You'll stop watching F1 when...?
#51
Posted 29 October 2012 - 15:30
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#52
Posted 29 October 2012 - 15:33
- when it costs too much money (more then 0.00 a race, as it currently stands)
- when it becomes even more gimmicky (tyres!)
- when drivers dont start behaving soon (all those silly crashes and resulting penaltys suck!)
I dont mind dominant drivers at all and i appreciate the skills of Vettel and Schumacher very much.
Spa 2002 was the most boring race in history perhaps but following it on live timing and seeing Schumacher push with purple sector after purple sector, drawing the last 0.05 sec out of the car when the fuel load got less, was one of the most perfect drives ive witnessed. Amazing, even when it looked like a cruise control victory from the outside.
Who has the record for most consecuative purple sectors i wonder...
#53
Posted 29 October 2012 - 15:37
I was a pretty big Indy car fan. Even with the new cars and different engines this year i've lost interest.Spec series. That's pretty much the limit for me.
In F1 it's all about the cars and to some degree the tracks that keep me watching.
#54
Posted 29 October 2012 - 15:49
Though I'm not as fortunate as some fellow posters who've enjoyed F1 since the sixties or seventies, I have good memories from the eighties while going through my childhood. Since 1993 I've started following it seriously and I've never missed one single race live during these last 20 years. I remember, for instance, being on holiday on a remote Caribbean country and do my best to find a satllite feed, eventhough it meant losing about 2 hours of those amazing beaches. I've also missed many family meetings to watch F1 races live.
F1 is truly a passion for me, I'll die loving it, no matter how much I feel cheated by all the rule changes which I've seen since the nineties.
PS:
There's one possible exception to leave my second wife, which would be F1 becoming a spec series. I'm not totally sure even on that case though. I LOVE F1!
Edited by anakin, 29 October 2012 - 15:55.
#55
Posted 29 October 2012 - 16:09
What would instantly make me stop watching is 1) a spec-chassis or 2) having to purchase a special monthly subscription. That's not very likely though, since I can usually watch the race from a number of countries on my basic cable package. Haven't seen a commercial in years!
Spa-Francorchamps 2002 was a remarkable race indeed. It was pure dominance. Just look at the fastest laps: 1. Schumacher, 1'47''176; 2. Barrichello 1'48''196; 3. Montoya 1'49''293.Spa 2002 was the most boring race in history perhaps but following it on live timing and seeing Schumacher push with purple sector after purple sector, drawing the last 0.05 sec out of the car when the fuel load got less, was one of the most perfect drives ive witnessed. Amazing, even when it looked like a cruise control victory from the outside.
Edited by Nonesuch, 29 October 2012 - 16:12.
#56
Posted 29 October 2012 - 16:16
#57
Posted 29 October 2012 - 16:27
#58
Posted 29 October 2012 - 16:50
Edited by jeze, 29 October 2012 - 17:00.
#59
Posted 29 October 2012 - 16:54
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#60
Posted 29 October 2012 - 17:04
I think it is more the drivers than anything else.
I grew up with F1 in the mid eighties as well as the golden age of open wheel in the states. the cars and drivers were more interesting.
far too boring now.
I try to watch the odd race. the start is the only excitement. and then pit stops determine how the last two thirds of the race will go.
nothing happens.
#61
Posted 29 October 2012 - 17:06
#62
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#63
Posted 29 October 2012 - 18:07
These days, it is a pale shadow of what it was back even 3/4 years ago (the word that describes it right now is 'compromise' not 'speed' as it was before) but I will always love Formula 1.
#64
Posted 29 October 2012 - 18:10
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#66
Posted 29 October 2012 - 18:33
I probably won't stop.
But I have been finding time for a nap during races which I never have done before.
Perhaps I'm getting old.
#67
Posted 29 October 2012 - 18:39
#68
Posted 29 October 2012 - 18:49
This is my worst nightmare. I hope this never happensWhen F1 goes electric..
#69
Posted 29 October 2012 - 18:56
The day I die.
+1
#70
Posted 29 October 2012 - 19:10
#71
Posted 29 October 2012 - 20:15
#72
Posted 29 October 2012 - 20:17
The day F1 doesn't exist anymore, which could be soon if Bernie's successor does a bad job with it, which I believe will be the case.
He'd have to do an awful job, Formula 1 is a money making machine.
#73
Posted 29 October 2012 - 20:31
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#76
Posted 29 October 2012 - 20:40
#77
Posted 29 October 2012 - 21:05
That is because you are a fanboy of just one team. Drop the fanboy nonsense and start to be a fan of the whole sport and you will enjoy it all a bit more.
That's not always true. For example I am a diehard Ferrari fan, but by far my favorite period in F1 was from the mid 80s to mid 90s. I started losing interest about 10 years ago and it has now gotten to the point where if I am around the TV I will turn it on, but I don't really make any effort to watch it or follow it. We used to hunt through the internet (on our 300 baud modems), scrounging for any tidbit of information. Waiting anxioiusly for an new F1 Magazine to see what little tidbits teams were working on. The period between races was actually the most exciting as teams constantley worked on their cars for every 1000th of a second.
The races were very exciting. Would the guy who snatcihed provisional pole on Friday be able to hold on through Saturday? Open qualifying monstors with ultra sticky tires, excotic fuels and pieces of car that literally disintegrated after a few laps.
#78
Posted 29 October 2012 - 21:09
I'll stop when the racing will be boring and fake, the tracks grey and castrated, the cars ugly and underpowered.
Oh wait i've already stopped watching.
I still watch and enjoy.
But I agree there is too much pushing the DRS button and too many boring tracks.
How come it's impossible for FIA and teams agree on rules that allow building a car that can pass "normally"?
The maybe most irritating thing is the mighty power of politics and money in F1. It's like a fatal disease.
I'll stop watching when racing is totally fake and the championship regularly goes to the team which pays the most pribes.
#79
Posted 29 October 2012 - 21:34
Every race I watched I've been hooked and never turned it off, until recently. The last 5 Grand Prixs have been very uneventful and uninspiring. I thought I would never say this, as I enjoyed every aspect of the race, but now it seems as if the person leading into the first corner wins with ease, the first few laps only being exciting, and the results seem to be already in order after the first round of pitstops.
The tracks aren't great, DRS takes a bit away from the spectacle, then there's the tyre rules of starting on the compound you qualified on for the top 10, then there's the mandatory pitstops, plus having to use both tyre compounds, the engine freeze, run off. It seems very restricted these days, some innovation comes in, it gets banned year in year out.
India this year was the first race where I didn't really want to get up to watch the race as I knew judging by the grid it was going to be a boring race, and it was.
I know many are not keen on the idea, but I think refuelling would add to the spectacle, with Pirelli tyres, KERS and DRS, I think would see much more action.
Or if we got rid of the tyre rules that I mentioned above, but keep the ban on refuelling.
Teams are too restricted, hence everyone will do something similar, equalling predictibility.
I'm slowly losing interest, I'm not checking the F1 websites and reading the new articles constantly, I don't watch the full build up and post discussions after the Grand Prixs. However, I'm not sure I'll stop watching, as I always have, and probably always will love F1.
Edited by Ragingjamaican, 29 October 2012 - 21:37.
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#80
Posted 29 October 2012 - 22:29
#81
Posted 30 October 2012 - 00:00
Do not watch all the races anymore, it is a shame really this season promised a lot and it seemed like the title could go many ways but it then fizzled out.
I fear that if the 2013 season starts the same with Vettel / Redbull in front then more and more people will loose interest.
#82
Posted 30 October 2012 - 00:19
I've also watched F1, on and off, since the early sixties and I hate the current false racing. I can no longer bring myself to watch the races where the following car has to be within a measure of the car in front to be able to use its missile to shoot it down without the car in front being able to defend. I still have an interest in the results and watch some of the highlights but the races are just so boring it's not for me anymore.
Same here. Just reading later on who won the race most of the times. F1 has gotten so frigging boring with these ugly slow cars and asphalt ocean tracks. Overtakings done by the press of a button gives it the final nail in the coffin.
#83
Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:08
Until then I'll be hanging around for the ride, and I'm sure most of you will.
#84
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:20
#85
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:55
Whats different for me is rather than watching less F1 which I agree is duller and more washed out than it has ever been, I am finding I am watching other motorsport with more passion and interest. MotoGP is awsome and despite not being as good as when Simonchelli was still alive, the Moto 3 races have been spectacular and a real highlight. British Touring Cars has also become one of my main favourites despite always watching it. WTCC and even some Nascar has kept me hooked also. I've also not bought any F1 merchandise for a few years now but I have purchased BTCC and MotoGP merchandise.
I used to go to an F1 race every year but now the value for money is just so poor that I have not bothered for the last few years. Race day is pathetic with a couple of races and the ticket prices just don't make it good value for money. Where as for £125, three of us can watch touring cars with grandstand seats, around 10 or so races on the Sunday. Its a no brainer really.
#86
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:58
This, or when F1 itself dies.The day I drop dead, not before.
#87
Posted 30 October 2012 - 13:05
I'll never stop.
Same. It's the most addictive sport I've ever followed.
#88
Posted 30 October 2012 - 13:58
I went to Belgium last year, have booked for Hungary next year, but that's for a laugh, a weekend away, with some motorsport. On the box I've started watching indycars again, BTCC again, WTCC. The most exciting racing series is the Ginetta Juniors!
I used to love the differences in the cars and the engines, and new technologies and changes being made to the cars. Now the cars are all pretty much the same, innovation has been stifled rather than lauded, and most circuits are a bit shite, so I'm in a kind of take it or leave situation.
#89
Posted 30 October 2012 - 14:00
#90
Posted 30 October 2012 - 14:07
Too right mate - I have been watching FI since 1970. There are many ebbs and flows and some seasons are more interesting than others. You just have to roll with it. As long as F1 remains the pinnacle of Motor Sport, I'll be here!
this
#91
Posted 30 October 2012 - 16:12
Edited by Woody3says, 30 October 2012 - 16:12.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 16:32
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#94
Posted 30 October 2012 - 19:41
If the number of Asian non-night races keeps on increasing, I'm afraid I'm not always willing to wake up to watch races. If I want to see racing, I rather watch IndyCar that's in better time, US races are usually in best watching time in Finland.
#95
Posted 30 October 2012 - 21:10
The day I drop dead, not before.
F1 might be a very pale shadow of its former self but still, its 'usually' worth watching.
Yeah, that's about how I am at the moment. I don't like where the sport is heading with these new 2014 regs and all the other **** (sanitised tracks, drivers that are wrapped up in cotton wool who bitch about racing in the rain, wet races beginning with lap after unecessary lap under safety car conditions, idiotic and over-the-top penalties for things that were once just considered as racing incidents, I could go on but I digress) but I will always follow F1.
Edited by Eff One 2002, 30 October 2012 - 22:36.
#96
Posted 30 October 2012 - 21:57
Edited by SealTheDiffuser, 30 October 2012 - 21:59.
#97
Posted 30 October 2012 - 22:26
I don't like [this, or that]...but I will always follow F1.
#98
Posted 31 October 2012 - 01:16
#99
Posted 31 October 2012 - 01:35
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#100
Posted 31 October 2012 - 02:04
the racing has been neutered completely with DRS, KERS and other gimmicks.
i will stop watching when all of the below happens:
1. when kimi leaves the sport for good
2. when spa is off the calendar for good
3. if the world endurance championship, ALMS or another enduro championship gets more support from manufacturers/teams and the fan base grows.