- 04 Jul 11, 18:50#263867
I wouldn't put much stock into what Bernie's going on about, just last month he said Bahrain's good for a race, and tried to sneak an extra race into the calender despite Todt's protests. Hey, he spouts off in whatever direction brings him more money.
But there's all flavors of fans, and for each individual it's a different experience. For the dedicated personal fan who's only interest is a win, when their driver isn't in it, to them it's a horrible day. Despite whatever happens on the track. For the tifosi, when both Ferrari's come home 1 -2 then it's a good day for celebration. Those are some examples of fans who only care about the outcome, despite whatever happens.
For other fans such as myself, the racing, the action, is what matters, drivers and personalities are only a backdrop for the real action. Then there are many more who have expectations somewhere between those two extremes.
There's been comparisons between Vettel's recent successes and the Schumacher / Ferrari era. One huge difference is that in Michael's day, passing was much more different, and more races had very little on-track passing. If you wanted to advance your position, it was done via pit strategy and getting in that critical good in and out lap.
But witness Valencia, where yes, Vettel did run off with it ... again. But back in the pack, we witnessed bunches of cars battling for position, and making pass attempts, and passes on each other. That's something that didn't exist in 2000 - 2005. And although the latest race in Valencia didn't see any severe challenges for the lead, in Montreal, Monaco, and Barcelona we did see where at the end of the race, someone did close up on Vettel and put themselves in a position where they had the potential to challenge for the win. And that's a very good sign, that notwithstanding a Vettel romp on the weekend, it is getting racy at the front. In fact, it's racy throughout the field.
But there's all flavors of fans, and for each individual it's a different experience. For the dedicated personal fan who's only interest is a win, when their driver isn't in it, to them it's a horrible day. Despite whatever happens on the track. For the tifosi, when both Ferrari's come home 1 -2 then it's a good day for celebration. Those are some examples of fans who only care about the outcome, despite whatever happens.
For other fans such as myself, the racing, the action, is what matters, drivers and personalities are only a backdrop for the real action. Then there are many more who have expectations somewhere between those two extremes.
There's been comparisons between Vettel's recent successes and the Schumacher / Ferrari era. One huge difference is that in Michael's day, passing was much more different, and more races had very little on-track passing. If you wanted to advance your position, it was done via pit strategy and getting in that critical good in and out lap.
But witness Valencia, where yes, Vettel did run off with it ... again. But back in the pack, we witnessed bunches of cars battling for position, and making pass attempts, and passes on each other. That's something that didn't exist in 2000 - 2005. And although the latest race in Valencia didn't see any severe challenges for the lead, in Montreal, Monaco, and Barcelona we did see where at the end of the race, someone did close up on Vettel and put themselves in a position where they had the potential to challenge for the win. And that's a very good sign, that notwithstanding a Vettel romp on the weekend, it is getting racy at the front. In fact, it's racy throughout the field.
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and Pedro not racing anymore