As it happens, the 2014 season has been gripping, but the amount of moaning from the more vocal parts of the sport's fanbase suggests that it isn't good enough. If this is a representative view (and proper research is needed to ensure that it's not just the more noisy feedback that is listened to), how can F1 ensure that its on-track product meets those expectations?
F1 publications profiteering from negativity
#1
Posted 21 August 2014 - 05:40
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#2
Posted 21 August 2014 - 07:29
I think you're right that there's something bigger going on than just a few whining fans on messageboards. I reckon we're seeing a backlash towards the idea that with a few changes to the rules making it easier to overtake, we can have the Gilles Villeneuve/Ayrton Senna/2000s MotoGP spectacle we all want. Instead, many of the same things we were discontented at continued to happen, or got worse.
Anyway, when F1 is run by profiteering venture capitalists who see me only as a consumer to squeeze money out of, I reserve the right to be negative. Treat people like monkeys and you get a zoo.
#3
Posted 21 August 2014 - 07:29
It is very simple - to attract audience. Everybody does it. Maybe it's not a good practice, but I can tell you that earning money in the F1 world, compared to the license fees you have to pay, is very hard.
The next thing you get used when reading or writing a lot is the Betteridge's law of headlines. Any headline that ends with question mark can likely be answered by the word No. I'm sure this is the case with these articles as well. So, nothing unusual.
#4
Posted 21 August 2014 - 07:33
He might be hypocritical, but he's right. Maybe he had a crisis of conscience and has decided to mend his ways
Edited by Lazy, 21 August 2014 - 07:35.
#5
Posted 21 August 2014 - 07:52
The fundamental problem is that the FIA are changing all the wrong rules in the wrong way at the wrong time and it takes away from the legitimacy of the sport.
Turbo engines are great - why couldn't we have some big rear tyres to match the torque they produce? Likewise why couldn't we keep engine development open for a season or two so one engine isn't totally dominant.
How about a more even revenue split so some midfield teams can win a race every now and then and build a fan base?
#6
Posted 21 August 2014 - 08:19
The fundamental problem is that the FIA are changing all the wrong rules in the wrong way at the wrong time and it takes away from the legitimacy of the sport.
Turbo engines are great - why couldn't we have some big rear tyres to match the torque they produce? Likewise why couldn't we keep engine development open for a season or two so one engine isn't totally dominant.
How about a more even revenue split so some midfield teams can win a race every now and then and build a fan base?
Because the FIA wants the teams to "save money".
While they introduce new expensive areas of development every year and we watch the engine costs go through the roof.....
#7
Posted 21 August 2014 - 15:43
Are they profiteering from negativity or using their position to highlight the problems to their readers and to try and save the sport from eating itself like most people on the outside can see happening?
#8
Posted 21 August 2014 - 16:00
Well, if magazines are negative about the modern F1 (which, in my opinion they are) they relfect the attitude of the die-hard fans (if these are represented well by the good folks on these fora).
I have to say that F1 2014 is one of the best F1 seasons I've seen in my whole life of watching F1... and I've been watching since I was five or so...
#9
Posted 21 August 2014 - 16:20
Well, if magazines are negative about the modern F1 (which, in my opinion they are) they relfect the attitude of the die-hard fans (if these are represented well by the good folks on these fora).
I have to say that F1 2014 is one of the best F1 seasons I've seen in my whole life of watching F1... and I've been watching since I was five or so...
With respect, aren't you contradicting yourself here? If you're a die-hard fan and are enjoying the current season, are magazines representing your views when they're negative about modern F1? Or have I misunderstood what you're saying, and you're not a die-hard fan?
#10
Posted 21 August 2014 - 16:22
Sorry to the mods if they think this is the wrong forum for this post, but...
It is, so it's closed, sorry. You have a PM.