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It's quite clear the format that would suit the short concentration span of TV audiences, plus allow time for advertisements, celebrity inserts etc - three short, sharp heats with random grids, scoring points as you go, then a Final. Allows cars back onto the grid after a mechanical or accident, just like they invented for the WRC.
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29 Jan 2018, 17:21 (Ref:3796661) | #77 | |
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F1 too long to hold peoples interest? Really? I can't get into a race if it's less than 3 hours. I consider Blancpain Endurance Series a little short at times.
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I struggled to watch a whole F1 race at times when I was younger, but I still loved the sport
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We're blowing apart the media distribution model or "cable" under the auspices that it is cheaper to the end-user to have a la carte choices. But the whole point of cable was to bundle services or channels together so that it was cheaper to the end-user. So to get the same services, you have to spend a 1/3rd more than 5 years ago. |
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Yes littleman, I watch the MotoGP too, it is everything F1 should be! Ecellent racing, and I always feel that the people involved are real enthusiasts and there because they really love motorbike racing. No pay riders in MotoGP, you need real talent to be there! |
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I'm now totally convinced that Valentino Rossi can be bracketed with the likes of
Prost, Senna, Schumacher etc,etc. Marc Marquez,Lorenzo,Stoner etc are at least the equals of Alonso, Vettel and Hamilton. I really don't care if F1 disappears from TV.....I would care if MotoGP did. |
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Both Vale and Jorge did well when they tested F1 cars. I really think Marquez is one who could star if he made the step into car racing
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I guess F1 viewing will plummet even further when Formula E is on the scene. It now seems that there are more factory teams than drivers. Merc is entering the sport and Toto sounds pretty excited about their new entry in the works. E is the way of the future. Just imagine when Kimi leaves F1 will be dead, an when he is invited to FE it will really come alive. Liberty will have to do something that the fans really want to maintain and increase viewers.....like bringing back the grid-girls.
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you realise they can discuss and develop more than one plan at once, right?
changing the fluff around the edges is the easy bit. changing the cars and the racing is something that needs a lot of thought and consideration, i for one do NOT want snap, over the winter decisions that haven’t been researched and thought through properly. especially when quite a few of the pie-in-the-sky changes people want to make would cause genuine, large scale unemployment in the f1 industry. that’s the sort of decision that can’t be made overnight. |
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Well it's obvious that the FIA were made to look like plonkers when they increased downforce last season and we got worse racing as a result. It should never of happened. Improving the racing is what Ross Brawn is there for, while Liberty are trying to make the events better to bring more people in. So we'll see what happens, plenty of things in F1 need improving
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You're right.
The grid girls have already lost their jobs and I bet nobody consulted with them....poor things. They were earning £100+ per day and as far as I know thoroughly enjoying themselves. Nobody forced them to do it, for many it's their living. Why do women want to stop other women doing a job they don't like, don't agree with and have taken it upon themselves to sit in judgement. How does that improve ALL women's rights and opportunities? Not every women wants to be an accountant, doctor, MP, teacher etc, etc. If a women wants to be a "Grid Girl" that's fine by me.....if she doesn't then that's fine too. |
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F1 always seems to prefer the complicated route rather than the simple option
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Grand Prix racing has been on a downward slope since 1960, getting less and less interesting, as technology has developed. Too much power, lack of grip, and truly dangerous circuits brings out the men from the boys, and there is NOBODY racing today who would relish that. Going as fast as possible with no danger of straining a muscle is the order of the day. Fast does not necessarily equate to excitement, it is the risk that makes it worthwhile, and if this scenario does not chime with you ... well you deserve what F1 is at present.
After following the 'sport' since 1950 the introduction of the HALO has finally done it for me. One less viewer in 2018. With all due respect all replies expressing horror will be ignored. Old Timer Bauble. |
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I have to agree with bauble.
If F1 cars now need a Halo they might just as well go the whole hog and switch to using LMP1 machinery. Nobody ever wants to see a driver hurt but then again nobody finds Health & Safety the slightest bit exciting either. |
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so in the context of this thread then, am i correct in assuming that you guys are suggesting that the decline in viewership has more to do with advancements in technology then it has to do with the move behind a pay wall/increasing subscription costs?
because if it is, then i would have to agree. there is far more to the issue of declining viewership in f1 then simply FOM's desire to have people pay for it. unfortunately certain advancements (aero which leads to the lack of close racing and the income inequalities which lead to tech disparities being issues i have with F1 tech) has led to decline in the quality of racing and i can certainly understand why people dont think its worth paying for anymore. |
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For me, it was the absence of true racing that was and remains, the direct result of the advances in technology that started my lack of real interest in watching Grand Prixes; winning a race because of a pit strategy doesn't excite me in the least. Putting the broadcast behind a paywall is just the final nail in the coffin. And that's after having followed F1 for nigh on 50 years. |
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This is a place for people to demand others put themselves at personal risk and danger purely for their entertainment. But no, it's not at all like watching gladiatorial fighting. Or as I try to look at it, exhibit 1 for why Liberty, and likely the teams as well, have said well who gives a rip about their opinion, we'd rather lose them as fans anyway as their fandom is based purely on how hurt drivers will be when the car fails. |
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Pretty much nails it for me as well, it seems that the "racing" has now become a sideshow to the other theatrical activities surrounding F1. Although not quite as long as Bauble, I've followed F1 since the 60's and it's sad to see it in its current pathetic state, there are far more entertaining and cheaper motor sport disciplines to follow as a spectator.
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You’re all so silly and behind the times. I realised in 2002 that it had got boring and sold my telly. Never watched a race since. It took me nearly half a decade to realise, but I wasn’t that slow. You lot, 2018 before you realised?!
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Oh well, we still have MotoGP, and they were bright enough to concrete over the aero rabbit hole and preserve the integrity of the racing. P.S. The circuits with miles and miles of run off are just beyond awful, may as well just pave a huge square and put a couple of squiggly lines in the centre. Screw up the braking go straight across a couple of corners and set a faster time while not gaining an advantage. F1 is just so broken, you have to wonder if actual racing will ever come back. Giving up on it seems the only logical answer. There is no hope! |
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