To quote someone else, Bernie wants it that way. You as a fan are not important. As long as he can fill 50,000 seats - anywhere - and get paid, with tv rights to follow, he will.
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To quote someone else, Bernie wants it that way. You as a fan are not important. As long as he can fill 50,000 seats - anywhere - and get paid, with tv rights to follow, he will.
Oh yeah!! I almost forgot - how about organisation four or five hookers to come and give the boss a whipping while he yells out "ein, zwei, drei!!"? That would be fun, wouldn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by motetarip
Lewis likes botn Abu Dhabi and Suzuka. We can have both, buddies :)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80055
With thinking like that, and dull races, You would think F1 was hurting for fans. THe problem is, they are not...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Lmao I think we may have found a new way to spice F1 up, Mosley style! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
No. I want a world championship with a grands prix that are representative of Western principles. It would exclude most of the new races.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
The ONLY reason that Bernie bends over for dictators is because they are prepared to pay a price above what a grand prix is actually worth.
And I am opposed to grands prix that are paid for by governments.
My ideal is a world championship at real racing circuits not ostentatious aberrations like Yas Marina that was more a celebration of everything that is tasteless and gaudy and sucked up to anyone considered a celebrity.
In a recent Autosport there was post Yas Marina column written that essentially says it almost all.
To his credit, Hamilton was the only driver to speak out some truths about Yas Marina.
Well I have never considered an f1 race dull. I enjoy them all and being at a grand prix is different to watching it on tv of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
But there is a significant problem when in Japan of all places, there are empty seats in the grandstands.
Well, you are skirting around the edges of racial and cultural vilification, itching for a fight with anyone who dares to disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
Basically, you bring little to the table at Motorsport Forum.
You are being melodramatic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
I was not born there, and I do not live there now, but I was raised in Texas from little to 18 years old, the most influential part of anyone's life and I call it like I see it.
Just because you disagree with me does not make me wrong. Western culture, specifically American, is superior to all those that scorn individual liberty.
Motor racing is the sport of capitalism and I am offended and saddened that f1 cavorts with tyrranies that hate us for who we are yet envy us, for what we have.
Where is the greatest market for Ferrari? Is it the UAE? No. It is the United States of America. Where can you easily fill grandstands with 100,000 people? At a US grand prix. Yet the UAE have TWO grands prix.
Yet we have no grand prix here. Disgrace.
The FIA could put a stop to this and Jean Todt has, I am thrilled to say a few days ago indicated that he will not allow further traditional venues to be usurped in favor of new venues without any attachment to motor racing. He is going to make the FIA use its available power unlike Mosely, not to rubber stamp f1 decisions by Bernie, but to govern properly without favor.
As Autosport correctly noted, to Abu Dahbi, formula one is merely a means to an end. It is merely part of a gauche entertainment center that views f1 as an interesting promotion. And if the moment takes it, will also drop it.
Lewis Hamilton went part of the way commenting on Yas Marina and clearly indicated that the circuit as superb as the facilities are, is not at all ideal, the place has no character and the traditional venues are still better and should be retained.
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Originally Posted by Saint Devote
If that is the way you feel you don't really want a world championship at all. You want others to provide for a western championship with worldwide tracks.
Having been born in Texas myself, I find your views shallow and pompous at best. We have no grand prixs here due to the small fan base, and lack of interest in part comes from the lack of information on things "other than American". US fans embrace NASCAR in the way the european countries embrace F1, yet the US lacks in F1 following just as many of these "new" countries providing new tracks do. Being that they have exposure, maybe their fan base will grow quicker.
Racing to me isn't about politics. It's about racing. And though there are a small handful of countries I would prefer to never see F1 enter in the near future, there are far more I would love to see embrace the sport and bring us new venues to race at.
IMHO the older tracks that many of us love will fade away, and more and more tracks will become like Yas Marina. For the price invested they need to keep filling seats, and ensuring the fans can actually see the race from those seats will help with filling them. We just need designers that can do that while creating a more challenging and diverse track layout.