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[albitz]

Agreed.

[Varche]

Well, before I could say it was boring, I thought I should watch it, esp with the new rules.  I even recorded it.

What a waste of 2 hours. Boring as hell. As with the last 15 or so year, no overtaking (and by definition, no racing). They said at the beginning that there is only 6% of overtaking compared to 20yrs ago.  That is a castasphoric step backwards.  When you have to have mandatory pitstops just for 'overtaking', they have got it all wrong.

Yes, speed is good to watch, but F1 may as well be time trials, as sure as shit is brown and smelly, F1 isn't racing.

I did say Buffs only in the heading. I have some videos of paint drying you can borrow if you want more excitement than F1 

[Banjax]

the old "there was much more overtaking in the past" is easily provable as a lie I'm afraid - i've actually bothered checking because i suspected we all have edited highlights in our head from yesteryear.

turns out the hunch was right.

now if you dont believe me i'll find the stats - but only if you dont believe me 




enjoyable enough race, but they should focus on where the action is - Di Resta seemed to be 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 10th, 11th, etc so someone was having fun while the cameras followed Vettel disappearing into the sunset 

[albitz]

you know what they say about statistics.......
I,ve been watching F1 since the mid 70,s (used to be fanatical about it ) and it is without a shadow of a doubt, a souless, characterless caricature of the sport it once was.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSU1IXrICso[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2tIFxSEGA[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_kU0kC0Vc&feature=related[/media]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIpdoqRS6_4&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n5LIIYo0ts

[tunnie]

I was hoping for a lot more action with these tyres which are supposed to burn off quicker  :-/

Usual formation really just going around and around, only two over-takes of note. One Button c0cked up and ran wide, other Barrichello clearly felt his front wing need adjusting 

I got bored and started doing the washing 

[Banjax]

Albs, thats 10 minutes of great highlights from years of F1 tho - rose tinted specs I'm afraid, there was a ton of processional races too - we've literally edited them from our brains 

[Banjax]

I was hoping for a lot more action with these tyres which are supposed to burn off quicker  :-/

Usual formation really just going around and around, only two over-takes of note. One Button c0cked up and ran wide, other Barrichello clearly felt his front wing need adjusting 

I got bored and started doing the washing 

You got up at 6am to do the washing? 

[Banjax]

I was hoping for a lot more action with these tyres which are supposed to burn off quicker  :-/

Usual formation really just going around and around, only two over-takes of note. One Button c0cked up and ran wide, other Barrichello clearly felt his front wing need adjusting 

I got bored and started doing the washing 

You got up at 6am to do the washing? 

You do the washing? 

[tunnie]

I watched the re-run, drank too much wine to be up at 6! And yes I do the washing.... Even fix it when it breaks!

[Webby the Bear]

i personally am completely indifferent to F1. as mentioned before we don't get a good enough perception of speed. maybe if the camera angles were changed it would be more exciting???  :-/ :-/ :-/

i much prefer WRC & BTCC 

[TheBoy]

When it only used to be 40mins on BBC late Sunday evening, obviously it was all overtaking, as they cram into highlights. Though even then, they only showed start, overtakes (no pit stops then) and finish.


If you did the same for todays 'race', 5mins would be difficult to see, as 99.9% of anything significant happens in pit stops. Thats not racing. Ban pit stops, maybe they'd learn how to overtake again, or at least try.


There have been no truely memorable F1 races for at least 10yrs.


So, without any shadow of a doubt, there was far more action 2 decades ago.

[Webby the Bear]

There have been no truely memorable F1 races for at least 10yrs.

apart from that hamilton overtake for him to take the title. last lap of the last race 

[Banjax]

just watched an excellent, poignant and shocking documentary on bbc4 "Grand Prix: The Killer Years" if you havent seen it - you should catch it on iPlayer 

[TheBoy]

There have been no truely memorable F1 races for at least 10yrs.

apart from that hamilton overtake for him to take the title. last lap of the last race 

Hardly a classic race, was it. Not really in the same league as Senna and Prost constantly banging wheels every 2-3 weeks (when F1 only had about 10 races a year)...

[albitz]

just watched an excellent, poignant and shocking documentary on bbc4 "Grand Prix: The Killer Years" if you havent seen it - you should catch it on iPlayer 

Borrox - I forgot about it. Will hopefully be ablr to catch it on iplayer.
That brings me to another point about modern F1.In the old days the drivers knew only too well that if they had a big off there was a good chance they would be killed, but they drove balls out anyway The cars were made from folded aluminium and fibreglass and they crumpled like a tescos carrier bag when they hit something solid.. These days they know they will almost certainly walk away from whatever happens.
Im not saying I would like to go back to seeing my heroes killed on average of two per season, but I do believe that the drivers of old should always comand more respect due to that one fact.