Just saw something that got my attention and made me sad.

Just wait until we go closed cockpit.

 

Then it will be NASCAR w/ some "furren" drivers!

 

It's not only the noise ...

In GP2, because the cars are evenly matched (specs series), the races are most intensely fought, and the field doesn't spread like F1.

GP2 is a good series, but unfortunately it lives in the shadow of F1 and doesn't stand alone. That's the only problem with it, IMO.

I wish GP2 could have it's own calendar like F3000 and F2 used to have before.

 

same here. The GP2 sounded fantastic. We loved it.

 

after your post, I just doubled checked by viewing some recent gp2 races compared to pre-2014 f1. No, that gp2 sounds terrible compared to pre2014 f1 cars

isn't it limited to 10500rpm ?

 

Posted it before but since it's a topic specifically about it:

Took my twin brothers to F1 2 weeks ago (they're 10). F1 they found ok. After FP1, GP2 cars went out on track. Their smile did not go from their face until after the session!

Halfway through FP2 however, they started asking how long left before the cool cars would come again...

 

That is upsetting Bas

 

Plenty of empty seats during Monaco qualifying and race; when will the FIA get the message?

 

gp2 cars are turbo from next year also.

 

When they've lost a further 50%.

Does the FIA have a stake in FOM revenue? If not, even worse. Why would they even care if only 3 people come to the track?

 

Sure was. They don't know much about F1 (only that I watch it), they honestly believed that the louder cars where the ones we came to see (as it damn well should be).

Louder is always better. No one goes to a festival/concert thing and complain that the volume was too loud. They would complain when it's not loud enough...

It used to be a big thing, part of the spectacle. No longer so.

 

To be honest, I think ALL internal combustion engines will be turbo in future.

 

MotoGP baby!