hi guys
just looking for people"s opinions as to why F1 is slowly losing its popularity in terms of audience and viewing figures across the globe , not in every country but in many i hasten to add -
personally i think it involves a combination of issues of which the main one would be the lack of disposable income that many people in europe now have when it comes to divvying up for overpriced tickets to attend a race live and the new phenomenon of of paying to watch a race live on subscription tele ,
the people that can afford it have some nondescript " circuit" that has about as much character as a dustbin lid in some god forsaken desert in the middle of nowhere which in turn probably leads to zero interest for the few that do bother to watch it -
i also feel F1 is marginalizing itself from some of the younger generation taking a real interest with the cars and engines becoming increasingly more complex year upon year which in turn can make the sport very sterile and difficult to understand for anybody let alone the younger generation -
and then of course we have the drivers that i am sorry to say when put in front of the media cameras are now nothing more than a bunch of humorless , corporate , boring automatons that do nothing to make there sport interesting or appealing to anybody that has the misfortune to listen to them --- just listen to kimi raikk the next time he has his arm twisted to give a few words to the paying public if you are wondering where i am coming from -
as for the power units , or whatever other idiotic name they are now called -- has anybody ever heard such a pathetic sounding noise , this alone must be a contributing factor in anybody deciding whether or not to take themselves and there family to a race or paying for the race on subscription tv and the obligatory shelling out of hard earned somoleons that come with it -
i think i have probably missed alot of the reasons in what is maybe wrong with F1 at the moment maybe people would like to add there own idea"s ?
F1 disappearing up its own diffuser ?
posted on 24/8/14
I was having a discussion with someone else, not my fault I upset you. I didn't go out of my way to say anything, just a simple truth.
Don't make such a big thing out of things that wind you up, it will only make you more wound up and act like this. I'm not denying anything here, all I'm saying is a straight out truth, deal with it
posted on 24/8/14
comment by N_six0six (U13776)
posted 1 minute ago
I was having a discussion with someone else, not my fault I upset you. I didn't go out of my way to say anything, just a simple truth.
Don't make such a big thing out of things that wind you up, it will only make you more wound up and act like this. I'm not denying anything here, all I'm saying is a straight out truth, deal with it
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you was disrespecting me to somebody else knowing i would read it as i was the author of the topic when i had done absolutely nothing to you in the first place -
why would you even do such a cowardly thing in the first place when you could have just joined the thread and debated my topic like everybody else was doing ,
----- as i said it is not big or clever to hurl unprovoked abuse at people when they have done nothing to you -
-------------- it is just plain gutless , pathetic and cowardly
posted on 24/8/14
What have I done what is gutless, pathetic and cowedly. See calling you out on things is this easy when you allow yourself to get so wound up over nothing.
I am allowed an opinion sorry to upset you, and I'm allowed to discuss observations with other. I'll keep on saying it, deal with it
Its all basic truths.
posted on 24/8/14
comment by N_six0six (U13776)
posted 25 minutes ago
What have I done what is gutless, pathetic and cowedly. See calling you out on things is this easy when you allow yourself to get so wound up over nothing.
I am allowed an opinion sorry to upset you, and I'm allowed to discuss observations with other. I'll keep on saying it, deal with it
Its all basic truths.
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nsix ---- you had the chance to come on here and debate the topic like everybody else was doing instead you came on here 2 nights ago and just directed a tirade of personal disrespectful abuse at me without any provocation from myself and with absolutely no intention of debating the topic -
why would you even do that in the first place knowing i would read it instead of debating the topic like everybody else -
---------- cant you honestly see when you hurl unprovoked abuse at people from behind the safety of a computer screen when they have done absolutely nothing to you how gutless , pathetic and just plain cowardly it actually is
posted on 24/8/14
martial artist (U9033)
I don't think that you are getting the message.
Today, for example you made two posts on two articles with the deliberate intention of not debating F1 but trying your best to cause as much trouble as possible to ruin the thread you were posting on. You even ruined this your own thread, although judging by the hundreds of posts, mostly yours, you probably forgot that it was your article in the first place.
It is almost as though you enjoy goading people for your own amusement.
Stop this childish behaviour now and start concentrating on learning about F1 from the other members on here that actually know about the subject and are willing to debate and discuss the subject.
Do we have a deal?
Are you willing to promise that you will stop goading the more knowledgeable members and take a genuine interest in learning about the sport?
Or would you prefer to continue your campaign.
The choice is yours but I suggest that you think about it carefully.
posted on 24/8/14
comment by WTCBU (U13662)
posted 21 minutes ago
martial artist (U9033)
I don't think that you are getting the message.
Today, for example you made two posts on two articles with the deliberate intention of not debating F1 but trying your best to cause as much trouble as possible to ruin the thread you were posting on. You even ruined this your own thread, although judging by the hundreds of posts, mostly yours, you probably forgot that it was your article in the first place.
It is almost as though you enjoy goading people for your own amusement.
Stop this childish behaviour now and start concentrating on learning about F1 from the other members on here that actually know about the subject and are willing to debate and discuss the subject.
Do we have a deal?
Are you willing to promise that you will stop goading the more knowledgeable members and take a genuine interest in learning about the sport?
Or would you prefer to continue your campaign.
The choice is yours but I suggest that you think about it carefully.
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come on WT i am bending over backwards trying to be civil with you to keep our little truce alive as i certainly cant be bothered trading insults with you for another 6 yrs ---- dont you seriously want the same thing ?
-------- you know my knowledge of f1 runs very deep when the mood takes me and it is not my intention to attack anybody on here -
-------- lighten up wt my posts are harmless and surely cannot offend anybody and surely this forum could do with somebody injecting a little humor into it occasionally
posted on 24/8/14
Again, ur completely un aware of how u come across. Nobody thinks ur funny. Ur very arrogant and obnoxious. U continually ask for proof, yet the proof u offer isnt proof at all and is as subjective as anybody elses.
posted on 24/8/14
comment by BWFCCLEGG (U7583)
posted 15 minutes ago
Again, ur completely un aware of how u come across. Nobody thinks ur funny. Ur very arrogant and obnoxious. U continually ask for proof, yet the proof u offer isnt proof at all and is as subjective as anybody elses.
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this is just the kind of brain dead off topic post that causes problems on here
------ jog on until you have something intelligent to say to me
----- savvy
posted on 24/8/14
Touched a nerve there lol
posted on 24/8/14
comment by BWFCCLEGG (U7583)
posted 36 minutes ago
Touched a nerve there lol
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still nothing intelligent
------------ have another go sonny