What Is The Big Attraction With Formula One? I Don't Get It!

Hi there, I know what you mean, I used to follow the Grand Prix races all the time. It was entertaining to watch such a fast paced sport. But it has all changed nowadays. The rules have changed so much because of safety that it's lost alot of appeal, and not just to me but many of my friends. Dont get me wrong, I certainly dont want to see anyone hurt or killed just for entertainment value, thats not sport. The new rules have made it very difficult for any team or driver to shine. I beleive it is something they FIA are trying to change but without compromising safety, which, after all, is the most important thing. Most sports are having to change because of safety rules, I guess it's something we must get used to. Have a speedy day and enjoy..

I don't get it either. It just seems like a big circle. Now if it were on a Real winding road, that would be interesting.

Personally I find F1 rather boring as it has such hi-tech cars that tend to stick to the track like glue. I am not saying it is easy to drive such machines, but for enterntainment I much prefer the saloon car racing where up-rated but standard cars race and don't quite stick to the road like an F1 car. I have been to Silverstone, but not for the racing. I used to own an XR3i and the owner's club used to meet there once a year in September. People used to take their modified XRs on the track to race and that was quite fun to watch. Some of them weren't up to the task and ended up on the side with clouds of steam and smoke billowing from the engine bays. I never took mine on the track though - too expensive to drive flat out around the track with the extra strain on all the components. There was always a great atmosphere at Silverstone on those days. _Derek

I used to watch it when I was younger but now, in the US it's not on a major network. That and the races are shown in real time so they are not always on at convenient hours. (I used to watch the races on tape, so I gues they could edit out some of the boring parts.) I know there was a time when F1 drivers were like pop stars being followed by groupies. (But the same could be said about the early astronauts here.) I think things might have gone downhill some when Michael Schumacher and Ferrari started to dominate the sport. I used to love to watch Monaco but I don't really know any of the drivers anymore. Now I just follow NASCAR and I haven't watched as much of that.

I don't get it either. I find it pretty boring to watch. I watch motorcycle racing and have been following the seasons of MotoGP and world Superbikes for the last 20 years or so. This is exciting racing as there is much more happening at all times. The passing manoeuvres are crazier and more often and the consequences of an accident can be much worse. When I watch F1, it seems like there are hardly any passing moves and the one time that I went to a live F1 race in Australia, you had to watch through all these big fences and it was really hard to see what was going on. I have been to many live motor bike racing events and you can see much more of the action.

i was able to see an actual f1 car and it's beautiful but i guess i would have to agree with a lot of people that an actual f1 race is a bit boring. I simply can't see the fun in seeing cars travelling so fast that you can hardly see them pass you by and going round and round the race like forever. I guess they're more fun to watch on TV. it's so fast that it's a disaster waiting to happen and when that happens that's when the excitement starts, to know if the driver escaped alive or not.

I rarely watch F1 racing...I find it rather boring. If I do watch any racing, it's Nascar. The passing that goes on in Nascar is continuous and that can get rather exciting. But even Nascar, I don't think I've watched a race in over a year! Have a great day, Janey.