Is this shit actually good as a sport? I don't watch motorsport. I liked the flick, better than Driven kek.

they are all filthy rich nepo babies

>>211925871 (OP)
it's kino

>>211926234
I prefer Indy and WRC but formula has its moments.

>90% of the time, driver who qualifies on pole also wins the race
What a joke of a sport

>>211926234
>"I'm okay."

>>211925871 (OP)
FIA ruins the sport

Let's face it. We all just want them all to die in a huge pileup.

>>211926234
ah yes, it's worth sitting through all the endless snoozefest because once every 80 years something like that might happen

it's not a sport, lmao, they're just driving cars around
behold this athlete

>>211925871 (OP)
It used to be great back in the early 90s, but it's unwatchable, homosexual turbo-trash right now.

>>211926405
he was, but later he nearly lost his right hand in WRC rally, which ended his F1 career
but he won le mans this year

>team gains an advantage one season
>authorities change the rules to stop it

>>211926670
Welp I would have died like 10 times. Couldn't tell which way to go. Do they go in blind to these tracks?

>>211926670
Monaco should just be a time trial to race, there’s no point in having more than one car on that track at any moment.

>>211927272
it helps with killing drivers

>>211927181
>It's all about the driver anon! Give me a go cart and I'll woop your ass in a tesla.

>>211926670
Why are European roads designed like this?

>>211926670
Gimi

>>211926670
hypnotizing

>>211927476
This is the exact same mentality 140lb manlets have when they know mma.
>I could take down a 6'5 250lb body builder no problem, my technique and speed are superior

>>211926670
Fucking hate Monte Carlo
>entire sport built around going fast
>let's have a track designed to make you go slow
?????
gay track
faggot track
fuck monte carlo and monte carlans

>>211926234
>>211926324
>>211926373
>>211927391
Everyone whoever had a passing interest in F1 (and F2) can immediately remember these events, that's how rare they are. Compare to the number of awesome events in sports like football, basketball even baseball or britball

>>211925871 (OP)
No, it's abject garbage. Every year there's always one, maybe two manufacturers that build cars fast enough to win a race, so every year it's the same motherfuckers winning every single race. The drivers don't matter, and if you know how they qualified, then you pretty much know who's going to win.

Shit's trash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqYPU3MNqHw

>cars go fast woohoo
grow up

>>211925871 (OP)
It's like any sport, it's boring as shit if you don't know the characters and personalities and people to root for/against.

>>211928090
Stop posting this faggot.

>>211925871 (OP)
It's genuinely really boring and gay. They're not even allowed to pass each other without calling a car jannie first kek

>>211926869
he won the LeMans 24 like a week ago too :)

>>211928191
>It's like any sport, it's boring as shit
same energy

>>211927571
Gimi

>>211926820
agreed
I stopped watching in the mid 2000s... couldn't believe it could get more boring than Schumi winning all the time
Rosberg vs Hamilton was cool though, I watched that season... Rosberg #1

>>211928209
>Stepfather's Choice
kek

I hate ICE Cars, they make so much goddamn noise.

>>211927712
It's not speed and technique retard, if practicality based. A bodybuilder has not built practical muscle designed for the purpose of exerting themselves in a way that's built for long-term use. They would not have the appropriate conditioning to remain in a fight. On the flip side, a rugby or US football player would probably squash that turd for the opposite reason.

>>211926101
Lewis isn't.

>>211926324
I've watched 2 F1 races live and this was one of them. Crazy stuff.

>>211925871 (OP)
no
there has been a massive psyops in the 2010s to make it relevant with young people because nobody gave a fuck about it
they rub their hands whenever someone crashes

>>211927873
>>211926373
Literally happened days ago

>>211929159
He absolutely is.

>>211929159
lol look up his wikipedia
>muh groomee

>>211929080
Kek, there's always one.

>>211926101
hamilton and verstappen jr. are the most insufferable retards i had the privilege to see on tv
and it's sad because verstappen's father was actually a decent person, like rosberg's father was
quite baffling

>>211925871 (OP)
>dude press a button to pass
meme sport

>>211928465
Rosberg didn't give them any diversity points, though.

>>211929159
Hamilton is a diversity hire. They intentionally used him to sell to more brown people.

NOT TELEVISION OR FILM

YOU N G G G E R

>>211931141
Fuck back off to your coomer trash threads.

>>211931141
I watch F1 on TV

>>211929159
Shamilton is a pet mongrel and all of his "championships" occurred during the height of the DEI nonsense. All of his wins were rigged.

Evil hobbit Santino Ferrucci got his team to sabotage his teammates car. With that in mind, the FIA can rig their races so some shitty groid can win.

>>211931095
>>211930974
can't forget that few years ago, even with all his chumpionships, I remember a local news channel reporting on nigger-neck-tattoo hamilton complaining about racism
at that point you'd expect him to associate with black men who are also disturbed by nigger behavior yet he is still a slum-dweller
by choice...

youtube unrelated lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDOQBUawXik

>>211931141
while I agree with you that F1 was more fun back when 2-3 pilots died per year, we must acknowledge that TV made what F1 is today
especially the shitty tyres and smurf engines...

>>211931141
>never seen 60s and 70s TV footage when the drivers were absolutely unhinged chads
...

>>211926373
>>211926234
>>211931421
Question:

When these cars crash into eachother, who is responsible for the costs of repairs?

Do they fine the first car that started the whole crash? Do they share the burden?

Or do these car manufacturers simply have to eat the repair costs and build a new car using funds from their pocket?

Seems expensive.

>>211932576
wait until you find out about drivers like Maldonado who intentionally crash into whomever before the first lap is over

but to answer your question: the teams face the cost of repairing their own cars

>>211932576
The team pays for their car no matter whose fault the crash is. Sometimes there are monetary penalties if the governing body (FIA in this case) decides it was unsportsmanlike etc but I don’t think the other team gets reimbursed in any way. Yes it’s extremely expensive.

>>211925871 (OP)
it's the "pinnacle" of motorsport which usually means that the team which "figures it out" over the off season will dominate the next season

>>211932576
What a stupid question lol

>>211932809
>cut a curve three times? YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED
>provoke a chain collision that trashes 15 cars? sir you must pay a $5000 fine

>>211931141
>he’s mad

>>211932943
by the way he's driving, that crazy nigga will race 'till he's 80
and the really crazy thing is that and he'll win too, if he gets a good car

>>211932937
The cars stream live telemetry, braking, throttle etc. Coupled with high speed replay it’s pretty easy to tell if someone is causing wrecks intentionally or not.

>>211933009
I hope he hangs in there long enough to get the chance.

>>211933109
they did that for at least 50 years
if anybody paid attention "you always have to leave a-space for a-car" would be avoided
not to mention the Coulthard-in-the-rain intentionally placing his car for Schumacher to crash into it
it's politricks

>>211932039
>he is still a slum-dweller
>by choice...
He's a disgusting faggot.

>>211926670
I went to Monaco in 2022 and witnessed Schumachers son crash so hard that his car split in two and they had to remove the car with a large crane. Besides that it was boring as shit compared to watching it on TV

>>211933158
Women fear the first turn of Monza, it really just comes out of no where.

>>211933158
>t. I can totally fit in there and overtake at least 5 cars
many such cases

No. There's only 3 good drivers and 2 of them a past it. The rest are privileged zoomers who can drive fast and have no race craft.
F1 is about being the peak of Motorsport but the technology is so advanced it's actually making for boring racing. If you qualify in pole position you are probably going to win.

>>211927242
It's a game for autists memorizing tracks. You can take a fat video game player and he will outperform most F1 racers because memorized the tracks better. They are just rich

>>211932039
>Hamilton seething as soon as he hears "monkey"
LMAO

>>211933228
dam Coulthard

>>211933158
>>211933288
it works in gran turismo

>>211933482
>You can take a fat video game player and he will outperform most F1 racers

>>211925871 (OP)
golf is unironically more exciting to watch

>>211932576
>Seems expensive.
F1 is among, if not THE most expensive sports in the world. Car development, contruction, maintenance, repair, replacement, travel, crew, drivers, all adds up. Red Bull put out in 2018 that it cost them $181 million for the year to run their second tier team Toro Roso, so their main team was even more expensive. Gene Haas runs a lower tier 2 car F1 team and said that it was as expensive as running his 4 car top tier team in NASCAR.

Being able to money pit your racing is great for technological development, but it makes a shit-tier racing series because there's litte actual competition, and the competition is what makes racing fun to watch.

>>211933482
You have no idea what you’re talking about. There’s a huge amount of strategy involved and the drivers have to be in great shape, sitting in 150° car wearing a heavy fire suit and helmet. They have to do special neck exercises so they snap their heads back and forth on turns.

>>211933482
by the time they become an F1 driver they have driven said track 100s of times in lesser leagues though... even a non-autist got it down pat by that point
yet I remember 2000s statistics about Spa that said that only 4-5 drivers drove through that uphill curve (after Eau Rouge, can't remember it now) flat out
so it takes more balls than being a fat autist

in fact I googled it now and that curve is Eau Rouge itself... quite funny as I always thought Eau Rouge was just the lower portion, where it crosses the creek

>>211933482
the best sim f1 racer is also the best irl f1 racer

>>211933867
>where it crosses the creek
That's La Source
Same reason for the name though

>>211933923
we don't talk about the v-person here

>>211926670
gimi

>>211933775
>bro u'r teammate takes the same corner flat out what's tha matter with you

>>211934122
>DU DU DU
cope

>>211934231
not wanting to bash gimi but what disappointed me was footage with kimi's monaco yacht party which was the saddest sausage parties I've seen in my life
and I've been to sausage parties in my student days
Hakkinen > Kimi

>>211933482
>fat video game player
>in an f1 car
Good luck getting him in the seat
HAHAHAHA LOL

>formula 1
>only sport where pissing your pants is not something shameful but something required

>>211934490
shows determination. Mark Webber puked in his helmet and continued, could hear the gurgling on the radio. fucking metal

>>211933482
They are boiling in that car while having to endure extreme g-forces. Put an ordinary fat vidya gamer in that car and he'd crash in the first turn because he wouldn't have the leg muslces to push the break pedal down in time

>>211934564
lol wasn't aware of that

>>211934616
>boiling in that car
Quite absurd that in Europe all F1 races take place in literally the hottest part of the year (at least in Italy / Germany / Hungary)

>>211926670
Rally SHITS on this gay boring trash

>>211934896
too many low-stake races though
rally is cool if you take part in it or you live next to it, otherwise meh

>>211934896
I love watching old rallies where the crowd are standing in the road and then scramble to get out of the way of the cars as they go pass
Maximum SOVL

>>211934946
It takes actual skill plus a well made car. The drivers are insane, huge balls massive cocks.

>>211925871 (OP)
season 2021 was kino beyond kino and I pity fuckers who didnt experience it live

>>211934564
Why did he puke?

>>211934896
>rally
>more gay than a finnish folkrace
>not gay enough to be enjoyable like F1
lol

>>211925871 (OP)
>no weapons on cars
i'm not watching this boring shit

>>211935070
ate pussy

>>211935060
I remember a quote from Fernando Alonso someone asked him how he knew the other guy would brake first on the turn and he said something like “well he has a wife and children, I don’t”. That’s balls of steel.

/f1/ runs 4chan

>>211935060
yeah I 100% agree with you but it's not a spectator sport unless you live next to those places and actually drive those roads (somewhat like Initial D)
it's not really a spectator sport

>>211935173
lol... with straight face

>>211935173
his overtake of Schumacher in suzuka. Alonso is just a different breed
Him, Max and Ham are the 3 top drivers on the current grid. Give them a good car and they'd lap the other drivers with no isse

>>211925871 (OP)
Nah, F1 is extremely boring and stupid.
The concept of teams competing to build the best racing machine sounds cool, until you realize that the rulebook about what they can actually do is so draconian that everyone out there is essentially running the same car.

They even have a speed boost button built into the cars - they CAN go faster, but they're NOT ALLOWED TO PRESS THE BUTTON unless they're in a very specific spot on the track. They're also forced into using two specific sets of tires (and changing their tires at least once) even when the race does not call for it. What you end up with is a "race" that is actually a competition in who can exploit the rulebook the best.

Most F1 fans are just in it because they like to follow manufactured Netflix drama and they think the drivers are rich and handsome.

>>211926820
>>211928465
it was gay then to you just grew up

>>211935290
Alonso and Hamilton are washed, thirty minutes into a race they get fatigued and make dumb mistakes

>>211935220
They had helicopters and on board cameras and on corner cameramen on wrc when it was on tv. I loved it. Loved rally games as kid.

>>211925871 (OP)
It's not a real sport. The cars themselves are interesting if you like car engineering, but if you actually watch this shit you're just a psyop'd retard and probably european

>>211935312
>They even have a speed boost button built into the cars - they CAN go faster, but they're NOT ALLOWED TO PRESS THE BUTTON unless they're in a very specific spot on the track
it doesnt boost the car, it opens the rear spoiler and can only be used on straights for a reason, because you fly out the corner if you use it on a curve.
What you're thinking is the ERS. and that can be used anywhere they want, but it drains their battery meaning they have less power and have to harvest it again
>crying about tyre compound rules
oh for fucks sake...

>>211935389
the DiRT games were probably the last games I enjoyed yet still, it's pilots against themselves (the clock), not each other
big difference, probably why F1 or LeMans24 could count as /tv/ but WRC not

>>211935389
>>211935494
Net Q Rac Rally Championship FTW
after all these years still the best
just like Outrun is still the best NFS game

>>211926392
unless youre senna

>>211935290
kek

>>211935494
>>211935557
Bes trally game for me was on xbox rallisport 2. Loved all the ps1 games and dirt started off great but then went a bit shit. Dont play games anymore but rallisport challenge 2 was the most fun I ever had besides this weird ps1 game where you could make your own stages.

>>211935613

>>211926234
when the only thing interesting that happens is when someone dies

>>211935431
he does not refer to DRS, a "push to pass" button does exist that sets the engine into maximum performance mode
if you ever driven competitively, you realize that it's a big sham, they are all just cruising 99.9% of the time (that's why that anon saying the pole position driver is usually the winner, as he dictates the pace)
think of it as an endurance race

>>211935674
>Senna actually took things seriously, won all the time
>got killed because muh jury-rigged steering
heh

>>211935380
Nah, they were still using manual transmissions back when I started watching. You know, driving the cars with immense concentration, but now everything is computer-controlled (per turn) with zero refueling, engineered tires forcing changes and limited engines so they're basically drones. It's pretty gay.

>>211935674
>>211935431
look into Schumacher and the three speedometers
>records speed when entering the corner, started braking, records minimum speed, records exit speed
was probably the beginning of the end as everybody monkeyed it at the end of the 90s
yet Schumi still won, may he be healed, amen

>>211935674
push to pass drains their batteries like a motherfucker and it renders them into a brick if right after and it takes them a lap or two to get that power back into the car

>>211935917
agreed
>rubber as good as it could be
>tons of fuel
>best engines ever
>space age electronics but no computer shit

>>211936005
was referring to pre-KERS push-to-pass but yeah you are right

>>211935656
kek

>>211928505
Opinions on Formula E? I actually really like the strategy of when and how long to take attack mode or pit boost a lot more than tire strategy.

>>211936005
>>211935431
yet push-to-evade is also valid, chud

>>211926670
Has to be the GOAT track in motorsport desu

Pure kino

>>211926670
gimi

>>211925871 (OP)
Honestly no, it's interesting at a macro level but it's just whichever team has the best built car that wins every time. When I was paying attention a year or two ago Red Bull would pull out ahead early on, stay ahead, and win by a mile just about every time. Respect what they do but it's pretty boring as a competitive spectator aport

When you watched Hamilton Verstappen 1 lap to win the championship. Disregarding the rigging that went on. Formula 1 will never ever ever reach that level of drama again. That was the peak of the sport. As such I decided to stop watching it.

>>211936207
I can’t get over the engine sound

My grandfather used to race funny car in the NHRA. I will never forgive the faggots and jews for stealing the public’s idea of what a Drag Race is.

>>211925871 (OP)
Any F1 watchers care to comment on the upcoming movie. Does it look decent?

>>211925871 (OP)

https://youtu.be/uuL_6f-STt4?t=95

safety is boring

>>211935942
>may he be healed
Never going to happen.

>>211936386
>be Sauber
>tiny Swiss team made up of enthusiast
>not even Ferrari tier "we are almost dead lol" attitude
>exist for almost 40 years
>1 win
>still march on, while bigger teams with bigger dreams dropped death
dunno sounds like fun

>>211926101
>*ocons into you*

>>211936539
>white man mentors his nigger replacement
Looks shit.

>>211936448
>that level of drama
what about Schumacher wanting to literally take out Hill?

>>211925871 (OP)
f1 died with senna

>>211936670
>>211936448
what about an used car salesman (Williams) bullying everyone? that's some star wars tier shit right there

>>211925871 (OP)
great example of safety regulations killing a sport, from the 60s slightly declining all the way to the mid-90s, F1 was fantastic, then people stopped dying/losing limbs and it stopped being cool

>>211927486
because it wasn't designed, mostly people building thing here and there

>>211936670
I'm sure there are other great moments in it. But we're talking the entire championship coming down to the last lap, a 1/2 shootout with the subtext of rigging going on. It was a once in a lifetime thing.

>>211936729
yeah
after Lauda (and his generation) he was the only race driver who was 100% for the win, no other strategy
after that it became a business

>>211936799
>two insufferable faggots duking it out
eh

>>211935173
class

>>211936729
F1 died when courting 15 year old girls became a frowned upon activity.

>>211925871 (OP)
F1 hasn't been good for about 20 years

>>211936908
unironically this, it died when the pit girls went, the whole aesthetic just shitcanned.
I mean they made that film, RUSH, but can you imagine James Hunt doing all that racing, NOT to fuck the hottest pit girl afterwards?

>>211925871 (OP)
it used to be. now its less about driving skill and more about the car and teams not completely fucking their strategies up
WEC is kino however

Nascar truckraces

>>211936908
>>211936729
>James Hunt showing up on race day hung over, smelling like underage cunt, drinking a beer and smoking cigs just to steady his hand
>win
good times

>>211927391
Holy fuck @ that reaction time.

>>211936539
The race sequences look good. Probably pretty cookie cutter story from what I hear. Might be fun in imax or whatever

>>211937114
the holy spirit
yet yellow lights were on, he should have taken the outside lane...

>>211937082
also fens with his biggest rival, none of this verstappen and/or hamilton faggotry (which probably started in the late 90s with team rivalries due to money)

>be Alain Prost
>win 4 championships, almost 10 years apart
>people only remember you from being that shitty Ferrari driver who couldn't do anything
SAD

>>211927873
>t. groid
You are seething because the moment Hamilton retires there will not be another groid driver for a very long time KEK

>>211935394
>says the american who willingly sits down every sunday to watch 3 hours of commercials and 1 hour of actual football being played for about 20 seconds at the time with 4 minute timouts between.

The only reason american football is so big in the US is because TV stations favored it because they can shove 2 hours worth of commercials into one game

>1994
>car looks like something you could put together in a few week-ends, together with engine
>you only need the huge balls of somebody to drive it
yeah that's when drivers ruled

>>211937451
That’s why every game has zero people in the stands, right?

>>211937669
>steps in your way

>>211937737
fair enough but making a decent engine was more expensive in the 60s though

>>211925871 (OP)
this is the last f1 kino I saw
wouldn't watch it again but quite amazingly it had great success with females

>>211937694
not that anon, but American football has nothing going for it, golf is about finesse and lone gunning it, football is about co-ordination and stamina, volleyball is about skimpy women, American football is just a bunch of meat-heads who are too pussy to play rugby.

>>211937860
It was a good flick, less about racing and more about the dynamic between the Chad who does everything effortlessly and the autist for whom everything but driving cars is difficult
I've watched it a few times even if it's a little schmaltzy after the crash

>>211938005
all I remember was
>omg anon u r an f1 pilot drive faster drive faster

>>211938005
>>211937860
>look up movie
>wikipedia
>mentions bernie ecclestone
>"dam I'm old bernie is dead"
>click
>bernie is not dead
lol

>>211926234
Amazing to think he went on to win that race

>>211938321
didn't he have a child like 10 years ago?

>>211935564
too soon

>>211925871 (OP)
it's not a sport

>>211927868
lol mfs want you to believe these guys have some sort of super human dexterity or something. in order to pass each other they just literally drive their car into the other guy.

>>211939359
Yeah, motorsport is its own thing. Like how DIGITAL SPORTS isn't sport. Doing something competitively doesn't make it a sport and the need to refer to it as such as some kind of marker of legitimacy is kind of embarrassing.

>>211939866
>>211939359
I used to be like you and then I started racing irl and it is absolutely a sport.

>>211940332
It is absolutely much more physically demanding than you might assume if your only experience is driving around sedately in traffic. I don't say that it isn't a sport in the traditional sense to demean or detract from motorsport, I just think that it stands as a thing on its own. There are so many elements of motorsport that just aren't present in your average ballsport or athletics or whatever.

/f1/ is kino

>>211925871 (OP)
I don't get it at all.
Seems incredibly boring.

>>211932039
I remember when he told a story about his nephew wearing a dress and how he scolded him and told him that boys don't wear dresses and he had to go on a public humiliation tour to apologise and was later made to wear dresses at public events.
Lewis Hamilton is a little bitch.

>>211940871
it is exactly like most films. fictional.

>>211926670
https://youtu.be/w-qitCCq5Mc?si=J226is8Ht2ssQkRT

Monaco is pure sex aesthetically. Hate zoomers for thinking the track needs to change and not the formula

>>211927674
It’s pretty great if you get a chance to do it real life. Obviously you’ll never be in a formula 1 car but you can get a fast car on track pretty easy. It is hypnotic endorphins sort of a meditative state

>>211930761
lmao

>>211941653

Monaco saturday is pure kino, sunday is mostly nap time, but chance of memes

>>211936906
You are soulless.

>>211932576
1. Each team pays for their own damage. In GT racing you can buy parts from the manufacturer so it’s not bad. In F1 though it’s all bespoke so it’s both expensive and cheap if you follow. It only costs them the time to machine some stuff or cast or whatever. But they had to buy the engineers and machines up front to be able to do that.

2. There are rules about what you can do and how to pass and if you break them you are fined or penalized but it doesn’t go to the ‘victim’.

3. Most of them have parts for everything ready on hand so it’s not crazy. The development cost is crazy. To run a GT3 team is roughly $499k plus $200k for the season for repairs.

To run a 911 Cup car is like $50k to buy a cheap 2000s one and $70k for the engine rebuild every 50 hours plus $10-20k for bodywork.

Indycar is about $750k for the car and then $200k cash on hand for repairs and a lease for the engine.

Mick Schumacher was basically fired for crashing his F1 car too much and costing the team too much money.

Most F1 teams are profitable enterprises at the moment. Audi is spending about 2 billion to build a car next season but after that it will be a net profitable division every year and it will have value as an assets when they sell.

Most other Motorsport is an endless money pit outside of factory sponsored cars. MANY rich guys will go bankrupt running a team bc a bad crash can blow up your finances fast if you aren’t ready and sponsors are hard to get.

>>211925871 (OP)
F1s OK. i prefer WRC
if you have indycar in your area i'd suggest getting tickets to the event just to walk around, they were like 30 bucks in FL. its worth just to see/feel some of those cars go by
to keep it /tv/, is ford v ferarri any good?

>>211942105
Also I will add that F1 teams, esp Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, and Aston really like being profitable. They only hire super safe reliable drivers with the exception of Max and they don’t really care about talent and I think only a few teams are actually trying to win right now. That being Maclaren and Merc and not Red Bull and def not Haas and Sauber.
It’s very very good to go to the board at Audi or Ferrari and say we made money when Motorsport is typically a marketing expense.

>>211925871 (OP)
Anyone else who regularly watches F1 could tell you what I'm about to tell you. In fact someone might've already in this thread, I just can't be fucked reading it all.

F1 is really fucking cool when you first get into it. Quickest cars in the world racing at 200mph on twisty turny tracks, requiring precision skill and 2 hours of uninterrupted concentration from drivers. Even boring races can be fun, good races are fucking incredible, and it's morbid but you almost hope for a crash every race because watching shit crash at 200mph is awesome. It's like nothing in the world. NASCAR/Indy is fun to see live, but it's unrefined and more about the sensations. F1 live is both about the sensations and the technical aspects of the minutia decisions drivers make.

But, once you watch it for like 5+ years, you begin to notice the faults more.
9/10 times the manufacturer with the most money wins the championship.
9/10 times theres 15 drivers on the grid who suck ass or don't have the killer instinct, and it's mostly just a competition between the other 5.
Championship winners often hold the title for 5-10 years at a time, and upstarts are extremely unlikely. Half the people watching just want to spite the winner and hope he loses for once so there's a change of pace
And as someone else said, most of the people on the grid and in the teams are disgustingly entitled young adults who don't deserve to be there but nepotism runs absolutely rampant in this sport, because it's a rich man's sport.

All that being said it's the closest thing you'll get to a thinking man's sport (the strategy behind races is insane despite what people on /sp/ might tell you) that is actually exciting.

>>211942105
>when a rich guy buys a team and talks a ton of shit
>then goes broke and has to sell it

Love it see it

>>211925871 (OP)
>Is this shit actually good as a sport?
no, if it were a half decent sport they would all be in the same car to make it about driver skill and not which top teams engineers get lucky that season.
they could still make some competition out of that aspect like awarding contracts to the team that the drivers or some metric measures which car is the best, but after that i'd much rather see it come down to driver skill in the same spec cars

>>211942727
Just watch F1 Academy. Its a spec series and there are cute girls who are bad at racing so there is constant action unlike F1 where 99% of the action happens during the first 5 laps, and the 10 lap pitstop window.

>>211925871 (OP)
>(the strategy behind races is insane)
>strategy: drive faster than the other drivers

>>211925871 (OP)
not a big surprise Buchenheimer movie is good. Produced bu buck and directed by Top Gun maverick director

Buckenheimer producedd some of the besrt movies of all time

>>211942362
>All that being said it's the closest thing you'll get to a thinking man's sport
LMFAO

>>211942727
You are describing INDYCAR you retarded

>>211942907
don't forget the strategy of crossing your fingers and hoping someone else crashes so you can pull into the pit and change your tyres while the safety car is forcing everyone to drive slow and not pass anyone

>>211925871 (OP)
I watch F1 and NASCAR, and both have their pros and cons.
For me, though, NASCAR has more parity, though F1 is kind of catching up in that department.
In NASCAR, any of the top 20-25 drivers can win, depending on factors like cautions, pits stops, etc.
F1, though, it's mostly been McLaren this year and Red Bull the past 3 or 4 years.

>>211943090
Indycar is not spec. There is a world of difference in the parts they are allowed to develop

>>211926324

>>211926720
Good ole fuckin' Ippy cunts

Will they F1 movie crack a billiion?

>>211925871 (OP)
The crashes can be kino, otherwise just cars going round and round and the same people always winning.

>>211925871 (OP)
Cars look gay
I shan't be watching

>>211947005
>he goes back to playing with his hot wheels

bump

i'd rather watch pro mario kart

>>211933158
>OH NI—

>>211926670
gimi

>>211925871 (OP)
MotoGP/Superbikes/Isle of Man TT are way better than F1 or any 4wheeled series. Now if only it wasn't almost impossible to watch in America.

>>211951765
No it is'nt lol

>>211933158