If you like sports in the service of pushing technology, and you care about the environment, you should be watching Formula E instead.
For a good intro: https://youtu.be/EUyHyk6bq0I
Why I love Formula 1 (and why you might like it too)
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Re: Why I love Formula 1 (and why you might like it too)
#82> A Formula 1 race weekend is never boring: even when a specific team or driver is a clear favorite F1 weekends are frequently extremely boring. They are 3 day long events where you're waiting for moments that last seconds and more than often don't occur. Confirmation bias tends to make people think F1 is an exciting thing, and the owners of the sport would like to keep it that way. I spent the last decade shooting a…
Yes, this struck me as a weird sentence, specially given the amount of rule tinkering that went on in the recent years to make it a little bit less boring.
Re: Why I love Formula 1 (and why you might like it too)
#83I'm not much of a Formula 1 fan (although I followed it more or less regularly at times) but I once was at the track when they had a training session and I had goosebumps. Actually, I now have goosebumps thinking about it. So, what was so special? Just the sheer sound of the machines. You hear it kilometers away from the track and once you're there you are totally engrossed by the sounds of the machines - basically vibrating through your body. I'm having trouble to describe it (maybe someone else can do it) but it's definitely a total different experience than watching on TV and I recommend it to anyone to hear for yourself just once.
Re: Why I love Formula 1 (and why you might like it too)
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good old days where people dying was a part of the sport.
Fair point although many of those who died were fully aware of the risk and took extreme risks regardless.
And the crowds that were mowed down?
It's fine for people to take individual risks, but codifying rules that cause death for a recreational spectator activity is unacceptable.
Re: Why I love Formula 1 (and why you might like it too)
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair point although many of those who died were fully aware of the risk and took extreme risks regardless.
And the crowds that were mowed down? It's fine for people to take individual risks, but codifying rules that cause death for a recreational spectator activity is unacceptable.
IIRC, this predated the era I was referring to but I concur - such reckless disregard was unacceptable.