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1st April 2015, 08:51 #11
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The 1996 Australian GP is actually the first one I've ever watched. I don't remember much of it but boring or not I liked it enough to follow F1 to these days. It's true I've lost some interest in the last couple of years. I'm following what happens now from articles mostly. I can take boring or quieter engines. I can't take all these gimmicks, the drs, the semi frozen engines, double points, tyre rules, constant changes to 'improve the show' etc. I would honestly like to hear one driver just say '**** this sh1t, this is not the F1 I was dreaming of growing up. I'm out'
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2nd April 2015, 12:45 #12
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You are right that it is easy to romanticize the past. In reality the main things in which F1 of those days looks superior, were aesthetics - sounds, looks of cars, and things like that.
But other practical things have often been there - including domination, sparse competition, politics behind the scenes, etc.
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2nd April 2015, 13:41 #13
Am I the only one who likes the racing now and actually enjoys the sound of the cars? Guess all those years standing in forests waiting for 6R4s mean that I have a soft spot for a 6 cylinder, to me the V10s are a bit shrill and OTT.
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2nd April 2015, 14:48 #14
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The type of sound doesn't bother me. But I do like that they're quieter. Like I said in the AGP thread, they were loud enough when they went past you. You couldn't hear them two corners away, and that was good.
Personally? The best engine noises were from the 3.5 litre era. But it's more important to me in F1, that it's a natural/understandable progression of the automotive industry.
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2nd April 2015, 19:00 #15
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I was sitting in the stands in Portugal when JV set up and passed Schumi on the outside of the big sweeper. It was a thing of beauty to watch. Bring back the 10s and the wide car!!!!
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3rd April 2015, 03:45 #16
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3rd April 2015, 12:32 #17
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3rd April 2015, 12:51 #18
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A few memorable moments for me that year were:
1) DH’s Williams being covered in oil from JV’s Williams after he ran wide in turn 1.
2) Schumacher’s final lap in Imola where his right front wheel wouldn’t turn or after qualifying on the Saturday where his suspension broke
3) Schumacher’s formation lap engine failure in France
4) Schumacher’s incredible Spanish GP drive – showcasing his skills and teaching the rest of the grid a lesson on how to how to drive in the rain along with his two wins in Belgium and Monza.
5) JV winning in Nurburgring that year. His first F1 race with Schumacher hunting him down right to the end, quicker, just not having the grunt in the Ferrari to pass him.
6) 1996 Monaco GP – only 6 finishers if I remember correctly. Schumacher made a stupid uncharacteristic mistake in that race as well on the first lap iirc. Olivier Panis’s only win.
7) Finally, of course, and as already mentioned, JV's pass on Schumacher in Portugal in a fantastic move.
8) What I missed most after the 1996 season was the loss of Ben Edwards and John Watson as a commentary duo. It was great.
It was pretty obvious, with Schumacher’s move to Ferrari that year, that Damon Hill was going to be WDC but at least JV kept him honest throughout the year and made it somewhat interesting.
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9th April 2015, 12:11 #19
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9th April 2015, 23:31 #20
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