Goodbye F1, you won't be missed.

Formula 1 isnt going anywhere bernie has lowered the price to 7.5 million.

How frightfully generous of him!

What a decent bloke 😡

Formula 1 isnt going anywhere bernie has lowered the price to 7.5 million.

My local was showing tapes of little piggies racing round a track with hand knitted jockey dolls on their backs. You could place a bet for £1 and win up to £10 a race !

I see a future in this. 😀

The loss of F1 in this country will certainly not be a great loss to me.Good riddance to it I say.But then it shows that it’s purely a business,I mean,the guy who has pulled the plug is an Englishman,you’d think that a GP in this country would be the last thing he’d want to get rid of.

Sorry – what has this to do with anything?
In the traditional British way it looks to me as though it was assumed that we had the right to stage a Grand Prix and need not do very much to keep it. Of course it is purely a business – show me any international sport that appears on TV these days that is done just for the love of it, other than the Olympics.
Has anyone from Britain ever complained about the loss of any of the other tracks that have been dropped from the championship over the year? We are only concerned because it is our Grand Prix, and thats what smarts. Personally I don’t care – like everyone else I feel it has become a case of follow the German (even when he appears to screw up, although it is interesting that it only happened when he had all but won the championship don’t you think?). I read that there is a chance that it might not be dropped now anyway – if they pay £1.5m and the teams agree to competing in 18 races next year, rather than the 17 they were promised…

Flood

For me,F1 went downhill after Senna’s death.Never has there been a driver that was capable of winning races based on sheer hard work and skill.(And I remember watching that fateful day.)

Today’s breed have everything in the car for them,all that is needed is a device to steer it for them.But that technology is even in the sport I used to compete in,and that’s rallying.Gone are the days when everything in the car was mechanical,ie:gearboxes,diff etc.No computer controlled devices then.Any decisions on problems/progress,were made by the driver.Now they’re told when to pit.

But people will say,’That’s progress.’ To which I say,’B******s.’ Todays ‘drivers’ are nothing more than overpaid dummies,who sit in a car that’s controlled by those on the pit wall.It’s signed it’s own death warrant.

The loss of F1 in this country will certainly not be a great loss to me.Good riddance to it I say.But then it shows that it’s purely a business,I mean,the guy who has pulled the plug is an Englishman,you’d think that a GP in this country would be the last thing he’d want to get rid of.

Ken.

I concur with everything you wrote, John C. Bernie and Max have degraded what was a spectator sport into a series of processions.

RANT!!!!

Bernie and Max need to get their fingers out of their arses and look at what’s happened to the sport over the last 10 years – it’s truly terrible. An F1 car at full berries on it’s own is still an awesome sight, comparible to your favorite flying machine. However, when the purpose the machine was built for is diluted to a 90 minute dirge, it all becomes a little pointless.

I used to put everything aside to watch a Grand Prix – I now sometimes remember to catch the highlights. When I heard that the British GP was off the plot for next year I was actually quite pleased in a way. I hope that this will be a wake up to the powers that be to get the racing back into F1.

So, what would you do to get F1 back as a believable sport? Me, I’d get rid of refuelling and really stamp on downforce. Fix the size of the tank and reduce the tyre loads. One tyre manufacturer and a choice of compounds. Anything to get the driver working harder!!! 5 points for pole and reverse the grid – Schumacher can show us how good he really is (and despite everything he is the best of the ‘modern’ era – Schumacher versus Senna is something we were robbed of and it’s all gone downhill from there).

Watch Moto GP or Superbikes for proper racing. Don’t let Bernie near anything remotely exciting.

Ok rant over.

JC

Disillusioned

I personally will not miss it either as a spectator sport paint drying is more entertaining.
We have all i am sure thought for a long time that Schumachers reign although record breaking has in effect worsened a already weak sport entertainment wise,I am pleased Button is doing well but have not watched one race this year i can’t handle ITV with the adverts and the fact that overtaking is so much rarer.
Give me the real “Boys of Summer” such as Ray Hanna,Lee Proudfoot,Will Curtis and John Romain etc anyday.

I used to be interested in F1 from Graham Hill up to Damon Hill, then my interest wained to maybe listening for the result on Monday morning, IMO now it is not a sport, when the only excitement is the speed at which the mechanics work in the pits. Its a complete farce from the prosessional driving with little or no overtaking to the mock elation and horseplay on the podium.
The Chinese can keep it.I agree events like Legends and Chailey are much more entertaining

oh well wont knick Legends support next year!

£10 to see Ray Hanna fly that Spit or £85.00 to watch Schumacher to drive round Silverstone! Worlds gone Mad!”

Couldn’t agree more. Gone to Silverstone with work a couple of times; nice day out, but if I’d had to pay I wouldn’t have even considered it.

As far as Ecclestone’s concerned though, I’m really quite surprised nobody’s tried to get him bumped off yet. Bloke’s upset a lot of very influential people over the years; lots of lesser scrotes have been written off for smaller misdemeanours in the past. Or maybe the mafiosi / tifosi are quite happy with the success they’re having while Ecclestone upsets everyone else?

Me? Cynical? You betcha! 😀

Formula 1 is still very exciting IMO.

Which F1 have you been watching! 😮 😀

Gotta say that i aint that bothered, The ‘Red cars’ dominance is slightly boring then at the end of each season its “Lets change the rules!”

Been to the GP a couple of times in the past few years, privilieged to get discounted tickets with a paddock pass, last year i payed £85.00 for a ticket that costs £200 on the open market… Quite possibly the worst £85.00 i have ever spent! A procession of cars and a guess as to who’s in the lead! The best bit was the pace car!!! As for my Paddock pass! Didn’t get anywhere near an F1 car…not even to take a picture 😡 As for the merchandise 😮 A polo shirt i paid £12.00 for was being sold by many retailers for £45.00!

So when i pay £18.00 (or what ever) to get into a DX show then a few quid to walk down to walk down the flight line i can’t help but think what great value for money it is!

Then you pay a tenner to get into things like Chailey and it just gets better!!!!

So goodbye F1 and good ridance to the ‘circus’ that Bernie Eccleston takes with him…

Sumed up by a friend who attended an airshow for the first time at Chailey this year… he said

£10 to see Ray Hanna fly that Spit or £85.00 to watch Schumacher to drive round Silverstone! Worlds gone Mad!”

Formula 1 is still very exciting IMO.There wil ge a british grnad prix next year.That calender at the moment isnt finalised and wont be until later this month.Id almost but every thing on the line and say that a big sponsor will come in and provide the money so they can plaster the place with there name.*cough Emirates

I used to watch F1 avidly on TV, but now find it totally boooooring! The time is better spent on this Forum among friends (at least I hope you are!)