Option 1: A relatively "boring" and uneventful race but with a Ferrari 1-2 Option 2: A very "exciting" and eventful race with a very poor Ferrari performance. I thought it would be an interesting poll. I vote for option 1.
I tend to think you can have either type of race regardless of how the Ferrari's perform. I guess for some people here the race is only exciting if Ferrari succeeds but there's 24 cars out there and a million different variables that can make the racing exciting. Anyway, I'll always prefer an exciting race. >8^) ER
Sure...but I am trying two present two extreme situations in order to see where the average poster has his/her priorities in here. What's more important: the race's entertainment value or Ferrari's successful performance? Of course, in some races you can have both
By choosing the exciting race in your poll it gives the impression someone would be rooting for Ferrari to fail, and that's not the case here. I guess I am abstaining with comments then. >8^) ER
I would watch the race regardless... but i vote for option 2 it`s always better if the race is exciting
+1 Not the case here either, the options are not fair, if Ferrari does not have decent competition then there would be no entertainment in watching them lap after lap race after race win, an uneventfull race, IMO. I remember back when MS was winning everything, folk I was with watched the start and if MS pulled away first just walked off or turned off, Bernie and co realized this and changed things... Any team/driver dominating would be boring IMO this year is looking good though, and if Red bull gets reeled,... adjustable ride height ?
But that is the point of the question. Would you rather have an exciting race if it meant Ferrari has to fail? Or would you rather parade laps with a Ferrari victory "guaranteed". Of course we all want both (ie, exciting and Ferrari victory, not boring and Ferrari fail!) but the question itself would then just be one of the standard self-congratulatory threads.
Ain't that the MF truth! I voted option 2. Of course its nice if Ferrari wins but a total dominance is boring. I got a HUGE rush from Kimi winning the WDC in 2007 Yes, although last year wasn't particularly exciting I must say. I was watching 'old' F1 seasons during the week (1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999 season) which where so much more exciting... It really stopped being good in 2004 when everyone was fitting idiotic winglets which disturbed the air behind a car. If you look at 2001 australia, when Ralf Schumacher was in the slip stream of Villeneuve from 50 meters back all of a sudden the car shot of into the vacuum and the massive crash happened....Yes a marshall died during the crash which shouldn't have happened, but overtaking like that is IMPOSSIBLE right now, due to the idiotic million layer diffusers .
I'm not sure this really applies to this year. Alonso and Kimi mixing it up in '06 was exciting (briefly). Villeneuve and Arnoux at Dijon '79 was exciting for several laps. Shumi putting the "hunt" on JPM and others in '03 was interesting racing. Seeing front runners having to start from the back isn't all that exciting. Activity isn't always "excitement". Put a mentos in a bottle of diet pepsi and you get activity. But it wouldn't win awards at Cannes. I was looking over a recording of the Australian race recap, and I realized that, for all the activity in that race, that I'd found it completely unmemorable.
I guess my best answer is that I really enjoyed Alonso's race today and the fact that he didn't finish, disappointing as it was, didn't ruin it. Of course Massa's performance did ease the pain a bit
Option 2... I'd prefer it if Ferrari were to win, but I like it best when they have to work for it and it's a close thing. A close race is more important, but I do like to see Ferrari do well. All the best, Andrew.
I just noticed... not often on here you see a poll with this many people responding and it works out nicely as a 25%:75% split. Or maybe that's not that extraordinary... I don't know. I'm in a funny mood after just hammering out a load of statistics. All the best, Andrew. Image Unavailable, Please Login
