Formula 1: Building the world’s fastest cars

Re:Formula 1: Building the world’s fastest cars by shriphani on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @03:57PM (#14036585)

Bureaucrats have taken over F1 and turned an amazing sport into a mind-numbing event for the nouveau riche to flaunt their $$ and poor taste.

At least the North American races retain some of that spirit - people care about the racing and the cars. In Asia it is already an afterparty that people attend where a car race sort-of breaks out.

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Re:Formula 1: Building the world’s fastest cars by ericcumbee on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:00PM (#14036615)

The USGP is basically the warm up act for a Taylor swift or Justin Timberlake concert

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Re:Formula 1: Building the world’s fastest cars by sjm-lbm on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:05PM (#14036650)

In defense of the concerts: I'm an F1 fan, and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to talk at least one more person to go to the USGP with me this year so that they can catch the JT concert.

I mean, it's not like it takes place at a time when cars would be on track anyway. It's OK if a little extra entertainment happens at an event that is, fundamentally, entertainment.

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Re:Formula 1: Building the world’s fastest cars by ericcumbee on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:55PM (#14037109)

I went to the LoneStar Le Mans last year at COTA, all of the marketing I saw the usgp itself was a footnote.

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