Bernie and Bill Gates

[racefan]

In my opinion Bernie Ecclestone is to motor racing what Bill Gates is to computer software, but in the wrong light. Similarity: Both have a monopoly. Difference: As for Ecclestone, nobody (who enjoys car racing) needs F1. As for Gates, it does not have to be even mentioned (i.e. everybody needs his software).
Arguably, F1 cars are the fastest cars to run on complex tracks, yet F1 is not the most interesting racing series. Even dragsters are more fun to watch: you have 2 cars yet you do not know who is going to win. In F1 you have 24 cars, yet you ALWAYS know who is going to win (or at least you can bring it down to 4 cars).
Admittedly, there are drivers with more skills than others in F1 (or in any other series for that matter), yet always the same drivers win.
Honestly, I long for the days of the Laudas, Sennas, Piquets, Prosts, Mansells, etc. There is no RACING in F1 nowadays. They were all good in their own, yet they could all race ech other thanks to the fact that their cars were pretty much the same.
I (and a few million more people) would love to see some changes in the F1 rules so that there could be some racing (if not among the 12 teams, at least among 6 or 7 teams).
If I am wrong, and today's F1 top drivers are REALLY that much further ahead from the rest, then I think we need another series: "FORMULA SUPRA" or something like that to suit Ferrari and MacLaren. Then the other 22 sub-par drivers in good cars (or better said: the other 22 good drivers in sub-par cars) could get down to some actual racing.
I am new to this forum and I would appreciate to see some coments.

[botsquad]

so your not going to tune in this weekend?
at the one, the only.. spa?

i think not. and i know why

both titles are on the line between the top 2 teams and the top 4 drivers.

this years wdc race is as good as racing gets.


what is drag racing? a 5-second blur and a cheeseburger to go.

[Liz]

It's going to rain at Spa. That will make all the difference in the world.

If you want to see racing, watch CART. And Duke sells lots of videos of the 1970s and 1980s when racing was racing.

Anyway it's an old argument and everybody agrees that we like the old days better ... but so what?

ON TO SPA! JEAN ALESI WILL WIN!

[f1ciamp]

Originally posted by racefan
what . Even dragsters are more fun to watch: you have 2 cars yet you do not know who is going to win. In F1 you have 24 cars, yet you ALWAYS know who is going to win (or at least you can bring it down to 4 cars).

4 cars, thts alredy more then two in drag races!

p.s, check out todays qualifing and tell me if u expected anithing like it! (exept the cranky one)

[Mr.S]

I'm surprised that no one has pointed out that it's actually 22 cars for the last several years and will be until Toyota in 2002. But then again details details.