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F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/19/2005 10:13:22 PM

mbMike

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Exciting.

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/20/2005 7:14:17 AM

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Ah, living in Indiana (and in Indy for 30 years)I can't say that I find the Formula 1 US Grand Prix to be all that "exciting". They lock down the television coverage so local stations can't do much more than interview fans outside the track. After the first race, local fans lost interest and left it to the red "Ferrari Flag" waving foreigners to enjoy (and spend their money here).

Now excitement is the Nascar Brickyard 400 and Indy 500 races. People really get into those around here.

Not a huge racing fan, but F1 looks pretty boring to me. The same people always win

and there never seem to be any surprises (unlike Nascar races).

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/21/2005 6:10:42 AM

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This is a really good season to watch so far... the new rules seem to be overturning the parade that F1 has become.

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Not a huge racing fan, but F1 looks pretty boring to me.

Sure - turning the steering wheel left AND right is really really boring.

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/21/2005 11:21:48 AM

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Yeah... and then the "fun" of the Indy Grand Prix with what? Six cars taking place? Give me a break! F1 has become a money machine just like all other "elite" sports; it's not about the talents of the drivers anymore...

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/21/2005 12:17:43 PM

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Well to be fair, it was not the money / teams / or F1 owners that ****ed it up in Indianapolis. It was Michelin ingnoring the (long known) fact that the Indy track has a new pavement. Michelin was the only tire manufacturer that did not run tests on the track which eventually lead to the massive security problems they had with their tire setup for the Indy Grand Prix.

A pitty for the fans, I hope they get their money back, well won�t happen anyway

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/21/2005 7:26:48 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

Ah, living in Indiana (and in Indy for 30 years)I can't say that I find the Formula 1 US Grand Prix to be all that "exciting". They lock down the television coverage so local stations can't do much more than interview fans outside the track. After the first race, local fans lost interest and left it to the red "Ferrari Flag" waving foreigners to enjoy (and spend their money here).

Now excitement is the Nascar Brickyard 400 and Indy 500 races. People really get into those around here.

Not a huge racing fan, but F1 looks pretty boring to me. The same people always win and there never seem to be any surprises (unlike Nascar races).

Agreed!!

I think it stinks that drivers are told to slow down so their teamate can win? What happened to the competitive spirit of racing?I thought the best driver should win.I can see teamates helping each other out but slowing down when you got 10 or 12 seconds on the #2 car and being told to slow down cause youre teammate has more points and can win a champioship just plain sux.

Besides, open wheel sucks, if the cars so much as touch they are usualy done. Although it is cool when they go tire on tire in open wheel.....yee-haaa...A wild ride indeed!

Rubbins racing ....or so old Earnhardt said and its the truth. I dont care for Indy cars or F1.I prefer a good motorcycle race over open wheel any day.

I guess a lot of people just dont understand NASCAR and think its just a bunch of left turns.These guys race,knock each other around and a lot of drivers hold grudges and mite waite 10 or 20 races to get their revenge on a driver that spun them at the beginning of the season.

The technology in F1 is amazing and I respect the drivers skills and nuts to drive that fast.But I dont see 43 cars a inch apart going three wide (daytona,talladega) for 500 miles in F1 or indy cars.

But.....(sigh)....its all about money as usual no matter what style of racing....sponsors....money...equipment....money....etc...etc...

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/21/2005 7:59:45 PM

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Hi folks,

Not sure if you've watched any Indycar racing lately but many of those races, especially the races in Texas Motor Speedway, have been VERY close and many times I've seen cars in Indycar FOUR wide and sometimes touch.

Now I'll admit it takes some nads to stand in front of an 80 mph slapshot which I do on occasion (I play hockey for funzies) and it takes bigger nads to run three wide at the aforementioned NASCAR tracks, but it takes some MAJOR COCONUTS to go FOUR WIDE in OPEN WHEELED cars over 200 mph, because like someone above said, if you touch, you're usually history.

Regards all,

Rob

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RE: F1 - US Grand Prix - 6/21/2005 8:41:27 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck

Well to be fair, it was not the money / teams / or F1 owners that ****ed it up in Indianapolis. It was Michelin ingnoring the (long known) fact that the Indy track has a new pavement. Michelin was the only tire manufacturer that did not run tests on the track which eventually lead to the massive security problems they had with their tire setup for the Indy Grand Prix.

A pitty for the fans, I hope they get their money back, well won�t happen anyway

Agreed, Michelin really seems like the bad guy in all of this, whether it be real or perceived. But fans who flew in from all over North America and from Asia and Europe and Australia will get the brunt of the monetary damage.

Personally I love watching F1, not neccesarily for one race, but how teams try to compete over the course of a season or (a few seasons). And Americans generally love Ferrari and Schumacher so at least the USGP fans got to see him.

We will remember two things from the 2005 USGP - Schumi and Rueben's racing around a track by themselves and tire covers being placed on the rest of the field as they did so on Lap 1. We will hardly remember what engineer's company F'ed up. Such is the life of motorsports. The drivers get the glory and the goatmilk. :)

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