, friends gathering for wheel-to-wheel tarmac battles could be commonplace again... I wonder what they could be?
'm bored by cars that are supposed to be racing but who are a long lens shot away from each other and the teams relying on gauging when to make a pit-stop for an overtaking manoeuvre.
It's all very technical, very thorough & very academical but surely they should look back at the great races of years gone by and learn something positive to ensure the audiences expand rather than contract as there are at the moment.
I'd love to see a race where the grid lights flash green and the cars screech off with skidmarks rather that all those question marks. It cloudies the sport where we're wondering who's on what tyres, the teams' stop strategies, how much fuel they have on board instead of who can drive a car the fastest, overtake the most and handle the weather the best. Diehard petrol-heads will always come back for more, but if they ever feel themselves fingering the remote, you're got problems.
We need to be able to drop in at anytime and watch some competitive racing and know immediately who's in the lead and to do away with 'track position' as a common phrase. The fact the phenomenal Michael Schumacher has temporarily dropped off the pace shouldn't be a reason for anyone to to flick on ITV1's 4mula1 coverage to see if it's worth watching.
The bigger the manufacturer and the size of their budget has an obvious mirror to the footballing world, but if the right changes are made, friends gathering for wheel-to-wheel tarmac battles could be commonplace again... I wonder what they could be?
Ayrton_Senna_Vs_Nigel_Mansell_en_el_GP_de_Monaco_1 992 as a filename on P2P gives a 2m26s video clip for the last 3 laps of that Monaco Grand Prix; rewatching it felt like about 10 modernday Grand Prix worth of action; espesh with Muddy Talker gushing like a quality 5Live footie commentator being your eyes for the spectacle. just under 6 Meg's worth)
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