Airhorns

[Caroline]

Ear plugs fall out though :\

It's a pain but air horns are a part of a race weekend.

[GridGirl]

Imagine Hockenheim during the late 90's to mid 00's with no airhorns! Or Monza for that matter

One of the things I really like when I went to Hockenheim was the atmosphere generated when cars pilled through the complex and everyone let off their airhorns.

Air horns can get a tad annoying when they are used for no apparently reason, generally when someone is trying to play a tune with one, which then sets other people off.

Air horns dont annoy me anywhere near as much as people with flags who refuse to put them down when the people behind them cant see a thing.

[Stuartf12007]

Why should I have to wear ear plugs after I have paid £200 for my tickets, that is an outrageous suggestion.

They dont add to the atmosphere, and the drivers would'nt hear them anyway.

I would say an Airhorn directly next to you or behind you is louder thana F1 car or Jet engine.

They ruin my viewing experience at GrandPrix's and football matches.

The sooner they are gone and banned the better.

People who use them are disrespectful to others.

[Stuartf12007]

Why should I have to wear ear plugs after I have paid £200 for my tickets, that is an outrageous suggestion.

They dont add to the atmosphere, and the drivers would'nt hear them anyway.

I would say an Airhorn directly next to you or behind you is louder than a F1 car or Jet engine.

They ruin my viewing experience at GrandPrix's and football matches.

The sooner they are gone and banned the better.

People who use them are disrespectful to others.

[schmenke]

What's outrageous about $0.99 ear plugs?

[wmcot]

Call me old-fashioned, but when I go to a GP, I expect the ear-splitting noises to come from the direction of the track!! Not from somebody's 12 year old kid who is bored and trying to amuse himself!!

[Brown, Jon Brow]

When watching on the TV I think that airhorns are part of the atmosphere. However I bet they are annoying when you are at the race.

I like the sound of airhorns when i'm at football matches though.

Why not just make them smaller and quieter? So you can still hear them, but they aren't deafening

[wedge]

They dont add to the atmosphere, and the drivers would'nt hear them anyway.

At the old Hockenheim configuration ALL the drivers were awe-struck as soon as they entered the stadium section.

Mansell and Coulthard often commented how the crowd spurred them extra confidence and finding extra tenths.

Seeing our favourite drivers do daring acts and a unison of fans all appreciating the same thing with loud cheers, and airhorns is part of the appeal of seeing high-class motorsport, otherwise we might as well stay at home and watch it on the telly.

[SteveA]

Why should I have to wear ear plugs after I have paid £200 for my tickets, that is an outrageous suggestion.

I'm not a big fan of air horns either, but I'm likely to already be wearing earplugs, because 90 minutes of F1 engines does a lot more damage to your hearing than a few short blasts of an air horn at close range!

I already have tinnitus, so in an attempt to stop it getting worse I always use earplugs at motor sports and other loud events like rock concerts.

[call_me_andrew]

Everyone sitting on the grandstands, quiet, tomb-like silence, people taking notes about every pilot´s performance...

Surely I'm not the only person that watches the race with a stopwatch.

I've always though of airhorns to be somewhat cliché.