I can't stand Formula 1 at all. I can't stand all those millionaire guys driving those expensive cars, those women holding those sun umbrellas, that unpleasant skidding sound and mainly ... all those T.V. journalists sucking up like mad to the racing drivers. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! That show is extremely unbearable! And you? Can you put up with Formula 1? Do you think they help to improve the world with those cars and umbrellas? Oh, maybe you like it. Could you tell why Formula 1 is good for you?
I've always enjoyed a good chassis! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I love it! Most of the races are held during the wee hours of the morning local time. I regularly wake up early to see the race. I love the super-advanced cars, and the insane speeds. I have no problem with the drivers making millions, because they are the best in their field and generate 100's of millions of dollars. As for improving the world...many of the innovations developed for the track eventually end up on your production car. Things like anti-lock brakes and traction control prevent 1000's of accidents a year...and many injuries and deaths.
Certainly, an inacessible field for everyone. Few families in the world can afford that sport or activity for their children or for themselves. Those innovations developed for the track could be tested in a quiet and controlled way without drawing attention. That show looks too ostentatious.
It is just a playground for the rich and well to do. The "innovations" that are supposedly being developed are actually being done in testing facilities at manufacturers proving grounds and only when they have been tested enough they are put onto these super fast cars.
Of course being an F1 driver isn't accessible to everyone...just like being a multi-platinum rock star, or an actor that makes 8 million dollars a movie isn't something accessible to everyone. However there are 100's of racing series that are specifically designed so an "average joe" can go to the race track and race. Maybe you don't enjoy watching, but many people do. To each there own. Hell...some people actually watch golf on tv....something I will never understand.
Just as I thought! Cars manufacturers have their own tests. Formula 1 is a world apart. Mass media treat Formula 1 drivers as heroes. Heroes??? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! About the women carrying those umbrellas ... It is really sexist, but I don't blame men for it. Unfortunately, I guess that most of the women in the world dream of having such "job".
Yes...but many of the innovations they discover do make it back to your production car...like crumple-zones and lighter and stronger materials like carbon-fibre. How many innovations in equipment of other sports affect your daily life? Better soccer shoes? A better cricket bat? Sport is for entertainment...racing has the extra benefit of advancing the technology of the cars you drive everyday. And they have the same reaction to football/soccer stars, movie stars and musicians. Celebrities get media attention...thank you Captain Obvious. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Men are primarily sports fans...and we like looking at pretty ladies. It's why many sports have scantily clad cheerleaders on the side line. F1 is no different.
The only real complaint I have about F1 is that most of the races are really parades and the races are won and lost in the pits. Indy cars often have the same problem. Even watching NASCAR can be sleep inducing. But the whole point of racing(other than the money and "winning")is the development of technology, the increase in efficiency of today's engines can be traced directly to Formula 1 and other racing activities, the superior chassis, brake and suspension technology we see on modern cars was first seen and tested under real world conditions in racing. The Engineers just let the rich and beautiful crowd play with their toys, it's all really about the tech. GrumpyPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Today they can do a pit stop in less than 3 seconds because they no longer put fuel into the cars. They now have shorter races because they can only hold so much fuel in the F-1 cars and the only reason they need to stop is to change tires which they must do at least twice during the F-1 race now. So pit stops aren't that important as they were one time. I don't enjoy the innovations that were supposed to be happening but aren't being allowed to do so. There was a car once that was using a TURBINE engine in it, much better gas mileage, performance and cheaper to build. Well they outlawed it from being used because the frikking automakers didn't want innovations that they weren't selling!!!!!!!!!!Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Mass media generally tend to overvalue Formula 1 drivers and undervalue other sportsmen, e.g. fighters. Formula 1 is overrated.
I can't stand women tennis at all. I can't stand those millionaire girls wearing those tight skirts, with the unpleasant loud grounting, the slaves picking their balls up.... Who can??? :bugeye:
Formula 1 drivers at least know how to make a right turn. But I would never watch it live, too noisy and hot. On TV on the other hand, well, I prefer bike races...
you like it if you are rich, cause you can afford it. you don't like it cause you are poor, cause you can't afford it. you like it if you are poor, than you aspire to become rich secretly or not... either way the sport is like golf, girls are in it for a reason.
Submissive low income men, like rich women in tight skirts playing tennis and making other men pick up their balls for them. Alpha males (who are obviously rich), like rich women in tight skirts playing tennis and making other men pick up their balls for them. Not-fully-sure-of-their-sexuality males, do not like rich women in tight skirts playing tennis and making other men pick up their balls for them.
I agree with 12. I find F1 very dull. The whine and drone of the engines and around and around they go. I would say it's worse than televised Sunday afternoon golf, but that isn't really possible, is it? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Yet, I have no objections if other people enjoy it. I heard once long ago that race car drivers, the good ones, can pick a fly from the air with their fingertips. So obviously they need very quick reflexes and a keen eye. Drivers are athletes, even more so than table tennis players, or billiard champions, I reckon.
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