Formula One

[Klaus]

Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.

[bachophile]

@klaus said in Formula One:

Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.

I once thought that about bike racing but the lance armstrong craze took me into understanding the way grand tour bike racing works, and just like baseball, which I started watching at 5 years old, there is so much more going on than at first meets the eye. Lots of strategy.

Be that as it may, I’m not at all a F1 follower (maybe the closest I came to that was strolling along the marina and past the casino in Monte Carlo) but I imagine like other things, more than meets the eye.

[Doctor Phibes]

F1 races can be really boring, it depends on the circuit and the circumstances. At the wrong circuit it becomes a complete procession, and the DVR is your friend. When you have one very dominant car/driver combination it also gets a little dull - this was true with Schumacher at Ferrari, Vettel at Red Bull and Hamilton at Mercedes, although this year is more interesting as Mercedes is arguably no longer the fastest car.

What typically livens up even the dullest circuit is rain.

[Catseye3]

@klaus said in Formula One:

Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.

There's the guy with the flag, though. Every now and then a guy runs out on the track and furiously waves a flag around. That's sort of interesting. For a second or two.

[Doctor Phibes]

…. I was right about the rain

[mark]

@doctor-phibes said in Formula One:

…. I was right about the rain

Yes you were! Wow.

[mark]

I just won my first podium and first place to boot in F1 2020! I had to overtake about 6 or 8 cars. Started grid 4 but was passed by a few during the start. I also took fastest lap by about 4 seconds.

Before this win, I could never even get through the start of the race, then the first turn, then if I survived all that, someone would hit me from behind on another turn. I think the closest I ever got to finishing a race was completing 2 laps before I would crash for various reasons.

Then I take 1st place tonight. lol

Lots of fun.

[Doctor Phibes]

@mark said in Formula One:

I just won my first podium and first place to boot in F1 2020!

Nice

[taiwan_girl]

Link to video

Comparison of "pit stop" from 1950 and today. LOL

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in Formula One:

Link to video

Comparison of "pit stop" from 1950 and today. LOL

wow

[LuFins Dad]

It’s amazing just between 2209 vs 2013

[mark]

I was wondering why this thread didn't appear in my "F1" search results. I should have search for "Formula One"

[LuFins Dad]

Of course, in all fairness, they don’t refuel in modern F1 and Pit Crews are 22 people, opposed to 4 (including the driver!) in 1950.

[Rainman]

It's like a bell choir playing presto. Yes, you had to pause and think on that one.