112 replies to this topic

[Collombin]

KWSN - DSM, on 17 Jan 2021 - 14:10, said:

In the 1970ies there were a range of 'card games' I am not sure what to call them... Picture of a car, listing

 

HP

Top Speed

Engine Configuration

Something

Something else

 

Pretty sure 5 parameters. Then we would for example play

 

Engine configuration, and then one holding the Ferrari V12 would beat all the DFV's and get those cards. 

 

In the UK they were known as Top Trumps. I remember the Renault was the car to have from the 1982 set (eg top speed 198mph). Presumably reliability was not one of the categories.

[noikeee]

KWSN - DSM, on 17 Jan 2021 - 14:10, said:

I do not think anyone young or old follow F1 for the sponsors, sponsorship or because they want to buy a high end car - They follow it because then want to watch racing, to watch cars going 300 km/h while battling it out.

Of course they don't. But the sponsors follow the viewer demographics.

[sladealonso]

Anderis, on 16 Jan 2021 - 21:21, said:

Wow, you were already watching as a 5 years old?

I can't imagine myself watching with understanding anything else than cartoons at that age, even though I was quite a smart kid (at around age 6 I was beating adults in chess, those who weren't very good at chess at least ) . I couldn't be bothered with watching any kind of sports on TV until I was around 10.

I mean that’s a rough estimate. I definitely wasn’t aware of all the intricacies of the sport - but I knew it was about who can get from point A to point B the fastest. It could’ve been before, I know I used to avidly play the F1 2001 game as Alonso in the Minardi, which would lead me to believe it was somewhere around the time he was breaking out as a superstar.

But yes, overall it’s a demographic thing. Autosport forums are mainly consisted of an ageing demographic - as it’s an ageing format. For example, Twitter is filled to the brim with teenage F1 fans, ironically I actually find I prefer reading comments on these forums over comments from people my own age. I tend to align more viewpoint wise regarding the sport - but I digress.

[Claudio Navonne]

I have been following her since the 1968 Italian GP, when my late and beloved father started buying us, my younger brother and me a weekly motoring magazine (Parabrisas Corsa, Argentina). Our father was a motorsport enthusiast and he awakened that enthusiasm in us when he took us to the cinema to see Grand Prix: the beginning of everything for us. In 1968 I was 12 years old and my brother was 8 years old.

 

[jcbc3]

Collombin, on 17 Jan 2021 - 14:15, said:

In the UK they were known as Top Trumps. I remember the Renault was the car to have from the 1982 set (eg top speed 198mph). Presumably reliability was not one of the categories.

 

So being a sad 56 year old boy, your post made me go upstairs to pull out the Top trump collection:

 

 

Looking at the motorsport corner we get this:

 

 

But the most intriguing is this (International greats):

 

 

And the cards are of footballers and their stats:

 

[KWSN - DSM]

jcbc3, on 17 Jan 2021 - 15:46, said:

So being a sad 56 year old boy, your post made me go upstairs to pull out the Top trump collection:

 

 

 

Looking at the motorsport corner we get this:

 

 

 

But the most intriguing is this (International greats):

 

 

 

And the cards are of footballers and their stats:

 

 

 

Absolutely amazingly marvelous!!!     

[Dhillon]

So why young people are not interested in f1? lack of racing , charismatic drivers or grid girls ?

[KWSN - DSM]

Dhillon, on 17 Jan 2021 - 17:26, said:

So why young people are not interested in f1? lack of racing , charismatic drivers or grid girls ?

 

I think they are, so neither.

[Alan Lewis]

jcbc3, on 17 Jan 2021 - 15:46, said:

...But the most intriguing is this (International greats):



And the cards are of footballers and their stats:

Blimey! Andy Gray! (My Dad was a Villa fan).

[Counterbalance]

Age: 50

Location: That depends upon how drunk I am, but Europe when sober.

Started watching in the late 70's, and really started following around 1990.

[PlatenGlass]

Dhillon, on 17 Jan 2021 - 17:26, said:

So why young people are not interested in f1? lack of racing , charismatic drivers or grid girls ?

I don't know what the viewing numbers actually are but you're probably less likely to get into a sport that isn't live on free-to-air television. I mean, that's the UK, but I don't know the situation in other countries.

[TheMidnight]

Dhillon, on 17 Jan 2021 - 17:26, said:

So why young people are not interested in f1? lack of racing , charismatic drivers or grid girls ?

It's just one of a multitude of exciting things to do now, it's not like 30 years ago where there wasn't much on TV and decent pedal go-kart would keep a kid happy.

In seconds you can be watching people on YouTube base jumping off a mountain,

I could go on twitch and watch a gamer play the same game I have but infinitely better,

I could fly a drone and take jaw dropping footage of urban or natural landscapes,

I can hop on a train and be in Amsterdam blazing up within a few hours and visiting endless galleries and the likes,

I could stream my band online and learn a new instrument quickly,

The list is endless, F1's by a process of evolution is fast becoming just another cool thing that people can take or leave. I don't think FTA plays anywhere near the amount of importance people give it in here. Young people are not watching 'linear' TV anymore, those days are going fast if they haven't gone already.

It's nothing F1 is doing wrong or the product is bad, times and people change.

Edited by TheMidnight, 17 January 2021 - 20:35.

[pdac]

TheMidnight, on 17 Jan 2021 - 20:18, said:

It's just one of a multitude of exciting things to do now, it's not like 30 years ago where there wasn't much on TV and decent pedal go-kart would keep a kid happy.

In seconds you can be watching people on YouTube base jumping off a mountain,

I could go on twitch and watch a gamer play the same game I have but infinitely better,

I could fly a drone and take jaw dropping footage of urban or natural landscapes,

I can hop on a train and be in Amsterdam blazing up within a few hours and visiting endless galleries and the likes,

I could stream my band online and learn a new instrument quickly,

The list is endless, F1's by a process of evolution is fast becoming just another cool thing that people can take or leave. I don't think FTA plays anywhere near the amount of importance people give it in here. Young people are not watching 'linear' TV anymore, those days are going fast if they haven't gone already.

It's nothing F1 is doing wrong or the product is bad, times and people change.

 

Agree with all of this except the FTA thing. Yes, it's not something that's deterring the younger audience. But I think it may be something that's pushing away the older audience.

[KWSN - DSM]

If Mum or Dad watches F1, kids do not care if free to air or not, either they watch or they don't - Free to air mean something when they leave home and decide on how to consume TV.

[P123]

PlatenGlass, on 17 Jan 2021 - 19:23, said:

I don't know what the viewing numbers actually are but you're probably less likely to get into a sport that isn't live on free-to-air television. I mean, that's the UK, but I don't know the situation in other countries.

 

I don't think teenagers/ early 20s watch much 'traditional' TV anymore.  Newer fans over the past few seasons (outside of Holland) will come from the being exposed to the likes of the Netflix show.

[PlatenGlass]

P123, on 17 Jan 2021 - 22:35, said:

I don't think teenagers/ early 20s watch much 'traditional' TV anymore.  Newer fans over the past few seasons (outside of Holland) will come from the being exposed to the likes of the Netflix show.

Isn't a live sporting event different though? It's not the same watched at some random time.

Edited by PlatenGlass, 17 January 2021 - 23:07.

[Dolph]

Age: 38

Europe

 

Started watching F1 in 1990 when my dad watched. I was 7 then. Got more into it in 1991 and in 1992 was full on supporting a driver. Went full head over heels F1 nerd around end of 1995, beginning of 1996.

 

Other dates:

 

Started following DTM and Moto GP in 1992, IndyCar and Le Mans in 1995. 

 

 

There are only a few things I am thankful for that I am not younger. These are: watching Senna race, seeing Schumacher emerge as the new talent, Villeneuve win IndyCar.

Edited by Dolph, 17 January 2021 - 23:52.

[Bloggsworth]

Before 1980! Try 1955...

[Dolph]

TheMidnight, on 17 Jan 2021 - 20:18, said:

It's just one of a multitude of exciting things to do now, it's not like 30 years ago where there wasn't much on TV and decent pedal go-kart would keep a kid happy.

In seconds you can be watching people on YouTube base jumping off a mountain,

I could go on twitch and watch a gamer play the same game I have but infinitely better,

I could fly a drone and take jaw dropping footage of urban or natural landscapes,

I can hop on a train and be in Amsterdam blazing up within a few hours and visiting endless galleries and the likes,

I could stream my band online and learn a new instrument quickly,

The list is endless, F1's by a process of evolution is fast becoming just another cool thing that people can take or leave. I don't think FTA plays anywhere near the amount of importance people give it in here. Young people are not watching 'linear' TV anymore, those days are going fast if they haven't gone already.

It's nothing F1 is doing wrong or the product is bad, times and people change.

 

Exactly. Even I, ca 10 years ago at the then age of 28 gave up on television. If I want to be entertained the TV is the last thing I would turn to with its inflexible schedule, domestic quality programming and loooooooooooong commercial breaks.

[PlayboyRacer]

Dolph, on 17 Jan 2021 - 23:45, said:

There are only a few things I am thankful for that I am not younger. These are: watching Senna race, seeing Schumacher emerge as the new talent, Villeneuve win IndyCar.

The mid 80s to mid 90s really were a special period for international motorsport. For myself I'd also add Colin McRaes feats in rallying. That makes a hell of a spectacular quartet of outrageous talent and outrageous characters in that period.

[teejay]

This survey would also be a fair bit about who uses forums. 

 

Kids are on Facebook and Instagram, so the numbers will be skewed. 

[teejay]

As for the survey 

 

Age - 38

 

Started watching - 1994. I am still 100% sure if Senna is a memory or just learnt and retained in my head, but I absolutely remember watching Hill and Michael crash at Adelaide. 

 

No idea why I liked motor sport at the time - Dad never watched, no other relatives or siblings watched it.

 

So glad I got watch the glory days of CART, V8 Supercars in Aus, and the ever changing F1 world. 

[Imperial]

The results pretty much match the official figures that were provided by whoever a year or two ago (FOM possibly), and which put paid to the ludicrous arguments on this forum with contributors constantly talking about the young audience F1 has. It doesn't.

 

It also quite possibly never had, but nobody was counting back in 1980 for example, so discussion of today's stats compared to the past is impossible anyway.

[Frood]

28, UK.

First race I can absolutely remember watching was Belgium '98 and immediately started cheering for Jordan. Watched full seasons from '99 onwards.

My family say I was watching before that (both CART and F1 - my father worked for Penske and G-Force so I had an interest in what he did) but that's the first time I can remember watching motorsport.

Apparently I was stuck in a kart at 4 but hated it. I don't remember this at all. Probably blew my shot at being a racing driver then and there!

I'd say the biggest forum for younger fans is Reddit, but the way it's setup makes it difficult to follow any threads more than three days old, and the way they show their posts isn't conducive to bumping up old conversations.

Edited by Frood, 18 January 2021 - 08:14.

[Tombstone]

54 years of age.

 

Watching is a tricky one really, the mid 70s were not a good time to try to follow live F1 in my country. I remember being 'into' cars from a very early age (pre school), my interest in F1 came about when my parents got me a Scalextric set for Christmas '73. I can vaguely remember snippets of motorsport on TV until the Hunt/Lauda battle which of course made F1 headline news in print and broadcast media. I certainly recall the introduction of turbos in '77 and have watched every race, either live or highlights, since then when at all possible. I would not consider getting sky just for F1, I have far too much recorded tv from freeview to watch, not to mention all the television and movies I have and collect on disc. If F1 went purely ppv I'd probably stop watching to be honest. F1 is probably the only linear tv I watch these days, pretty much all my favourite tv shows date back to the 60s and 70s and are available on disc. I wouldn't consider watching anything on a 'mobile device', we have internet capable televisions around our home; small pictures with tinny sound are deeply unsatisfactory ways to view anything. 

 

Anyway, if 'they' want to keep me watching then something, highlights but ideally whole races, need to be on free to air, ideally terrestrial, tv.

 

I'm in the United Kingdom, so europe geographically speaking.

Edited by Tombstone, 18 January 2021 - 11:13.

[Peat]

37 here. 

 

There's a number of factors at play. 

The 30-40 age bracket are probably the last generation of single-TV/device households. If their parents watched the GP on the only TV in the house, that was that. You either watched it or you went and did something else. There's far more entertainment choice now. 

And in terms of interfaces, I think forum users (generally) are of a similar demographic because forums themselves are 'of a time'. I get the feeling the younger generations spend their time on reddit/discord communities rather than desktop based web interfaces.  

 

LONG LIVE THE FORUM(and me)!

Edited by Peat, 18 January 2021 - 09:40.

[PhilArny80]

40 years of age from the UK.

 

My first proper season watching F1 (and other motorsports) was 1998. I got into it mainly from playing Playstation Games. F1 97, TOCA Touring Cars and V Rally were all out in 97 and got me into those sports. I am also a McLaren fan because of that 98 F1 season. I do recall things like Mansell winning the WC, Senna's death and Damon Hill but was definitely 98, when I fully got into it. I watched it a lot up until around 2010/2011 then I drifted away (house, marriage, kids). Got really back into it last season along with WRC and BTCC. Looking to give NASCAR a go this season as well. (Football has always been my main sport but I have really gone off it the last year or two).

 

I do think with the advent of social media, streaming and esports, younger people will get into the sport. I don't think free to air is as much of an issue as it was 10 years or so ago. My 2 daughters (no interest in F1 as yet) very rarely watch standard tv, it is usually NOW TV, iPlayer, Netflix or Youtube. The drivers are a lot more accessible to fans now than 20/30 years ago. You couldn't imagine Senna, Prost or Schumacher streaming video games online, the way Leclerc, Norris etc do

 

Never been to a Grand Prix, but for some reason before Christmas (and for my 40th) got myself a ticket to Silverstone this July, even with Covid around.  My thoughts were if fans are going to be allowed in, July is probably a likely a month as any. Fingers crossed I will get to attend.

Edited by PhilArny80, 18 January 2021 - 09:51.

[Sparky68]

Age 52

First season I recall being interested was probably 1990 . More interested now though as its my job 

Europe

Edited by Sparky68, 18 January 2021 - 10:21.

[NewMrMe]

42

 

Started watching in the early 80s before I started primary school. My Dad is also a motorsport fan and from a very young age I would sit and watch races with him.

[Rumblestrip]

Age: 44
First memory of F1: Mansells tyre exploding in Adelaide in 1986. Watched properly from about 1988.

 

 

teejay, on 18 Jan 2021 - 05:19, said:

This survey would also be a fair bit about who uses forums. 

 

Kids are on Facebook and Instagram, so the numbers will be skewed. 

 

True, I think it's a bit self selecting.

[balaclava]

Age 40, Barcelona.

Started watching when Marc Gene joined Minardi. It's been quite a ride from there.

[JoshKing]

Age 16, from the UK. Aside from the fact that I might be the youngest member on this whole forum, I probably started watching F1 around 2008-2010, though only every now and then. I've been watching the whole season since 2018 and in 2020 I expanded my horizons to F2 and F3. Hopefully one day I'll be watching it from the garage as my job.

[jonpollak]

Best of luck Josh !!!
Jp

[JoshKing]

jonpollak, on 18 Jan 2021 - 11:09, said:

Best of luck Josh !!!
Jp

 

Cheers Jon!

[KWSN - DSM]

I read the results of the poll as there are a lot of young people here/ Anyone who were a kid when introduced and started watching F1 in the 90ies are clearly young, if not then I would be old.

[monolulu]

PhilArny80, on 18 Jan 2021 - 09:49, said:

40 years of age from the UK.

 

My first proper season watching F1 (and other motorsports) was 1998. I got into it mainly from playing Playstation Games. F1 97, TOCA Touring Cars and V Rally were all out in 97 and got me into those sports. I am also a McLaren fan because of that 98 F1 season. I do recall things like Mansell winning the WC, Senna's death and Damon Hill but was definitely 98, when I fully got into it. I watched it a lot up until around 2010/2011 then I drifted away (house, marriage, kids). Got really back into it last season along with WRC and BTCC. Looking to give NASCAR a go this season as well. (Football has always been my main sport but I have really gone off it the last year or two).

 

I do think with the advent of social media, streaming and esports, younger people will get into the sport. I don't think free to air is as much of an issue as it was 10 years or so ago. My 2 daughters (no interest in F1 as yet) very rarely watch standard tv, it is usually NOW TV, iPlayer, Netflix or Youtube. The drivers are a lot more accessible to fans now than 20/30 years ago. You couldn't imagine Senna, Prost or Schumacher streaming video games online, the way Leclerc, Norris etc do

 

Never been to a Grand Prix, but for some reason before Christmas (and for my 40th) got myself a ticket to Silverstone this July, even with Covid around.  My thoughts were if fans are going to be allowed in, July is probably a likely a month as any. Fingers crossed I will get to attend.

Nothing quite like your first Grand Prix! (Fingers crossed) Enjoy!

[jonpollak]

Monaco 1967 was mine.
Jp

[Amphicar]

My interest in motor racing began in the early 1960s. The first F1 race I attended was the 1966 Oulton Park Gold Cup. The 1968 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch was my first GP. Correction - the 1967 German Grand Prix was my first GP!

Edited by Amphicar, 19 January 2021 - 12:44.

[Sterzo]

Age is (I need more toes...) 73 and a half.

Became obsessed with motor racing by 1956. (What is this thing "F1 fan?")

Live in Europe (London).

First GP seen live: 66 British at Brands Hatch.

 

Roll on next season.

[aportinga]

Age: 47

1st Season: 1987 (watched a few Monaco GPs prior however)

Location: States

 

First favorites were Johansson, Berger, Alboreto.

 

Mangnum PI made me a Ferrari fan and that later grew to an F1 interest.

 

Incredibly thankful - and lucky to have enjoyed wachting Piquet, Senna, Prost, Mansell, Berger, Alesi, Patrese, Schumacher!

 

Gotta throw a shout out to Bob Varsha as well - complete professional in the booth!

 

Question: Who was the pit reporter in the early 90's who always had a popped collar?

Edited by aportinga, 19 January 2021 - 14:24.

[aportinga]

LucaP, on 16 Jan 2021 - 19:04, said:

How can you avoid us aging?

 

They replace us with newer models man!

[aportinga]

FirstnameLastname, on 16 Jan 2021 - 21:12, said:

Indeed. A notch behind magazines, which have already began their period of consolidation and dying off. Eventually forums will be the same... but there’s a lot of interaction via the likes of Twitter, where the teams interact directly with the fans posts. That age group will never end up on the like of this forum, but I guess the age range in the results of this poll reflects ‘forum’ age users rather than the age range of f1 fans overall.

I still think this is the best medium for proper discussion of any subject matter though.

 

When I was younger I had to drive about an hour just to get a F1 or Autosport magazine. Shortly thereafter Racer came out but I felt they spent more time building CART at the espense of openly bashing F1 so I dropped that subscription and then I found ATLASF1 

[aportinga]

JordanIreland, on 17 Jan 2021 - 03:28, said:

Adelaide 1994 was my first race, 

 

I wonder what it was like to watch qualifying and then the race with absolutely no experience as a fan prior?

 

I mean their was a ****-ton of build up, history and more to that very first qualification - not only Schumacher vs Hill.

 

I remember an ESPN commentator in the States saying - after Senna dies "The next closest driver in the entire field is Gehard Berger with just 8 wins!" 

 

For some, Mansell taking poll seemed to add a bridge from one gen to the next - thereby forcing Schumacher to legitimately take the reigns. 

[PayasYouRace]

I’d be interested in polling the question, “Did your parents get you into F1?”

I, like a lot of you I’m sure, got the bug from a parent or possibly another family elder. My dad watched the grands prix and my parents would go to the Spanish GP at nearby Jerez. So I grew up with some appreciation for the sport, watching it when my dad was. In 1996 I properly got into it myself. That was the first season I remember actually paying attention to the commentary, learning which drivers were in which cars, etc. In 1997 they took my to my first Grand Prix, and somewhere in between bought me Grand Prix 2 to play. So it all kicked off from there. I started watching Indycar in late 1996 too, on Eurosport.

I was always the one in my group of friends who knew the most about F1 and racing in general. If I’d had to rely on them I’d probably not have got into the sport.

So I’m interested in how many of you I’d a similar introduction to the sport. If we’re asking how young people could get into it, I think we need to nurture the interest in them.

[jonpollak]

aportinga, on 19 Jan 2021 - 14:17, said:

 

Question: Who was the pit reporter in the early 90's who always had a popped collar?

 

John Bisignano

 

Jp

[Cornholio]

Age: 37, Location: Europe (UK)

 

I consider my first race I watched as a fan the 1991 French GP, even though I have hazy memories of Berger's Imola 1989 crash, and generally of Mansell being one of our nation's leading sportsmen and being a Ferrari driver, and then of being told by some older kids that "he's driving for 'Renault' now", which I remember underwhelming me because I was aware of Ferraris being really sporty etc. (had an RC model), but I associated Renaults with a clapped out Renault 5 parked up the road from me. I definitely have zero memories of his first Williams stint, although that would be taking me into pre-school age.

 

My introduction into motorsport in general was more 1993, a combination of Mansell's IndyCar move, coming across BTCC on TV, and having my first Autosport bought for me that year.

 

And to answer PAYR's question just above, my parents didn't get me into it, nor did any friend, friend of the family or anyone. In my case it was just a case of stumbling on the aforementioned race one afternoon, becoming really interested in what I was watching, decided I wanted to watch the next one, and it kind of snowballing from there. Interested to see how common (or not) that is too.

 

As an aside the above is why I think the frequent "it was better in my day" sentiment isn't necessarily always some sort of nostalgia myth or whatever tinted glasses effect. In order to actively become a fan of something you have to really like what you're seeing, not just think it's "OK". As opposed to still watching because it's been a 20 year habit or whatever.

[jonpollak]

PayasYouRace, on 19 Jan 2021 - 15:36, said:

I’d be interested in polling the question, “Did your parents get you into F1?”
 

Not on purpose ....Here's the story.

 

In 1966 my Father came home from work early one evening before Christmas, he was working for a guy named Saul Bass doing what was then known as "opticals" and are now called "special FX" for films. He asked me if I wanted to attend a Hollywood Premiere?

OK DAD...I said. I had yet to work out WHY I was invited?
I was told to 'Go put a jacket on'
Off we went to the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd.

Upon arrival, he opened an envelope and out came 2 large yellow tickets
Grand Prix was what it said on them...

I was clueless on entry.
Enraptured upon exit.

It changed my life forever

Next year he announced to the family that he had to go back to Europe for another 4-6 months to work on a film called 'Candy'
My Mother, being of sound decision making powers, said "FINE, The whole family goes".
Unperturbed Dad brought the family over to Beaulieu-sur-Mer and the house where he stayed during the making of Grand Prix.

Unwittingly, this played into my plan perfectly.
I BEGGED him to take me to a race and if for no other reason than to SHUT ME UP he took me to 1967 Monaco GP

It was mesmerizingly magical and all I had expected.
I was amazed to see and hear REAL F1 cars, not movie mock-ups. Jackie's BRM and the Surtees Honda were great sounding but it was Pedro, Siffert, and Jochen in the Cooper Maserati's that made me drool. I eventually fell for Stewart though and since my dad was leaning towards being a Graham Hill fan, surely due to his after-hours exploits, yet I needed to have a more straight and narrow driver as my object of affection.

So for me it was between the Scots Jim Clark and Jackie.
The race was almost over when the second place car failed to come past us at the pelouses rocher.
I turned to see Dad with a frantic look on his face and he scooped me up as the incident hooter blared. We left the track in a mad rush as plumbs of smoke were coming up from the harbour chicane. I knew there was something bad happening but I was enthralled ... it was too late.

So THAT was IT....The end of any semblance of a "normal" life for me...
Motor racing was my manna from then on...

Racing has permeated my life ever since.

 

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 22 January 2021 - 14:03.

[aportinga]

jonpollak, on 19 Jan 2021 - 15:41, said:

John Bisignano

 

Jp

 

Thanks - on the tip of my tounge and I could not find a proper search to grab him. 

Edited by aportinga, 19 January 2021 - 17:10.

[TomNokoe]

25
2007
UK

One of the younger pups, although I think you can probably trace forum enthusiasm until you get to children born 1997-98, and then you'll see a massive nosedive to other platforms. Somewhere between Millenial and Gen Z. So in that respect, I don't feel young at all.

FTA ITV Highlights of Monaco 2007 got me hooked. They were on at a ridiculous hour, verging on midnight. Sometimes I wonder if I had heard of the emerging Lewis Hamilton already, but my memory doesn't go that far. I also remember watching a montage of Schumi's Brazil 06 drive on YouTube, with "Smile Like You Mean It" overlaid. Again, I don't know if this was before, or after, those Monaco highlights.

PayasYouRace, on 19 Jan 2021 - 15:36, said:

I'd be interested in polling the question, “Did your parents get you into F1?”

Hell, no! Sometimes I think my interest grew in spite of them. I look back and wonder why they never thought to take me to a race. Maybe we were just poor, lol.

My first F1 experience was 2014 Jerez (bloody long way) winter testing, day 4. I went to Le Mans the same year. My first F1 race was GB 2015.

On the subject of demographics, Liberty's engagement push has absolutely worked. However, I wonder how many of these new fans will stay long-term, just with how society is these days.

Edited by TomNokoe, 19 January 2021 - 18:26.

[KWSN - DSM]

Not that it has any bearing on anything, one of our friends STILL have his collars up like that.