Sigh...

Yeah. yeah...I know...progress, and going green and all that sh*t. I haven't watched a race this year beyond the first; Ferrari sucks and the cars sound worse than a rice rocket. But...once upon a time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SoZiTxdQyw

 

Yes a fantastic sounding era We all love the screaming engines, and miss them.
However, your missing a cracking season mate I cant beleve a true F1 fan would only watch one race in a season just because the cars sound quieter, thats very sad for both you and the sport.

 

He is not a true F1 fan.

 

You are somewhat correct; I become disinterested when Ferrari is grossly uncompetitive. When Ferrari is "in the mix", then I'm actually quite astute and "into it." This, year, with the Sh*t cars and Ferrari being even sh*ttier, well...

 

p.s....I should note that I've only watched one FULL race; I did "check in" on a couple of others...until it became obvious that Ferrari would, once again, suck.

 

Well, I stopped watching the practices.

Cheers,

George

 

Yeah, practice is truly uninspiring. Therefore, I've deleted my "record practice" function. Quali is still very exciting for me - - - and the race can and has delivered some very interesting team/position/points battles.

The sound of today's cars makes Bernie, me, and most of you - - want to ............. [email protected] ......... made that up

Ah well, If that's our worst problem, we personally, are obviously physically and emotionally, pretty damn healthy. I do wish Ferrari were feeling chipper, as well.

Cheers, Hank

 

What a sound!

 

Why? That's the only time Ferrari fans have any fun. Sometimes in FP-1 or FP-1 Alonso will be at or near the the top of the timing sheets. We Ferrari fans (after plenty of strong drink) will say to ourselves, "Wow, I guess those new aero bits really are working well".

Of course, reality soon sets in and Ferrari struggles to even get into Q-3. The races are even more disappointing as Ferrari once again demonstrates that they have a mid pack car made slightly better by Alonso's driving skill.

I'm still watching the races, but I'm giving serious consideration to watching FP-1 only.

 

Although I love Ferrari I realize that F1 does not revolve around Ferrari and I like a few other teams, always have. I have always had a 50/50 outlook because I also follow certain drivers whom I like although this was much more prevalent 30yrs ago.

You are not alone in your dismay though as many others feel like you do.

 

Okay, that's a different way of looking at it. However, when Ferrari didn't make it out of Q1 last time, I was kind of sorry I watched qualifying too.

Don't get me wrong, the races have been better than I anticipated, but this year is among my least favorites in quite a while.

Cheers,

George

 

Cracking season? It's a boring season dominated by vacuum cleaner sounding mercs.