If Ferrari ever left Formula 1, would you stop watching?

I would love to see that happen....providing they have NA engines, no halo and less aero.

 

I'd still watch, but less intently.

Behind Ferrari, my next favorite team is McLaren. However, there's been scant little to like about their F1 seasons over the last few years.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

I was at a RB demonstration the other day at the SEMA show. Max was doing donuts in the F1 car. Pretty cool.

Then the drift cars came out and the engines were louder and sounded better. Smoke everywhere. People cheering. One shot a rod right through the block. People screamed in appreciation.

If you asked the crowd which one they liked best there is no question the hopped up Japanese, German and American cars were a better show.

F1 is for the wine and cheese club -- and it's dying off.

 

Bas for President.

 

you can also throw Haas into the mix, strength in numbers.

F1's 2021 engine proposal a "good concept" - Steiner https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-2021-engine-proposal-good-concept-steiner-975272/ … via @motorsport

 

I'm amazed that so many posters say they would stop watching F1 simply because Ferrari pulled out. They are merely fans of a brand, not the sport. A true F1 fan would not stop following F1 simply because the team associated with the manufacturer of a car they own stopped racing. Neither would they stop watching a race because that team's cars were no longer in contention for the win. This of course might not apply to a true Tifosi living in Italy, but I doubt any of the prior posters fall into that category.

I followed F1 long before owning a Ferrari, rooting for many different drivers and/or teams in different years. I first started watching F1 in my younger days rooting for Jim Clark while sitting on the wall above the Station (now Fairmont) Hairpin in Monaco. Over the years the drivers I rooted for often changed teams from one year to the next, and my allegiance followed them. Other than years ago when I was personally involved as a F1 pit crew member or my brother a F1 team manager, I have primarily rooted for drivers rather than teams. The last few years I rooted for Nico but not Mercedes, and this year for either Ferrari driver at the start of a race and then other drivers towards the end if they were in contention to beat Hamilton. I am more interested in the driving championship than the constructor's counterpart. To me this is what separates F1 from other professional team sports, where one typically roots for a team as opposed to the individual players on the field or court.

 

I'm a general F1 fan and have drivers across many teams that I really like. As far as constructors, I root for Ferrari and then McLaren.

I'd still watch without Ferrari, but would be less interested. Ferrari has an intangible mystique that makes a victory for a favored driver seem extra special. It's ineffable.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Political correctness is killing fre

Would people in NY stop watching baseball if the Yankees dropped out of baseball? I think a lot would.

Look at the San Diego Chargers moving to LA. Most people in San Diego won't watch them play again even though they rooted for them since the early 60's.

 

Bi polar.

 

Yep. Absolutely not.

Where am I?
Andrew.

 

Bi polar.

Its sort of like saying you're rooting for the USA then the North Koreans.

 

Ferrari's heritage in Formula 1 is unquestionable. However, I don't believe that Ferrari would be the big loser if it left the sport. They can still make tons of money by just supplying engines to other teams without the extra cost of building F1 cars, support team, employees etc. On the other hand, the sport itself will be the biggest loser of all. I also don't believe that other car manufacturers will jump in to replace Ferrari. What's holding them off to come in now?

 

My interest in any sport is dictated by my interest in the teams or players within the sort and their performance. If I don't care for any of the drivers or teams that participate in f1, watching them twirl around the track with no 'action' for me would be nonsensical. I am ferrari through and through, so without the red cars in the mix, what do I care who wins what? Same goes for drivers, I like fernando, but I'm not interested in seeing him circulating last, if he's in the mix, I have some interest in where he is and might tune in to watch him.

When schumi and Senna were in the sport, I'd have watched it regardless of ferraris position because those two were my heroes, still are, but no one on the grid is worthy of such esteem these days.

Just like when Liverpool, my favourite football team is knocked out the FA Cup (all too soon these days) I lose all interest in that competition, and don't watch a single further game, much as if ferrari leave f1, I will have little reason to bother with f1 thereafter. Of course, I would hope ferrari start a new formula/join another formula as a works team and go into battle with a new group of challengers, but I don't think ferrari have to be in racing anymore just to make a point. If the FIA want to rule against us all the time, and take away the chance of championship battles, then they are welcome to their rapidly dying sport as far as I'm concerned. Ferrari will still be the greatest f1 team ever

 

Ferrari is ''my team'' though I also support other teams/drivers. If F1 had a great concept currently where close following/overtaking (not with fake DRS) etc was possible, it wouldn't influence my decision to keep watching or not. Since 2014 however I've been watching less and less...nothing to do with Ferrari's lack of competitiveness, it's the entire sport that's becoming boring. Boring sound, racing is not very interesting with everyone following each other from ever further distances, hell even the way races are won is bloody boring. Who wants to hear ''well managed'' at the end?! You want them to push the car not drive around managing fuel and tires, short shifting and in economic power modes.

That's the reason why I watch less and less...yes I still watch almost all races and rarely do I miss one, but I watch few practice sessions these days and even miss quali time to time. Unheard of before...With FIA's inaction regarding overtaking, retarded engine rules (not just the overly complicated V6, but also 3 engines for next year...people complain constantly that there's not enough running of the cars, now they want to give the team even fewer engines?! what do they possibly think will happen!). It's as if they WANT us to stop watching. Unfortunately their wish is becoming true for me...I'm close to not caring anymore, a sport I've truly loved for as long as I remember. The FIA is destroying it. And yes if it was Ferrari doing all the winning all day I'd be saying the same. Rubbish engine no following little running...what's the point?

 

I completely agree Bas, the FIA is deliberately destroying F1. My question is why, what is the endgame?

 

The way the situation is going, I will probably stop watching F1 this time next year. The rules just suck.

 

If Ferrari left F1, all of the Scuderia Ferrari Clubs worldwide...would become moot.
In the greater scheme of things, this issue is most probably the least of Ferrari and F1's worries.
However, you would be cutting your fan base (and the associated revenues) at the knees.
And even if Ferrari would join or focus their racing efforts in another series, I highly doubt that it would compare to the aura of F1.
Just sayin' is all.

 

I already don't watch like I used to so it wouldn't change anything. If I catch 4 races a year I am doing good. Ferrari is my team but if they left my viewing habits would stay about the same. If they had more race replays I would probably watch more. Catching F1 races is low on my life priority list these days.

 

I should say that up till a few years ago I watched every race, almost every practice but definitely every qualifying session. Those days are gone. The allure of F1 is gone. I am just about as well, but hang on for a few races every year.

 

Everyone eventually got somewhat 'bored' to some extent by the Schumi /Vettel/Lewis years and that even includes their fans...chances are some other hero (+team) will pick up the baton and run with it again.

F1 without Ferrari is almost unthinkable,Liberty have a big battle on their hands now to put the ship back on course,without bumping into a rather large iceberg.

I would probably continue watching if Ferrari pulled out,IF the racing somehow miraculously improved ,otherwise i might be more attracted to other forms of motor sport...

Te me F1=Ferrari + Ferrari =F1. So it would be hard to envisage a divorce.

 

I'd root for Lewis and Merc.


















Just kiddin'...

 

I nearly choked on my coffee as I read that, then luckily I scrolled down .......

 

I resemble that remark! I am not an F1 at all.
Even more bizarre in that I was never a fan of Ferrari the brand/car. I came across Ferrari purely by accident.
I wanted a 60's Ford Mustang for my 40th but my then (now ex) missus did not want an American car in the garage and I was beyond arguing. I happened to be reading a Clarkson book and he mentioned a £20k Ferrari (308).
I was planning all this from about 35 and when that Ferrari came I was bitten good and proper.
I had never in my life watched an F1 race from start to finish, never. Switched channels and caught them on occasion and also had a few Scalextric F1 cars but never ever watched an F1 race fully.
A good friend bought me an F1 book of Ferrari that first Ferrari owning Xmas, and because she was out of ideas. I wondered why I had this F1 book, but having Ferrari on the front I thought I would try it. My first F1 season was 2005.

I'd always been a WRC fan but the FIA have ruined it now.

So yeah I'm not an F1 fan and never have been really, I would watch some of the Ferrari Challenge racing if I had the free time but it is just F1 is on the telly and easy to put time aside to watch it. Especially at 6x speed which I often do

 

I am a lifelong tifosi. I generally support any drivers for Ferrari, but I am loyal to the Scuderia first. And I love the sport for being the pinnacle of motorsport.

Ferrari is the face of F1. Without it, the sport would lose untold glamor and appeal. The ultimate thing that would make me stop watching would be if it becomes a true spec series rather than allowing innovation.

If Ferrari left and no one else could truly challenge Little Elton, I'd stop watching. I'm not watching The Elton Show. If Max or someone was spanking Elton left and right, I'd tune in just to see that.

 

Ferrari'a share price would also literally drop as a result of leaving F1. I sure hope the owners understand this (of course they do). Ferrari's F1 glory is on the same level of importance as rosso paint when it comes to defining Ferrari as a whole.