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In reply to the discussion: Nascar car crashed into jet engine track dryer. Huge fire [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)50. F1 IS boring.
The race is essentially OVER after the qualifying,
and the team with the Most Money usually qualifies on the Poll.
Actually passing someone on the track in an F1 race is a rare event.
Now if you want to talk "boring", there is GOLF.
It is hard for me to understand HOW someone can play Golf for entertainment,
but is beyond my comprehension WHY someone would watch it on TV!
Even you must admit that driving a Cup Car on the track in Daytona would be exciting,
even if you were the only car on the track, and nobody was in the stands.
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Formula I isn't boring, Rally racing isn't boring, just modern NASCAR apparently.
tridim
Feb 2012
#45
They're all boring, but at least with Formula One you get the benefit of great scenery.....
marmar
Feb 2012
#48
What amazes me is how calm Montoya's (sp?) voice is when he says, "Yeah, I just hit the
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2012
#8
The Santorum car is in 3rd place right now. Think of the nightmarish possibility of it being
bullwinkle428
Feb 2012
#22
If the track was dry, why did they have a jet engine going round in the middle of the race?
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2012
#40
I've been watching racing for years, and never seen anything that strange...
Blue_Tires
Feb 2012
#51