Petition: Get rid of all night races

[zako85]

Let's be honest about one thing. The only reason night races exist, and they all are in Middle East and Asia, is because Bernie wants Europeans to watch a live broadcast at the prime time. At the same time, the North American fans are normally screwed. If the races in places like Singapore or Abu Dhabi started at the normal day time, a night owl like me could watch the race on Saturday night at midnight or say 1am, depending on the time zone. And then people wonder why F1 racing is not popular in the US. It's because most of the races start at 4-7am on Sunday morning.

[henners88]

I'm European so I vote to keep them. Screw the rest of the world!

[Koz]

I'm European so I vote to keep them. Screw the rest of the world!

And you don't even watching your races live!

If you like your F1 you'll watch it live or otherwise.

[henners88]

And you don't even watching your races live!

If you like your F1 you'll watch it live or otherwise.

I watch it but I do miss quite a few of the races and very rarely bother to tune in live. I'm nowhere near as diehard as I used to be, but a lot of that is because the BBC and Sky split the coverage, plus my family are more interesting on a Sunday. I can watch both but I can only watch Sky coverage live unless go through the hassle of hooking up a hard drive to record it. I can't be bothered lately.

[Rollo]

And you don't even watching your races live!

If you like your F1 you'll watch it live or otherwise.

Can't. Rupert stole half of them.
I could pay the traitorous imp $134 p/mth if I wanted to but at A$1608 a year, that's just a bit rich.

[AndyL]

Even as a European viewer, I like the Asian daytime races. Having to get up early on a Sunday, like for the 6AM (BST) start at Suzuka, gives the race more of a sense of occasion. Plus it really frees up the rest of the day

So does that mean I agree with Zako, because the Asian races should be at 1 or 2PM local, or I disagree with Zako because it's good for races to start at 6AM or 7AM? I can't quite work it out.

A 7AM BST start would have been perfect for Singapore - the end of the race would have matched perfectly with the start of Superbike Sunday on Eurosport, making an uninterrupted 10-hour live motorsport binge

Singapore does look pretty awesome as a night race though.

[dj_bytedisaster]

Even as a European viewer, I like the Asian daytime races. Having to get up early on a Sunday, like for the 6AM (BST) start at Suzuka, gives the race more of a sense of occasion. Plus it really frees up the rest of the day

So you can spend it having ferocious arguments on an internet forum

Wishful thinking though. Things are awfully quiet lately. Not even crazy Garry Walker drops by anymore, now that Vettel has won for three different teams...

[dj_bytedisaster]

Fuck the Americans. F1 is a European product. Keep the night races.

[Alfa Fan]

It was so much better when they were in the much early hours. A late, late Saturday night watching the likes of Hill, Schumacher, Hakkinen etc... Rather than getting up at 6am for today's rubbish.

[zako85]

It was so much better when they were in the much early hours. A late, late Saturday night watching the likes of Hill, Schumacher, Hakkinen etc... Rather than getting up at 6am for today's rubbish.

I have been watching records of 1995-96 F1 races while working out in a gym recently, and it's like a revelation. Close racing and passing without DRS. Fights for the win almost every race. We haven't had such excitement since 2010 or 2012.