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  1. DF1

    DF1 Three Time F1 World Champ

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    #1 DF1, May 1, 2023
    Interesting assessment of ticket sales etc and some interesting observations of last year. I was surprised to see this:

    --This year, with less than a month to go until the race, the circuit is begging fans to renew their tickets.

    I spoke to another fan, Andrew, who forwarded me the increasingly desperate emails he got from the Miami GP organizers, pointing out flash sales and discounted ticket prices. The most recent was dated within three weeks of the race weekend — a drastic change from 2022, where tickets had sold out almost immediately.--

    https://jalopnik.com/f1s-us-race-strategy-not-convincing-fans-stick-around-1850374011
     
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  2. steved033

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    #2 steved033, May 1, 2023
    will it be more or less boring than Baku?

    sjd
     
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    #3 jgonzalesm6, May 1, 2023
    The so called "marina" gets a pool.....woohoo!.....:oops:
     
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  5. DF1

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    #5 DF1, May 1, 2023
  6. schumacherf2006

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    #6 schumacherf2006, May 1, 2023
    The same boring
     
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  8. Mitch Alsup

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    #8 Mitch Alsup, May 1, 2023
    Probably a bit more so.
     
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    #9 tatcat, May 1, 2023
    Been getting same
    Let's see; spending $5k and deal with thousands of people who have no idea why they're there or...
    Sit home and watch my 75in. Screen and never have to put my pants on
    Hard call
    I really wonder just how many of those people are actually paying customers
     
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  10. johnireland

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    #10 johnireland, May 2, 2023
    F1 has gotten so tacky. Absolutely no class. YouTube dash cam videos may get my viewership this weekend.
     
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  11. DF1

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    #11 DF1, May 2, 2023
    https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/vasseur-miami-gp-the-start-of-ferrari-f1-upgrade-push/10464015/

    FORMULA 1 / MIAMI GP NEWS
    Vasseur: Miami GP the start of Ferrari F1 upgrade push
    Fred Vasseur says Ferrari will start bringing updates to its 2023 Formula 1 car in Miami as it looks to address its race pace deficit to Red Bull.

    By:Filip Cleeren
    Co-author:Jonathan Noble
    May 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM
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    Charles Leclerc took Ferrari's first pole of the season in last weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix but in the race he was powerless to keep the much faster Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen behind as Ferrari was soon resigned to tyre saving.

    Leclerc gave Ferrari a much-needed first podium in third behind the two Red Bull drivers, but his 21-second deficit showed the Scuderia still has a lot of ground to make up in race trim.

    According to team principal Vasseur, the team's upgrade programme will bear its first fruits in this weekend's Miami Grand Prix, with further smaller updates planned for the following European races.

    "We will start to bring updates on the car from Miami and for the next couple of events and we will see how the car will react to the updates," he said.

    "The update is one thing but the fact that you are able to extract all of the potential out of the update is another one."
     
  12. steved033

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    #12 steved033, May 2, 2023
    There's always marbles.

    Quali:


    Race:
     
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    #13 Nembo1777, May 2, 2023
    That article is spot on, very astute. Maybe the DTS show is getting F1 the wrong kind of fan and certainly the Miami prices were obnoxious last year just like Vegas this year. That being said every time there is a new Grand Prix it is packed the first year, particularly by the type of shallow crowd who want the latest model, clothes, event attendance, etc etc yawn...then in subsequent years the race attendance declines...some events suffer a terminal decline. Miami might turn out to decline too much for the event to survive long term not helped by the unpleasant parking lot type venue. Other tracks with that layout did not last either: Del Mar (IMSA), Meadowlands (CART) or...Las Vegas (80's F1) come to mind.
     
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    #14 jgonzalesm6, May 2, 2023
    RedBull to reveal a faned based livery for the MiamiGP....expect some wild Miami colors on the livery.

    I've seen some of them already.
     
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    #15 USMCS6, May 2, 2023
    Maybe it will add weight...
     
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  16. Bas

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    #16 Bas, May 2, 2023
    Apparently for Vegas you can buy tickets that cost a 1000 USD....and all you get is to sit in a (sports?) bar watching the cars on TV.

    Whats F1 boast of a 800K attendance figure or some ******** like that,.

    Liberty is Americanizing the sport. Whilst their expansion to social media was a nice touch, IMO it's been totally bodged so far. They held the largest ever F1 survey and so far continue to ignore pretty much everything the fans want. (Sprint races, more races with up to 30 planned by 2030, changes to quali system, points for practise)...

    Yes their viewership is on the increase, but their new ''fans'' are the ones with short attention spans, discourse between fans is larger than ever, DTS has made every **** that watched it an "expert". I see more and more of football (soccer) esque fan behavior popping up.

    The longer liberty owns this sport, the less interested I get.
     
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    #17 schumacherf2006, May 2, 2023
    Or die cast cars, the commentators are probably better too..
    https://youtube.com/@3Dbotmaker
     
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  18. william

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    #18 william, May 2, 2023

    Yep, that's exactly what F1 is becoming.
    I wouldn't pay the exorbitant ticket price some venues are apparently asking to watch that over 3 days.
     
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    #19 Nembo1777, May 2, 2023
    Fully agree.

    Liberty does not seem to learn.

    The Austin driver presentation like a boxing match a few years ago was stupid. Yes they cancelled it...BUT the Vegas street demo in November AND the evening before show in Miami last year were just as idiotic with speakers seeming to talk to a brain dead audience...

    Maybe there needs to be an international petition against the dumbification and ruination of F1 from sport to show.

    I would be the first to sign, I think there are special websites for petitions?

    What concerns me as well is that Domenicali seems to be an absolute turncoat who will do anything for his paycheck with zero concern for the the sport's traditions and heritage.
     
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  20. william

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    #20 william, May 2, 2023
    Domenicali has a death wish for F1; he is going to drive it to the ground.

    Make hay while the sun shines, Liberty, because it won't last; you are killing the goose that lays golden eggs !
     
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    #21 Bas, May 2, 2023
    100% agree. Domenicalli is dead to me. He seems utterly hellbent on pushing through his paymasters ideas.
     
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    #22 itschris, May 2, 2023
    Unfortunately... you may be wrong. I think they'll continue to lose a lot of us... the people who've been loyal and watching decades, but they're happy letting the door hit us in the ass as we leave. There's plenty of new fare-weather fans who think it's cool now to be an F1 fan. They'll just keep adding gimmicks and stupid stunts and promos until they capture the hearts and minds of the average phuktard.
     
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    #23 steved033, May 2, 2023
    It worked for nascar....till it didn't....

    sjd
     
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    #24 steved033, May 2, 2023
    embarassed to say i've watched these guys for years now...lol

    sjd
     
  25. william

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    #25 william, May 2, 2023
    In that respect, it's like politics: you can easily lose your long time loyal audience, if you go out of your way to catch a new one.
     
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