F1 (cars) Australia

[Brian d marge]

I made it to lap 18 ,( 2 of those laps were waiting for the laptop to boot up )

how long can you last

Stephen

holy christ its boring ..........

[SMOKEU]

I've never found cars racing around on a racetrack to be interesting. I love watching WRC and other rallies though.

The most boring is probably Nascar. Racing around on an oval track just seems so boring.

[Brian d marge]

I've never found cars racing around on a racetrack to be interesting. I love watching WRC and other rallies though.

The most boring is probably Nascar. Racing around on an oval track just seems so boring.

No F1

I fell asleep , (really)

lap 18 I wanted to switch off

lap 49 out off 58 I woke up

omg , how exciting , vettel looked in the mirror ......ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZ


Stephen

[SMOKEU]

Did a bit of Googling and it seems those F1 cars can do the standing 1/4 mile in around 8 seconds.

[Brian d marge]

Did a bit of Googling and it seems those F1 cars can do the standing 1/4 mile in around 8 seconds.

its not translating to tv

trust me

Stephen

[sil3nt]

Watch every race. If you don't like it don't watch it.

[ellipsis]

...went to just about all the european F1 meetings over a two or three year period in the early eighties...fairly addictive stuff, even though the whole thing is so money ridden and its all so remote, you are just a punter with a passion...if you have a passion for F1 its pretty easy to get into it...dont have SKY, haven't seen one on tv for years...wouldn't mind...

[jonbuoy]

It is a little dull to watch on TV, its only when you look into the performance of the cars that you realised just how good the drivers are and how impressive the engineering that goes into one is. But yeah lets face it racing a lawnmower powered go kart or a mini moto yourself is infinitely more enjoyable that watching Moto GP or F1. Its a bit like the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, I wasn´t really that interested in seeing a Shuttle Launch until I went to Kennedy Space Centre and saw close hand the engineering thats involved in putting people into space, keeping them alive and then returning them.

[Brian d marge]

Watch every race. If you don't like it don't watch it.

but I can watch the 1964 Monaco race until the cows come home , I wonder why ????


cant you come up with a half decent reply? I mean you did spend at least 5 min crafting that answer surely another five would have been well spent ?

Stephen

[Grubber]

I actually don't mind them. They are extremely fast and the corner speeds are out of this world.
THere isn't much dueling going on to be fair but they are pretty damn fast though, Did i mention how fast they were?:eek5:

[sil3nt]

but I can watch the 1964 Monaco race until the cows come home , I wonder why ????


cant you come up with a half decent reply? I mean you did spend at least 5 min crafting that answer surely another five would have been well spent ?

StephenWhat other reply is needed? I can't make the races any more interesting. If you find it boring then you obviously no nothing about F1 and I can't change that and have no desire to change that. You can't come into F1 and expect to find it interesting without following it for quite some time.

Sounds to me like you are stuck in the 60's. F1 has only slightly changed since then......

[Woodman]

Couple of years ago Iwent to the Melbourne Grand prix. and it was even more crap live.:yawn:

[Fast Eddie]

The most boring is probably Nascar. Racing around on an oval track just seems so boring.

I like nascar. near 900 horsepower, virtually no brakes. pulling 320km/h entering the corners - in a car that is heavy and dim witted and doesnt really want to go in a straight line nor does it want to turn. with other cars all doing the same bumping into the back of you or sideswiping you with multiple passes happening every lap.. not that I watch all 300 or 500 laps haha. But as an event its sweet, fireworks, rides in the cars for public, crashes, lots of passing, raw horsepower. no fannying about with computers and laptops n shit

get into it,

and as for oval tracks, im a big speedway fan too :jerry:

[slofox]

The most boring is probably Nascar. Racing around on an oval track just seems so boring.

Nascar is designed to amuse 'merikans. It has to be that simple for them to understand it...:whistle:

[SMOKEU]

Nascar is designed to amuse 'merikans. It has to be that simple for them to understand it...:whistle:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDHToD3NmmA

[Headbanger]

Great F1 race, Love the speed, skill and technology.

Fuck off back to the 60's hippy.

[huff3r]

Watched it start to finish... missed lots cos I was cooking tea though. So watched the highlights again the next day.

Haven't watched it for a few years, which kinda sucks cos I don't know anything much about the drivers and teams anymore, but it was a pretty exciting race to watch nonetheless.

Especially seeing Button win... after so many years in F1 he seems to have really come on form the past couple.

(I remember when he went on Topgear a few years back he'd never actually won an F1 race).

[Kickaha]

I like nascar. near 900 horsepower, virtually no brakes. pulling 320km/h entering the corners - in a car that is heavy and dim witted and doesnt really want to go in a straight line nor does it want to turn. with other cars all doing the same bumping into the back of you or sideswiping you with multiple passes happening every lap.. not that I watch all 300 or 500 laps haha. But as an event its sweet, fireworks, rides in the cars for public, crashes, lots of passing, raw horsepower. no fannying about with computers and laptops n shit

I didn't used to be a big Nascar fan but after watching a couple of docos on the sport realised it's a lot more technical than it looks, although I think they should ditch the restrictor plates and see how fast thoses suckers can really go on the Superspeedways

Oh yeah and ditch the roof flaps

[sil3nt]

I didn't used to be a big Nascar fan but after watching a couple of docos on the sport realised it's a lot more technical than it looks, although I think they should ditch the restrictor plates and see how fast thoses suckers can really go on the Superspeedways

Oh yeah and ditch the roof flaps


Rusty Wallace tested a car at Talladega Superspeedway without a restrictor plate in 2004, reaching a top speed of 228 mph (367 km/h) in the backstretch and a one-lap average of 221 mph (356 km/h). While admitting excitement at the achievement, Wallace also conceded, "There's no way we could be out there racing at those speeds... it would be insane to think we could have a pack of cars out there doing that."

Would be cool to see though.

[Fast Eddie]

I didn't used to be a big Nascar fan but after watching a couple of docos on the sport realised it's a lot more technical than it looks, although I think they should ditch the restrictor plates and see how fast thoses suckers can really go on the Superspeedways

Oh yeah and ditch the roof flaps

yip, hehe the roof flaps stop them flipping over apparently so yea, lets ditch em and get those birds in the air!

[onearmedbandit]

All motor racing is exciting to me. If it's got a motor, race it against others.