Reply With QuotePut some random obstacles on the track, like in Mario Karts.
Randomly let some drivers fire turtles at each other to slow them down.
The first race was in the dry and a boring procession. In the second race the rain came and went and it was the most exciting race for years, with the lead changing several times and actual overtaking manoeuvres observed. We've just had the qualifying for the third race in variable rain conditions and it was a hoot, with the two leading teams getting it totally wrong and ending up on the back of the grid. Rain seems likely in tomorrow's race too.
The lesson from this is that every race track should be fitted with sprinklers all round the circuit, controlled by a randomised computer programme. That would spice things up no end, as the teams kept having to decide when to pull in the drivers to switch between extreme wet, dry or intermediate tyres.
After the quali was over I walked the half-mile to the village and back to collect a paper. It had been raining and the sky was still dark, so I had a difficult tactical decision between extreme wet (anorak) or intermediate (showerproof jacket). In the end I went for the intermediate which turned out to be the right decision as the track was drying and the rain held off.
Put some random obstacles on the track, like in Mario Karts.
Randomly let some drivers fire turtles at each other to slow them down.
Formula-1 on ice would be an interesting sport.
What do you think about no more re-fueling?
Anything which removes drama from what can be a dreadfully boring sport is a bad idea. Refuelling provided another element of tactical uncertainty, as teams juggled with the options of little fuel=light load=fast with the need to come in more often. Overtaking is so difficult (unless it's wet) that most changes in the running order occur as a result of pit stops, whether for fuel or tyres.Originally Posted by ZERO
Or unless, of course, you are Lewis Hamilton at the back of the grid in which case you can make up 10 places in the first four laps
Well, that was partly due to luck (the inside line was left clear for him from the start all the way to the first corner) but mainly to the fact that the normal grid was reversed because of the rain during qualifying, so he was in a much faster car than most of those in front of him. In a "normal" race, in which the cars are lined up on the grid in order of performance, there is very little overtaking except right at the start, when some drivers get the power down better than others.
Of course, a completely wet race would be almost as boring as a completely dry one. What really adds the spice is when the rain comes and goes throughout the race
OK then - how about no qualifying at all (except for the first race of the season) - just line the cars up in reverse order of finishing of the previous race?Well, that was partly due to luck (the inside line was left clear for him from the start all the way to the first corner) but mainly to the fact that the normal grid was reversed because of the rain during qualifying, so he was in a much faster car than most of those in front of him. In a "normal" race, in which the cars are lined up on the grid in order of performance, there is very little overtaking except right at the start, when some drivers get the power down better than others.
Of course, a completely wet race would be almost as boring as a completely dry one. What really adds the spice is when the rain comes and goes throughout the race
Come on Aussies what is THIS supposed to mean?
I know there's a bit of a problem with this kind of mischief down under but ... seriously? Losing control? Lewis Hamilton?Hamilton was charged with intentionally losing control of a vehicle in a summons served on his Australian solicitor last Monday.
Do you think they'll make the charge stick?
It is bloody ridiculous and embarrasing for every Australian who isn't a full-of-himself-copper.
Hamilton should not have been booked at all, a warning would have been enough.
I went to a Grand Prix once. Singapore 1970.
Until that day I thought cricket was the most stultifying spectator activity for which one paid to see..I was mistaken.
In the 1980's my city hosted the Grand Prix. I always left the city for entire time it was running. The noise gave me a headache and it infuriated me that public roads were closed.
The Grand Prix hoon who was booked doing wheelies should have known better. His car should have been seized and crushed.
(currently street racers have their cars impounded for a fixed period.Crushing their cars is an idea gaining a lot of popular support.) polaurmoevbeing mooted)
Last edited by Drop Bear; 24th May 2010 at 07:38 AM.
Grand Pricks Racing for me is pointless wasting of carbon-based fuel and Champagne-abuse, the latter far more important, IMHO.
If it's anything like Motor-Cycle racing, then I agree - utterly boring as a spectator sport. Back in 1963 I was persuaded to go to a motor-cycle road race meeting at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough - my friends said they had a perfect viewing spot on the roadside, so we went there and waited. And every 30 minutes or so there'd be a roar, a smell of oil and rubber, and a few unidentifiable flashes as what I assumed to be bikes went by. My friends said they had a great time - I was almost comatose with boredom.
Bicycle road racing (Tour de France - Milk race etc.) is incredibly boring live as well. Usually the entire field is in a tightly packed group. You wait by the side of the road - the bikes come along - they pass - they're gone. Blink and you miss it.
Like many sports (most?) it's much better on television.
Apart from golf. Boring in real life. Boring on TV.
I wonder if Formula 1 is the only sport in which the qualifying stage is usually vastly more exciting than the actual race?
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