Yipee the F1 is back on

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Austrian GP on next weekend for any motorsport followers. Having a T.V & maybe SKY. would help. I know some members do not so this will be of zero interest to you.

Steve.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

[David NobleParticipant @davidnoble71990]

Two trips to Silverstone this year as well I believe.

David

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by David Noble on 28/06/2020 19:29:11:

Two trips to Silverstone this year as well I believe.

David

Ah not looked at the timetable. Lets hope they all go ahead.

Steve.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Touring cars better F1 is now a hight speed parade and I dont have or want SKY

Martin P

[Steve NeighbourParticipant @steveneighbour43428]

Posted by Steviegtr on 28/06/2020 18:56:06:

Austrian GP on next weekend for any motorsport followers. Having a T.V & maybe SKY. would help. I know some members do not so this will be of zero interest to you.

Steve.

100% interest to me, big fan of F1 – NOT such a fan of football that seems to dominates sport on TV

Horses for courses obviously !!!

Steve

[Douglas JohnstonParticipant @douglasjohnston98463]

My only hope is if C4 in UK shows highlights since I don't have Sky.

Doug

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

Got Sky but not forking out for the extra package just to watch F1. It has just become a high speed procession, much prefer the motorbike racing as you get some good overtaking.

Edited By Baz on 28/06/2020 21:09:35

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by Steviegtr on 28/06/2020 18:56:06:

Austrian GP on next weekend for any motorsport followers. Having a T.V & maybe SKY. would help. I know some members do not so this will be of zero interest to you.

Steve.

Why? We might just have a radio, you know. Doubtless the highlights will appear on Youtube (possibly even the whole race?). There will be reports in the papers – for those that read them. So please don’t assume or state obviously untrue statements just because you think yourself, and others with goggleboxes, are the only ones interested!

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by not done it yet on 28/06/2020 21:51:26:

Posted by Steviegtr on 28/06/2020 18:56:06:

Austrian GP on next weekend for any motorsport followers. Having a T.V & maybe SKY. would help. I know some members do not so this will be of zero interest to you.

Steve.

Why? We might just have a radio, you know. Doubtless the highlights will appear on Youtube (possibly even the whole race?). There will be reports in the papers – for those that read them. So please don’t assume or state obviously untrue statements just because you think yourself, and others with goggleboxes, are the only ones interested!

Ah Anyway good to hear that you like F1. Enjoy the racing.

Steve.

Edited By Steviegtr on 28/06/2020 22:07:02

[JAParticipant @ja]

MotoGP for me. I don’t think Silverstone is on this year, though.

JA

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by JA on 28/06/2020 22:06:13:

MotoGP for me. I don’t think Silverstone is on this year, though.

JA

I have not watched t.v for about 4 months, other than the news when herself has it on. I only really watched ,F1, Motogp, British superbikes, World superbikes, + the TT. None of which, so looking forward to next weekend.

[David NobleParticipant @davidnoble71990]

Posted by Steviegtr on 28/06/2020 19:36:25:

Posted by David Noble on 28/06/2020 19:29:11:

Two trips to Silverstone this year as well I believe.

David

Ah not looked at the timetable. Lets hope they all go ahead.

Steve.

Here's the program Steve, https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2020.html

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by David Noble on 28/06/2020 22:36:10:

Posted by Steviegtr on 28/06/2020 19:36:25:

Posted by David Noble on 28/06/2020 19:29:11:

Two trips to Silverstone this year as well I believe.

David

Ah not looked at the timetable. Lets hope they all go ahead.

Steve.

Here's the program Steve, https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2020.html

Great so 8 races to watch. Lots of remote control setups for sky then. I missed out on 2 last year when the 4k did not record so now i set to record all on the F1 channel & then again on the 4K. Only trouble is i spend an age deleting them all once finished.

Steve.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

The above post is not a brag. My other half is Football & rugby mad + Cricket so she pays for the 4K of which i take the advantage of.

Steve.

[Bill PudneyParticipant @billpudney37759]

I gave up on F1 years ago. As others have said a long procession, with no overtaking….why don't they award the race based on qualification times, saves all the hassle of a boring race. So it's MotoGP for me!!

cheers

Bill

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by Bill Pudney on 29/06/2020 01:13:45:

I gave up on F1 years ago. As others have said a long procession, with no overtaking….why don't they award the race based on qualification times, saves all the hassle of a boring race. So it's MotoGP for me!!

cheers

Bill

You will see a change of that in 2021. They are re-introducing ground effect. This will not slow a following car down to a point that he or her cannot overtake. It will give a boost the nearer they get. Lots of other changes too, including a cap on spending. Spending has always caused the richer teams to develop more than the lessers. So lets hope it becomes more interesting to watch.

I totally agree that it was becoming a procession. P.S. Motogp is a bit that way with Mark dominating the way he does. Lets see what Scott can do.

Steve.

Steve.

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

I used to be a fan but cost control and regs limiting innovation and necessary improved safety mean I agree it's more a procession now.

With physical traction limitations there are road legal cars that can make the 0-60 as fast (albeit less manoeuvrable). A tesla roadster with concept SpaceX package of rear and side thrusters should be capable of beating them all.

pgk

[David NobleParticipant @davidnoble71990]

I understand about the lack of overtaking/excitement during F1 but I find all the tactics and all the unknowns during the race fascinating.

David

[John MCParticipant @johnmc39344]

I suppose its another step back to normality, football and horse racing seem to have lead the way back.

I'm not a F1 fan other than taking a passing interest, its now "dead end" engineering with no real racing, it all seems to happen in the pits with the tyre changing!

Last years I won a couple of tickets to watch a touring car event. Went along not expecting much. Wow, was I wrong, real racing with the result decided on the track! Bought tickets for a couple of races this year, money back now.

I've enjoyed the Moto Gp, on a good day some fantastic racing.

John

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

Posted by pgk pgk on 29/06/2020 06:53:39:

I used to be a fan but cost control and regs limiting innovation and necessary improved safety mean I agree it's more a procession now.

With physical traction limitations there are road legal cars that can make the 0-60 as fast (albeit less manoeuvrable). A tesla roadster with concept SpaceX package of rear and side thrusters should be capable of beating them all.

pgk

Wrong sport, that sounds like drag racing

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I expect I will watch it more out of force of habit than getting an exciting race, still think they should install randomly controlled sprinkler systems on all tracks as the most exciting races are when the weather is changable.

Only a month later in August the road cycling starts up again and the MTB season in September so that is more likely to get me watching the F1 later in the day and the cycling live.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Posted by pgk pgk on 29/06/2020 06:53:39:

I used to be a fan but cost control and regs limiting innovation and necessary improved safety mean I agree it's more a procession now.

With physical traction limitations there are road legal cars that can make the 0-60 as fast (albeit less manoeuvrable). A tesla roadster with concept SpaceX package of rear and side thrusters should be capable of beating them all.

pgk

I think you might need a bigger battery to go 200miles at F1 pace

As school successfully killed any small interest I may have had in sport I do not have Sky, I like all forms of motor racing but motorcycle road racing is my favourite. I think the combination of engineering and competition is what appeals to me but struggle a bit with it being a sport, I can’t imagine motor racing being at the olympics although they have embraced some oddball events.

Monaco must be one of the biggest procession races but is strangely compelling to watch, having visited Monaco it makes the race seem even more unlikely but it’s still one of the most watched races.

Mike

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Anything is better than Formula E, now that is boring!

[Enough!Participant @enough]

As usual I think I'm running counter to prevailing opinion but to me what's wrong with F1 is trying to make it "exciting" to the fans by all kinds of artificial stimuli. That, and playing to the mini-teams by limiting the others in terms of costs.

I'd rather see it as in days of yore, when it was considered a sport rather than an "entertainment". Wide open, do as you like (within reasonable constraints); spend what you like; test/develop as you like, when you like; pit activity at teams' discretion. And may the best car/driver win.

I've followed F1 since the 50's but I only watched maybe a quarter of the races last year. I likely would have watched fewer or none this year, CV notwithstanding.

Now they want to use it as a vehicle (sorry) on the current social-change bandwagon.

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