Must admit that from what little I’ve seen Formula E is the winner by a country mile!
Must admit that what I’ve seen of Formula E, its a loser by several country miles
I thought the wife was Hoovering.
Why’s that Don? Don’t you like to see drivers in similar spec cars actually racing each other and actually overtaking each other or do you just prefer to see a procession where the teams with the most money dominate?
Hi Rob. I did ask which you thought was the most exciting to WATCH. Turn the TV’s sound down to zero and then compare the two by visual interest only.
They are complementary , as nearly all forms of motorsport should be , and often are. Trouble is that , for many , motor racing is just watching telly - a medium that , because of a 2D image and crap sound , doesn’t even begin to convey the speed , atmosphere or noise. On the latter , I don’t think bleating about noise in Formula E is remotely an issue - even a full fat V12 sounds pretty lame on telly, BTCC cars sound appalling and so the muted whine from FE is fine by me .
People in F1 , esepcially its present owners , make the mistake of thinking F1 has to be thrill a minute overtaking with a side order of jeopardy and human interest . That might be what casual fans want but , having watched many Grands Prix live over the last 50 years , its appeal is much more nuanced.
Both crap now.
Formula E is now a big game of dodgems with some “boost” stuff somewhere so they can actually “overtake”.
Formula 1 is just a procession of who’s got the biggest budget.
More boring than F1 and the circuits are far too narrow.
To me, Formula E has something missing. And that something is of course SOUND. As a whole watching / listening experience, Formula E is just simply lacking.
I have a sound bar connected to my television, which includes a huge super-woofer speaker, and when adjusted properly, the sound from a ‘normal’ motor racing program is awesome.
OK, so the sound from the modern Hybrid F1 cars is not quite what it was in the old days, but any sound is better that nothing at all, surely. And most of the motor racing shows I watch are purely old-school, with lots of beautifully noisy petrol engines to savour.
I’m sure that is the way motor racing is going, with the increasing-in-power green lobby going to eventually have their way. As a motor racing dinosaur though, I’m just glad I won’t be around when it finally happens.
A very balanced view John!
I marshal on a regular basis, mostly at Snetterton but others too, and by far the most exciting to watch is lower formula club racing.
If your looking for 30 or so equal cars then go no further than… now let me think. What could we all relate to? How about MX5’s
Get up off the sofa and go and watch some.
Absolutely - go to an HSCC or CSSC meeting at a circuit like Cadwell and you will wonder what the hell you were doing sitting on a sofa watching racing on TV .
As for F1 being ‘now’ about the team with the biggest budget …come off it , with very few exceptions , it has been like that since the days of Nuvolari and Ascari . What has changed for the worse is the grotesque size of the budgets , even for mid field teams. That, and the increasing incidence of GPs taking place on joke tracks in countries with deep pockets but absolutely no racing heritage. That’s why the …err …Azerbaijan GP is watched by oh , up to several dozen people , mostly expats . Them , and the odd stray dog and bemused local
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What Paul and John said!!!
Plus, try taking your own MX out on an OC track day… much more fun being in the hot-seat and watching ‘real life’ through your own windscreen rather than the TV.
Go on… you know you want to!
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I did ! 100 under the bridge at Snetty, and still another gear to go. Yeeeee Ha
Motor racing…love the spectacle, hate the noise, quite literally very, very PAINFUL.
F1 isn’t what it used to be but still enjoyable. TV coverage of the races is superb particularly by the Channel 4 team. Only highlights but still much more watchable than the cringe worthy Sky team.
I did watch one very early Formula E race and found it to be as dull as ditch water. Did think about trying again until I heard that viewers can vote online for their favourite driver and the one with the most votes gets a power boost. Never heard anything so unfair, unsportsmanlike or ludicrous in my life.
Now I didn’t know about that Paul!!! So I totally agree with your assessment!!!