F1 Discussion

[Smithy]

Anyway, back to F1

I started watching in the 90s and It was probably because it was available to watch live on tele. Murray Walker also made it entertaining. I always followed the british drivers rather than the teams and i still do.

To me F1 isn't intense wheel to wheel, bumper to bumper racing (or wing to wing ) with lots of overtaking. It's always been more of a strategy battle between teams so a lot of the 'racing' is done off the track. That's probably what puts people off. Most people when they watch or think of Motorsport think of actual racing and that's probably the way it should be but its f1 and we all know its a weird sport.

After the turbo era the regulations were fairly static with some updates to improve safety and reduce costs. The teams were therefore evolving and perfecting their cars every season. The racing then became a bit stagnant and led to more of a precession around the track. Then there have been various legislation updates to try and 'improve the show' such as banning of aerodynamic devices (and various updates to this to ban diffusers and exhaust blowing etc), banning of tc, kers, drs, tyres etc. whilst there is now more overtaking its largely artificial. The tyres have made the most difference however maybe they are going too far now and influencing the results too much.

Having said all of this i still follow and enjoy following F1. I like getting involved in the 'F1 weekend', from the press conferences Thursday night through to the race. I like the fact that Sky makes this all easily available on their F1 channel. I should probably watch other forms of Motorsport but in all truth I've been watching it so long that its 'my sport' now. I enjoy watching it more than football.