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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett
But surely the point is that Formula 1 is about racing and racing drivers (over paid or not). Sports Cars are about automotive engineering and prototypes.
It's 50 years today since Jim Clark died. We don't talk about the cars and the engineering feats of the day, we talk about how Jim Clark drove and won.
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You are confusing you with we Peter. There are a significant proportion of fans who are about F1 being a technical formula.
I, and many of my contemporaries talk as much about Mercedes
desmodronic valves as we do Fangio, as much about
Cooper rear engines as we do Brabham, as much about
Lotus monocoque as we do Clark, as much about
Renault turbos as we do Arnoux etc.
A very significant number of fans follow F1 for the technical innovation.
We may or not be outnumbered, but we are probably the most enduring long term followers.