New Posts For Thread: Formula Ehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-eLike F1 but electric cars. But will it be as exciting, glamorous and interesting as F1?I think they should have Sinclair C5 racing, I would watch thathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543784205#543784205I think they should have Sinclair C5 racing, I would watch thatTue, 03 Mar 2015 12:25:34 -0600The top F1 teams are spending £300million+ a year. Plus you have all the history. Even people who have no real interest will know about Monaco It's the pinnacle of open wheel racing.400000 people go and watch nascar.I think le man gets pretty good chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543781869#543781869The top F1 teams are spending £300million+ a year. Plus you have all the history. Even people who have no real interest will know about Monaco It's the pinnacle of open wheel racing.400000 people go and watch nascar.I think le man gets pretty good cTue, 03 Mar 2015 08:42:45 -0600If you mean 'popular' as in most people actually going to watch, I would guess that would be the one with the highest number of events staged. Formula Ford or Formula Renault. Participation-wise it might well be Rallycross or saloon cars. It's not sohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543780633#543780633If you mean 'popular' as in most people actually going to watch, I would guess that would be the one with the highest number of events staged. Formula Ford or Formula Renault. Participation-wise it might well be Rallycross or saloon cars. It's not soTue, 03 Mar 2015 06:41:44 -0600I, along with about 80,000 other Brits in between The Epsom Derby and Royal Ascot, each year, travel down to Le Sarthe in France and spend an amazing week at The Le Mans 24 Hours. This has to be the most under rated, but best value world class motorhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543780427#543780427I, along with about 80,000 other Brits in between The Epsom Derby and Royal Ascot, each year, travel down to Le Sarthe in France and spend an amazing week at The Le Mans 24 Hours. This has to be the most under rated, but best value world class motorTue, 03 Mar 2015 06:08:30 -0600Autograss is the biggest as far as amateur participation is concerned, there are a hell of a lot of people watching rallying and NASCAR but as to it being bigger than F1 I don't know. BTCC was well supported 10 years ago but I think it's dropped off.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543780291#543780291Autograss is the biggest as far as amateur participation is concerned, there are a hell of a lot of people watching rallying and NASCAR but as to it being bigger than F1 I don't know. BTCC was well supported 10 years ago but I think it's dropped off.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:45:32 -0600NaydamJust out of interest which is the most popular class of motor racing and do you think Formula E will become popular?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543780133#543780133NaydamJust out of interest which is the most popular class of motor racing and do you think Formula E will become popular?Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:10:00 -0600Probably because Formula One is seen as the apex of open-wheel car racing. It is the class that drivers, designers, team managers and mechanics aspire to.On the basis of simple numbers of spectators, F1 is not anywhere near the most popular class ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543779969#543779969Probably because Formula One is seen as the apex of open-wheel car racing. It is the class that drivers, designers, team managers and mechanics aspire to.On the basis of simple numbers of spectators, F1 is not anywhere near the most popular class ofTue, 03 Mar 2015 04:33:31 -0600So why is F1 more popular than the rest of the 17 billion types of 4 wheel motor sports most of which seem to have a lot more going on in them than F1?Not totally sure of the accuracy of that 17 billion figure though. Was it on Wikipaedia?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543779493#543779493So why is F1 more popular than the rest of the 17 billion types of 4 wheel motor sports most of which seem to have a lot more going on in them than F1?Not totally sure of the accuracy of that 17 billion figure though. Was it on Wikipaedia?Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:29:55 -0600F1any other 4 wheel racing series. Of which there are about 17billionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543776221#543776221F1any other 4 wheel racing series. Of which there are about 17billionMon, 02 Mar 2015 16:31:50 -0600Well it looks like If it's going to get the public's imagination it needs Bernie's magic touch.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30449033/formula-e?post_id=543773509#543773509Well it looks like If it's going to get the public's imagination it needs Bernie's magic touch.Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:36:22 -0600