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Perhaps it boils down to your opinion of street circuits, as chillibowl is alluding too. Some like them; some don't.
I happen to like most of them, when not run through an American Football Stadium parking lot. I especially like them when the setting/backdrop is nice; Monaco is spectacular and the best out there. Belle Isle (I am watching the IMSA race on the DVR now), is gritty, rough and tough, yet picturesque as it is a park on a river island in the midst of a down and dirty city. Belle Islle oozes Americana, while Monaco oozes Formula 1. Monaco is what I think of now when I think of F1 as most of the other circuits have gone away since I started watching (mid 90s?). Belle Isle and Detroit is America, in all the good and bad ways. Both just work for me. As for the actual racing, streets circuits rarely produce "great" racing. What you do get is some white knuckle driving that would be entertaining to me with just one vehicle on course. Some have likened this to rallying and hill climbs. I would agree. It's full on concentration where the slightest of mistakes are paid with huge consequences. Throw in more cars, strategy and the aforementioned appeal to street circuits, I am generally entertained and even more so with Monaco. I don't blame Monaco as a circuit for the lack luster affair in some peoples' opinions; I blame F1. The "event" that is the Monaco GP is one of the few bright spots on the calendar for me. There's few other tracks that I actually enjoy watching on the calendar and sometimes you'll get a happenchance of good racing on Tilke circuits. What I get every time with Monaco is one of the greatest historic circuits, full of all the extras that is F1 as well as a circuit that punishes immensely for the slightest of errors. Love or hate. I love and yet I understand the hate. Last edited by fieldodreams79; 3 Jun 2015 at 05:07. |
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This is Sebastien Bourdais' take on Monaco F1 in general
http://autoweek.com/article/formula-...n=awdailydrive |
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7. Monaco being Monaco (good to watch the cars struggle round this circuit) gets an extra point regardless of the racing.
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