[amannddo]

Am I the only one on here (all my friends say it too) that, after the first few laps, now, F1 is boring?

Touring Cars is better, a lot better.

F1 has changed the rules too much, and I was really looking forward to Bahrain, after all the hype about the drivers!

[tactWeiccaf]

ITV is better than BBC?
Touring cars are better than F1?

Are you and your friends on the right forum?

[9wQlZkIj]

Depends what you define as "boring".

I find soaps, reality TV shows, and shows with Z-list celebrities arsing about on an ice rink or in a ballroom to be mind-numbingly boring, but a large chunk of the population seems to disagree with me going on TV ratings.

The only things boring about F1 are the politics, the number of tyre manufacturers and the rate of engine development. IMO of course.

[Kubasarika]

I never use the word Boring.

Sometimes if I am talking to someone about F1 they will say its very Boring.
I always say its a Uneventful rather than Boring

As I don't see 24 drivers racing at up to 200 mph as boring.

[intorkercet]

People have been complaining about the boringness of F1 since forever.

[Storwaytozy]

Last year was an improvement over 2008, but refuelling was very exiting, remember what happend to Raikkonen in the pit lane last year?

Now things are boring again.

[oronozopiy]

It's always been boring - if your idea of exciting racing involves lots of banging wheels & rubbing fenders, or 2 lap sprints to the finish, or weekly handicapping of cars to achieve closer finishes, or running whole laps without ever lifting off the throttle, or even whole races consisting of nothing but highlight clips.

[Faumpiggueria]

Touring Cars is better, a lot better.

Obviously!

[DJElizardo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/for...al-racing.html

'The teams know this but they won’t do anything about it because each team look after their own interests, trying to win.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-1258164/Blame-teams-bore-Bahrain-F1-supremo-Bernie-Ecclestone-begs-real-racing.html#ixzz0iI33z0DG

[oronozopiy]

Apparently Bernie isn't too bright. He thinks the teams should volountarily make their cars easier to overtake? He long ago forgot what racing was, he judges only on what makes him the most money.

[grubnismarl]

I agree with Bernie entirely here:
Ecclestone said: ‘It is basically the same problem we have had for the last few years, with cars not being able to get close to the one in front to create more overtaking. That's the issue F1 has to resolve. Fiddling around with tyres, pit stops, points etc etc do nothing to alter the fact that the cars can't race closely together.

[Nurfzerne]

F1 need to get back racing on the track again.

In my opinion the fueling ban is the way to go, but the variety of tires need to be better to give the teams flex to make the stragegy. Maybe 4 different compounds from super soft to hard. Where you could go the full race distance on hard tires. Cut the two way radio comms, and leve the planning to the driver. Then the brains of Alain Prost would have to start working again !

Many times in the last few years the GP2 races have been more fun to watch, and that is not how it should be.
The difference btw the teams is too big, and that makes a bad starting point for an exiting race.

FIA need to give much less engineering freedom for the teams, so they even out.
Standard front and rear wings, standard diffuser, that all are made to improve the possibility to do close racing.

The tracks also need to be improved to give option for overtaking. Sack Tilke and use drivers or Ex drivers to design them !

Make F1 cars 2,0 meters wide again, so they look as the top class !

[prkddfokic]

Even Mark Webber is snoozing off...and I totally agree

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspo...0316-qc1t.html

[dasneycomrov]

Even Mark Webber is snoozing off...and I totally agree

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspo...0316-qc1t.html

With a ban on refueling this season and pitstops limited to one a race, drivers reacted by producing an unbroken procession for fear of ruining tyres by pushing too hard or attempting to overtake. Hmm..

[prkddfokic]

the most exciting part of the race was watching Fernando weave his way over the line at the finish .....

[amannddo]

Personally, I can't wait for BTCC 2010!

[gabbaman]

Are pitstops limited to one a race?

[9wQlZkIj]

FIA need to give much less engineering freedom for the teams, so they even out.

That is what the FIA have been doing! Or working towards. A field of evenly matched cars means there is likely to be less overtaking.

[Evoncalabbalo]

I hope they keep the refueling ban. However, change the tyre regs/rules so you don't have to use both sets of tyres. At the moment, most are doing the same strategy.

[dasneycomrov]

Are pitstops limited to one a race?

No!

But the tyre regs mean you must make *at least* one stop.