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Modern Formula 1 is artificial - Jacques Villeneuve

Discussion in 'F1' started by william, Feb 14, 2014.

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  1. 4zaJim

    4zaJim Formula Junior

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    #26 4zaJim, Feb 16, 2014
    Agreed, but what I'm not hearing is how, especially given the desires of the manufacturers to tie their race cars to vehicles they market for the road

    I'm kind of over all the griping. Let's hear some suggestions on how to accomplish this
     
  2. 4rePhill

    4rePhill F1 Veteran

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    #27 4rePhill, Feb 16, 2014
    Really? - I seem to recall '97, '98, '99 and 2000 having their fair share of excitement!
     
  3. BMW.SauberF1Team

    BMW.SauberF1Team F1 World Champ

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    #28 BMW.SauberF1Team, Feb 16, 2014
    What JV fails to recognize (or chooses not to), is that F1 is not a sport, but rather entertainment. The same is true for every single professional "sport" out there. Once it turns from amateur to professional, it's about making money and keeping it entertaining to keep the money coming. Even the Olympics that are supposed to be pure sport is actually nothing more than a big marketing scheme.

    If F1 stayed the same year in and year out, people wouldn't watch as much. Changing rules, tracks, car designs, etc, keeps people watching and may bring more to watch the event and make money.

    The only reason I watch F1 is for entertainment. I don't have any skin in the game to want one guy win more than the other.
     
  4. william

    william Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #29 william, Feb 16, 2014

    Or to want one team win more than the other, perhaps?

    The thing I like about a change in regulations, is that it reshuffles the cards somehow.

    The show is on the track, not in the pits, not in the commentary box, etc...

    The media circus is what spoils F1.
     
  5. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ
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    #30 VIZSLA, Feb 16, 2014
    It's always been both. Today the commercial aspects prevail way too much.
     
  6. 4zaJim

    4zaJim Formula Junior

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    #31 4zaJim, Feb 16, 2014
    Geez I've never heard so many tiny violins crying at once. What shall we name this orchestra?
     
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