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Now that was a f-1 race, if only all of them would be as good.

 

Petulant.

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I was really looking forward to this race being the US one and then life got in the way. It's a lot easier to find the time to watch the race at 8:30 AM instead of middle of the afternoon.

However, I did turn it on in the last few laps and once again it was the same outcome. From that perspective it felt to me like F1 is like watching Tom Brady and the Patriots. It's like watching WWE. Everything is pre-determined by Emperor Bernie.

I am getting tired of the same ol faces on the podium.

I see from other comments that it was a good race. That is a good thing. Otherwise, I am not sure if it will continue to get my attention.

 

Well, it's true this season is over with three races to go, but I hope Ferrari takes it to the next few - I'd like to see them finish on a strong note.

With new blood coming in next season, I think we could be in for a great bunch of races....lots to watch for.

 

Finally got to see it last night. That was a lot of fun.

 

Interesting analysis. But that wasn't the intent of my comment.

My point was that these races seem to come down to the players in row 1&2 at the start sprint to turn one and whoever gets the lead there is the winner 50 laps later.

Maybe this race was different in the middle, but the pattern remains.

I don't know what the answer is, but this is becoming to routine. I am not trying to discount the talent of a Hamilton or Vettel or the team money behind them.

It's like getting tired of watching the Patriots beat everyone. It becomes a forgone conclusion.

 

That's been a long-running issue in F1 for maybe 20 years and it's why the drag reduction system was introduced to make passing more possible.

I'm old enough I can remember in the start of the turbo era when an evil-handling but quick-in-a-straight-line turbo car would get in front of some non-turbo cars and then they would be stuck behind it for literally the whole race.

But it's partly the result of the standing start system used in most international racing - the gains or losses from a good or bad start tend to exceed anything a driver can do later.

Going to a US-style rolling start would be a step too far towards entertainment rather than pure racing in the eyes of most international drivers - F1 (and all the minor international formulae) has always had standing starts, so that's the way it stays.

 

Which turned out to be not quite random enough - celebrities were invited to pick a numbered ball (like a lottery) to decide at what point between fifth and tenth place the grid was reversed and it turned out that their choices weren't always perfectly random, so now the boss of the series organiser does the pick!

This is also mixed with F1-style compulsory use of two tyre compounds in different races (team's choice), so it does produce some odd racing with drivers in the mid-pack on their soft tyres slowing up traffic early in the race to give themselves a bit of clear track in which to set a banzai lap before their soft tyres go off.

WTCC (World Touring Cars) uses a fixed grid reversal for race two at place 10, so there is a certain amount of brinkmanship amongst drivers who can't win pole (for race 1) to try to get place 10, so pole for race 2. Of course if someone else then squeezes into place 10, they get pushed to place 11 and start there for both races (only the first 10 grid places are reversed).

 

I really like how the WTCC does it, race 2 is always exciting.

 

Scott Speed?

 

^^^ :lol:

 

Yeah, that would work!

 

Not that far considering the next closest track.......