Verstappen certainly whined an awful lot (but most of them do). What a fun race to watch.
The VSC somehow allowed Verstappen to get closer to Leclerc (before VSC, gap was 1.4, after VSC, it was 0.4. Never understand how VSC really work to allow cars to get closer. LeMans slow zone is a lot clearer to me TBH). With RedBull better straight line speed and faster in 2 sectors, Ferrari did not stand a chance with RB running DRS.
Other than the 1st and 2nd dueling it out, it was great to watch all over the track. A bit sad with some of the retirements.
Been following F1 for as long as I can remember. Been to Silverstone and Spa but since Abu Dhabi i’ve fallen out of love with F1 slightly. Anyone else feel the same?
A sport that can do that isn’t a sport. I follow still but not with anywhere near the same enthusiasm as I no longer see it as a true sporting contest.
I got back a lot of interest the last season but the farcial end to that by Masi ruined the sport to me. Will follow it but not as if i’m going to see the races.
What ruined it for me in recent years was the UK coverage; always concentrating on Hamilton regardless of where he was starting on the grid. I suppose because I’ve never really seen it as a sport where supporting teams or drivers of a specifi nationality was a thing. He’s by far my least favourite driver followed by Verstappen, but when all the focus is on him, it’s to the detriment of everything else going on.
When he finally retires I’ll hopefully start enjoying it again.
Still following… started in 94 with Williams It’ll end when Williams name vanishes from a grid. I Still like the sport and technology especially but I really don’t know if I will still have same interest when there will be nobody to cheer for.
I thought you meant the “transfer guru” on RAWK, have to say I fell in love with their silver car back in the day and had a few models. I find the sport really boring nowadays fell completely out of love with it but still have a soft spot for that silver car.
I loved Lotus when they were sponsored by JPS.
Nothing compares to that so don’t give a hoot about the manufacturers just what I think about the drivers and Hamilton is by far the best I have ever seen on my TV.
So many details, a lot of it behind the scenes, so many things a lot of us don’t have a clue about. So, it’s important to bring it closer to fans and do a lot of explaining, which F1 have done in recent years.
Hard for me to support a team or driver, it’s difficult to evaluate. The margins are incredible, it takes a lot of time and research around the race to be a “quality” F1 fan I think.
I fell out of love with F1 for about 8-9 years, the period in which Vettel won his championships.
Got back in to it over the last 4-5 years, but only really watching highlights/the odd race.
Now my wife has gotten in to it (that netflix series was the culprit), and given she’s not interested in footy, F1 has become a sport we watch together.
I’ve been a Lewis fan for years, since I went to the F1 GP at Monza in 2007 (Schumacher won that race), and Lewis wrapped up the GP2 championship. I think the dislike to him is overblown at times, but each to their own. To be a successful F1 driver, you need to be a certain type of character - no F1 champion is ever loved by everyone.
Yeah that love/hate of characters in F1 sometimes confuses me. Too radically portrayed. And I’m not saying they’re all the same. But how do we really evaluate driving style, character, success in relation to how teams are strong, etc. Difficult.
Last season it was like the world wanted Max/Horner to win. Like they were some sort of angels and Lewis/Toto were the bad guys. You also get the opposite as well, depending who you speak to, where you hear it and when. I didn’t see it that way.
I mean, I understand that people want change (any change) when someone dominates the sport in terms of success. But sometimes the reasons are a bit shit.
It depends I guess, sometimes our heroes also have some traits/moments/periods when they do something we’re not proud of. Often, in fact.
My mother doesn’t watch sports, but I always remember when she said (and not only her) the only two times she got emotional/cried about some sporting even was when Senna and Drazen Petrovic died. I immediately understood then the aura and greatness of Senna (who himself probably had some moments).
Was Schumacher really that bad? Compared to other champions? Or is it often if there’s a confident German that he’s immediately labelled as the “bad guy”?
Schumacher became disliked for his aggressive, often dangerous, manoeuvres. Essentially putting his, and other racing drivers races, and sometimes lives, on the line, all in the aim to win. He had spats with Mika Hakkinen about how his aggressiveness was dangerous. He was also disqualified from the 1997 championship for trying to take Villeneuve out in the final race, that would have meant he became champion - he got a lot of media hate wordwide foir that. He did similar in 1994. There were further incidents throughout his career, with Schumacher purposely parking his car preventing Alonso finishing a lap to secure pole in qualifying at monaco (2000s). A couple of close big crashes.
Yep. Verstappen embodies Schumacher’s ruthless desire to win in the modern era. Like Schumacher, he will regularly overstep the mark, at risk to others, to obtain an advantage. Prost could be similar.
