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Why is it that whenever i meet supporters of this ‘sport’they are always boring bast@ds!
Apologies to anyone who reads this and likes the ‘sport’ and goes to watch it(do you cheer your favourite and abuse the other drivers???)but i just dont get the attraction of watching lumps of tin spinning round some foreign dustbowl.
Dont get it!
I fail to understand the sport can you call it that and as for going to watch surely you get a better view on the telly
remember people ‘supporting Nigel mansell years ago made me wonder do the fans have ‘offs’ before the races?
You could have Lewis Hamilton Hackers versus Jensen Button bushwackers-might make it more interesting. :lol:remember people ‘supporting Nigel mansell years ago made me wonder do the fans have ‘offs’ before the races?
You could have Lewis Hamilton Hackers versus Jensen Button bushwackers-might make it more interesting. :lol:Make it even more interesting if the cars had to tow a caravan during the race
The sort of people who you get introduced to at parties and their first question is ” So what are you driving ? ” They are your Formula 1 / Top Gear boring petrol heads !! I fuckin hate driving these days and so I am fucked if I am gonna sit and watch some sad sap go round a track God knows how many times aided by thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment !!
The sort of people who you get introduced to at parties and their first question is ” So what are you driving ? ” They are your Formula 1 / Top Gear boring petrol heads !! I fuckin hate driving these days and so I am fucked if I am gonna sit and watch some sad sap go round a track God knows how many times aided by thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment !!People who say “what are you driving?”(you should answer back “the missus every night are you?”) usually say that then tell you they own a Beemer to your dusty old astra.I encountered a tW@t like this in the gym once and he fitted the bill of the petrol ead totally.
Petrol heads eh???? what a bunch of w@nkers -no more to be said!A guy I know put on Face Book the other Sunday ” No Top Gear tonight what am I going to do ? ” My reply was ” I’ll tell you what you need to do and that is get a fuckin life man ! “
A guy I know put on Face Book the other Sunday ” No Top Gear tonight what am I going to do ? ” My reply was ” I’ll tell you what you need to do and that is get a fuckin life man ! “Sorry Fil but i like Top Gear it is purely entertainment, I dont take it seriously it makes me laugh.Formula 1 is just a procession thesedays and the sport has been taken out of it by technology.I used to watch it years ago but now its crap.
OK – I’ll rise to this one. I enjoy F1 and have been to GPs at Silverstone, Magny Cours and Spa.
I wouldn’t describe myself as a “petrol head” and don’t really care what car you drive, or in fact would’nt know what it was even if you told me. I just enjoy being at GPs though (although I haven’t been for many years).
Please though don’t confuse F1 on TV, where you just boringly follow the lead car round the track for mile after mile, with actually being there.
Firstly the noise is something you could not believe. And then, being in one place throughout the race, means you see all the cars and drivers competing with each other way down the grid. There are some really good battles that never make the TV, in the same way as Darlington v Carlisle could be a stunning game, but will never take the place of a Man City v Fulham 0-0.
I don’t apologise for liking F1 – but please don’t criticise what you don’t like, and maybe don’t fully understand.
And finally, of course there’s always the chance to laugh at foreigners. One year when Damon Hill and Michael Schumaker were fighting for the title we were sat next to a group of Germans all proudly wearing T-shirts which proclaimed “Schumaker is over the Hill”. They obviously took this literally without realising the irony. Oh how we laughed. ;)
OK – I’ll rise to this one. I enjoy F1 and have been to GPs at Silverstone, Magny Cours and Spa.I wouldn’t describe myself as a “petrol head” and don’t really care what car you drive, or in fact would’nt know what it was even if you told me. I just enjoy being at GPs though (although I haven’t been for many years).
Please though don’t confuse F1 on TV, where you just boringly follow the lead car round the track for mile after mile, with actually being there.
Firstly the noise is something you could not believe. And then, being in one place throughout the race, means you see all the cars and drivers competing with each other way down the grid. There are some really good battles that never make the TV, in the same way as Darlington v Carlisle could be a stunning game, but will never take the place of a Man City v Fulham 0-0.
I don’t apologise for liking F1 – but please don’t criticise what you don’t like, and maybe don’t fully understand.
And finally, of course there’s always the chance to laugh at foreigners. One year when Damon Hill and Michael Schumaker were fighting for the title we were sat next to a group of Germans all proudly wearing T-shirts which proclaimed “Schumaker is over the Hill”. They obviously took this literally without realising the irony. Oh how we laughed. ;)
Good post Garswood-now crawling back under my stone :(
maybe the new petrol heads are like the skybees ( football fans who never go to premier league-we all know loads of these dont we?)and only watch it on telly.Na still dull as houses as a sport. very little to do with skill anymore, all down to the machine and mostly money.
But if people like it, like the fake stories in top gear, then go for it.
I’d enjoy it more if the cars were all the same then it was down to who was the best driver. Never have been a big fan of the sport but loved the Senna film that was out last year, he was a different class.
I know a couple of F1 fans. (I used to like watching myself a few years ago but now its just boring IMO). anyway, they were always commenting on football players wages. I used to argue (debate) with them about prize money, wages etc in F1, they’d never really listen untill I once had one of them a bet without any definate knowledge. The bet was take the 22 drivers in a F1 race against the starting 22 players in any one premiership footy match the same weekend and the F1 drivers would be on the higher combined wages. and just to annoy them a little more how many of those F1 drivers lived abroad to avoid paying there contries taxes.
strangely the bet wasn’t accepted, and I never found out if I was right or not.
I wonder.
TBH to edge my bets I said not including City but the more I thought about it the more i thought that they could include city
F1 salaries in 2010 were:
Drivers:1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari €30m 5th
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes €16m 2nd
3. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari €16m N/A
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari €14m 6th
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes €9m 4th
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes Grand Prix €8m 9th
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes Grand Prix €8m 7th
8. Robert Kubica Renault F1 €7.5m 8th
9. Rubens Barrichello Williams F1 €5.5m 11th
10. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing €4.2m 1st
11. Jarno Trulli Lotus Racing €3m 19th=
12. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing €2m 3rd
13. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Racing €2m 19th=
14. Timo Glock Virgin Racing €1m 19th=
15. Nico Hülkenberg Williams F1 €700,000 15th
16. Pedro de la Rosa Sauber €500,000 17th
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber €500,000 12th=
18. Vitaly Petrov Renault F1 €400,000 12th=
19. Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso€400,000 18th
20. Sébastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso€400,000 16th
21. Adrian Sutil Force India F1 €200,000 10th
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India F1 €200,000 14th
23. Lucas Di Grassi Virgin Racing €200,000 19th=
24. Bruno Senna Hispania Racing €150,000 19th=
25. Karun Chandhok Hispania Racing €Nil 19th=
26. Sakon Yamamoto Hispania Racing €Nil 19th =
(Source http://www.crash.net/f1/news/162562/1/f1_2010_driver_salaries_revealed__who_earns_most.html)Average Premier League wages are £1,160,000.
You do the sums :cheer:
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