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Originally Posted by Umai Naa
But at the end of the day, it wasn't pure racing.
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I agree. But we've just gone through saying that racing is a business now. Even Formula1 has introduced gimmicks to boost viewer figures. Why? To get more people watching, to increase appeal to sponsors.
I can understand that diehard fans want pure racing with no gimmicks. But it doesn't make business sense, and the diehard fans are not willing to pay for it themselves either. They just like to talk about it and hope someone else does.
People have so many entertainment options these days that categories have to compete for your attention. If I know that Schumacher and Ferrari stood a 98% chance of winning the race, I wasn't as dedicated to tuning in and watching it as when the title was being fought by 3 different drivers from 3 different teams.