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and TV audiances are falling.
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get clarkson to present with some small minded racism, F1 fans would wank over the tv
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I'd pay money to be in that Focus Group!
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Bring back Murray Walker as his commentaries were excitable and emotional.
What we have now is dull and monotonous and the could be commentating on "Crown Green Bowling" for what difference it would make! The thing is that they don't capture the speed, as generally they look to be going less than half as fast as they are. It does help with the "in car" views, but the camera angles of, in particular for example the start, makes them look to be going at a quarter of the speed, yet this is one of the most exciting, and drama filled, parts of the race! |
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Watching someone change a tyre is a 'highlight' ffs.
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As ridiculous as it sounds, the pit stops are easily the most interesting thing about the actual races.
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fit the cars with ballast
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TZ_YLQSgg
MURRAYISMs. What a great character ffs, 92 this year. A touch of the Alan Partridge about a lot of it. |
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As ridiculous as it sounds, the pit stops are easily the most interesting thing about the actual races.
So the best part of a race is when the cars are stationary! |
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last time I sent a half interested glance at the TV when F1 was on, was when Nigel Mansell was at his peak.
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That's the thing, apart from the sprint to the first corner and the pit stops it's f00kin' boring.
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It's about as exciting as a funeral procession.
In my youth I was persuaded by a few friends to go to Silverstone. After a couple of laps we had no idea who was leading, just saw an occasional car flash past and soon wanted to go home. When we tried to leave, found ourselves sitting in a massive traffic jam. Why anyone should want to go to these events more than once is beyond me. |
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much better circuit now, BRDCA spent millions on it after the Donnington Park fiasco
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the reason F1 is boring now is because its so uncompetitive, last 4/5 seasons only one car could win the championship, this is why it really irritated me that lewis hamilton won SPOTY ahead of mcilroy, hamilton essentially had to beat 1 driver to win the title, mcilroy won 2 majors beating 100 odd golfers
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Why do they only have 2 drivers per team ? Why not have say 4 teams of 6 drivers ?
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Repetitive, too technical, less dangerous, uncompetitive and Eddie Jordan reminds me of Noel Edmonds
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do they really need to ask??
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Also asking if it is still considered a sport or a spectacle.
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....or a branch of the marketing / PR industry?
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The guys got bored with each other's company, and nothing worth seeing, so we all went walkabout in the blistering heat.
I had only gone a little way and there was a massive, and solid, fence stretching for I don't know how far. What the hell that was about I don't know! One of the guys had gone off to watch in a hotel, or bar, and I can only say I wish I had gone with him! |
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The guys got bored with each other's company, and nothing worth seeing, so we all went walkabout in the blistering heat.
I had only gone a little way and there was a massive, and solid, fence stretching for I don't know how far. What the hell that was about I don't know! One of the guys had gone off to watch in a hotel, or bar, and I can only say I wish I had gone with him! Had the fence recently been painted? Maybe he wanted to watch it dry instead of watching the Grand Pri(ck)x? |
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I think it is because the attention span of most people is about five seconds. I can only suggest that these people would be better entertained if they watched NASCAR racing. They usually (after a few 1 mile laps) have cars coming past every second or so.
It makes you wonder how they would have coped with old Nurburgring or the Milia Mille!  Maybe Basketball or American Football might float their boat...both seem to have lots of goals. |
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*Miglia Mille* ffs!
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Very droll rtb.
Painted or unpainted, he made the right decision. After perhaps 60ms of the eclipse of the race there was a gap in the fence, and some random guy, with a helmet on, came through with some other guys who were probably track marshals. I was right smack in front of them but haven't a clue who the driver was! |
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He was imbibing on expenses, in air conditioned comfort, and all I got was sun burnt ears!
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Reverse the grid.. pole starts from the back
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Then everybody would go slowly in Qualifying...the ide doesn't work. Apart from that it would cause carnage. They used to do something similar at Le Mans. It doesn't work.
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 The goal is to get audience numbers UP |
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That's easy. Increase coverage. It might be a good idea to go back to having National teams and National team colours. As it used to be. Red for Italy. Blue for France. Silver for Germany. Green for Britain. Yellow for Ireland etc. etc.
Far too much focus on the driver. This doesn't happen in horse-racing, for example. It is the horse's name that goes down in history, not the monkey in the saddle/driving seat. |
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Increase coverage!!!???
You can't bloody escape the whole 'emperors new clothes' all-platforms $punkathon as it is! |
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Get rid of practising.
If the feckers dont know how to drive by now, they shouldn't be out there. |
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Grid drawn at random.
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Have it in the winter.
Who wants to spend hours inside watching a Grand Prix when the weather is nice. Plus, the odd patch of black ice would surely only increase the interest. |
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I hardly think THAT would qualify as Grand Prix anything as it would be extremely slow. They already have Rallycross which is along those lines.
They also have ice-racing in Scandinavian countries for cars, motor-bikes and horses. No. I guess all-in-all you're pretty well stuck with the present format until the lack of coverage has an affect on the sponsors. That's the curse of selling out your broadcasting rights to the highest bidder. The same has happened in MotoGP 'bike racing. Less people see it, so the sponsors get less advertising for their wares, so the point must arise when they withdraw their sponsorship and advertise elsewhere. Then it is a downward spiral. There are no sponsors, so there are fewer teams, so interest dwindles, so it is no longer popular, so it is no longer of interest to Pay-per-View bidders, so they don't bother bidding for the rights. Then the MotoGP format dies because it can't be maintained by paying spectators alone. |
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I did used to enjoy motor-sport on Grandstand where they had identical vehicles racing against each other - like V/W/ Golf GTI's etc. dint see it often :( Dunno if it still exists..
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loads still going Ivor
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Oh naydam - bring it on!!
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Naydam are you on drugs?
naydam 15 May 15 16:00 That's easy. Increase coverage. It might be a good idea to go back to having National teams and National team colours. As it used to be. Red for Italy. Blue for France. Silver for Germany. Green for Britain. Yellow for Ireland etc. etc. Far too much focus on the driver. This doesn't happen in horse-racing, for example. It is the horse's name that goes down in history, not the monkey in the saddle/driving seat. Its always the main story on Sky Sports News and BBC Sport and its got its own 24/7 SkySports channel naydam 15 May 15 16:52 I hardly think THAT would qualify as Grand Prix anything as it would be extremely slow. They already have Rallycross which is along those lines. They also have ice-racing in Scandinavian countries for cars, motor-bikes and horses. No. I guess all-in-all you're pretty well stuck with the present format until the lack of coverage has an affect on the sponsors. That's the curse of selling out your broadcasting rights to the highest bidder. The same has happened in MotoGP 'bike racing. Less people see it, so the sponsors get less advertising for their wares, so the point must arise when they withdraw their sponsorship and advertise elsewhere. Then it is a downward spiral. There are no sponsors, so there are fewer teams, so interest dwindles, so it is no longer popular, so it is no longer of interest to Pay-per-View bidders, so they don't bother bidding for the rights. Then the MotoGP format dies because it can't be maintained by paying spectators alone MotoGP is absolutely booming! 3 very competitive manufactures, new manufactures coming in (Suzuki, Aprillia) Lots of sponsors replacing the Tobacco loss. Red Bull, Monster, Estrallia Gallacia, BMW, Movistar, Repsol... And why MotoGP is booming: Best riders on the planet Best bikes on the planet Is has a natural feeder series with Moto3 and Moto2 part of the show Every lap is like a qualifying lap The top bikes are pretty even Natural overtaking occurs All the drivers have personalites and not corporate spokesmen Its dangerous No fuel economy graphics in MotoGP. Its all about top speeds, lean angles and elbows down  |
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Watching someone change a tyre is a 'highlight' ffs.
can do that with a pint in the boozer over from the local garage |
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I'm another who finds F1 completely tedious, I'd rather watch an entire rerun of every episode ever made of Allo Allo than watch a grand prix.
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