jezza on F1

[timedate]

Seek out his recent views on F1, filmed outside a pub, it's not hard to find, its laced with profanity, but he makes the complaint about F1 that we hear all the time, and gives his ideas on what to do about it.

Its worth a watch, but not if you want profanity.

[SpeakWithMichael]

Outside the UK, people by and large won't know who you mean by jezza, so they won't know who to search for or what you're on about. Consider the audience is mainly American.

Jeremy Clarkson. By the way, I think he's right. Something needs to change. It's terribly boring and highly predictable.

[timedate]

Originally Posted by SpeakWithMichael

Outside the UK, people by and large won't know who you mean by jezza, so they won't know who to search for or what you're on about. Consider the audience is mainly American.

Jeremy Clarkson. By the way, I think he's right. Something needs to change. It's terribly boring and highly predictable.

Americans are not silly, if they can go to the moon, they can work out who jezza is, plus they watch the grand tour. lol.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by SpeakWithMichael

Outside the UK, people by and large won't know who you mean by jezza, so they won't know who to search for or what you're on about. Consider the audience is mainly American.

Jeremy Clarkson. By the way, I think he's right. Something needs to change. It's terribly boring and highly predictable.

I had no idea either but:

They will google Jezza F1.

There you go.

Americans are very clever.

[77T]

Thank you for your confidence in us Americans...now, what’s F1?


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[AK797]

They should have a separate driver's championship, that's what people really want to see. Have every driver given the same car for a couple of months with their teams and then have a 5 race mini championship, with wider tracks if possible and more overtaking spots. Then as this gets more popular reduce the current format so more driver's races can be held, let the constructor's keep their cash cow but really they've had their time and cash, time to think of the audiences for a change.

[Rock]

Jeremy's a bit of a boof-head but I agree with him on this. After following F1 for about 30 years I have got to the stage where I really don't care if I see the race or not. Predictable, boring, not a showcase for talent.
Certainly wouldn't pay 'Dirty Rupert' for the privilege.

[77T]

OK...watched the 3 minute rant now. The model for F1 is a bit fiddly due to the huge budgets and political/industrial influences.

Don’t see any of his ideas going further than the YouTube, though....




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[77T]

Originally Posted by Rock

Certainly wouldn't pay 'Dirty Rupert' for the privilege.

View with impunity- Rupe’s been gone after the Comcast takeover of Sky. And Bernie too since Malone’s Liberty Media bought him out.



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[SpeakWithMichael]

I would suggest the way to get fans at home to watch it and keep the sponsor dollars coming into the sport, would be VR. If fans could drive in the race at home, ghosting in real time against the real racers, they'd be glued to their seats for the duration. Interactive F1, with real prize money at various skill levels. Get the 13-35 crowd really into it. Merge e-sports with the real sport.

[GoingPlaces]

Watching F1 regularly until the last year or so. I agree with others in that it's become highly predictable and boring. Unless a mistake is made or a car fails it's as if we know how it will end. Overtaking is rare if at all at the front. Tire and pit strategy seem to be only variables.

[timedate]

i know its harking back to the past, but the old way, was the way, people say 'but everything moves on' but it doesnt always move on for the better, progress in some areas is to the detriment in other areas,

There is and was such a thing as getting it right, if ii aint broke, dont try and fix it, if you like.

Would a return to the moon mean discarding the methods of fifty years ago, or is there a new far better way of doing it?


F1 doesnt even enter my head anymore, yet i used to love the sport, i dident change, it did.

[GoingPlaces]

I can't even keep up with all the regulations anymore. So technical and complex, I don't even understand it.

[zama]

35 years ago we had Group B rally, huge grids of 956 Porsche's/Lancia's etc at Le Mans and Turbo crazy F1....... so much for entertainment moving forward. Jezza needs to quit the bangles and cut the eyebrows.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by SpeakWithMichael

I would suggest the way to get fans at home to watch it and keep the sponsor dollars coming into the sport, would be VR. If fans could drive in the race at home, ghosting in real time against the real racers, they'd be glued to their seats for the duration. Interactive F1, with real prize money at various skill levels. Get the 13-35 crowd really into it. Merge e-sports with the real sport.

This would be pretty cool. Also with the up and coming streaming gaming services (like Netflix for video games) & 5G speeds then no reason why it couldn’t be done in the next few years.

[OmegaJJH]

Originally Posted by SpeakWithMichael

I would suggest the way to get fans at home to watch it and keep the sponsor dollars coming into the sport, would be VR. If fans could drive in the race at home, ghosting in real time against the real racers, they'd be glued to their seats for the duration. Interactive F1, with real prize money at various skill levels. Get the 13-35 crowd really into it. Merge e-sports with the real sport.

This was actually mooted a few years back but nothing ever materialised. With the explosion of e-sports maybe you’re on to something....

Plus, Bernie was never interested in the 13-35 age bracket. Perhaps Liberty are different...?


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[77T]

Originally Posted by Burlington

This would be pretty cool. Also with the up and coming streaming gaming services (like Netflix for video games) & 5G speeds then no reason why it couldn’t be done in the next few years.

Would you pay a $100 entry fee to F1 simrace?

Liberty has continued to monetize the brand via their App so I’m guessing F1 interactive will cost like any other simracing now.


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[M45]

Originally Posted by SpeakWithMichael

Outside the UK, people by and large won't know who you mean by jezza, so they won't know who to search for or what you're on about. Consider the audience is mainly American.

Jeremy Clarkson. By the way, I think he's right. Something needs to change. It's terribly boring and highly predictable.

We all know who Clarkson is.

Americans watch more British TV than Brits do, since we don't need a loicence to do it.

[huncho]

from watching documentaries on f1 it really made the drivers in the 70s/80s seem like super hero figures because of the dangers of driving. nowadays they're just like any other pro athlete, just normal people that are super talented in driving

i also lost interest in f1 although i was born in the 90s so i didn't get to see the golden age of it. got into it from watching the senna documentary but at this point i haven't watched a race in years. i don't think it'll ever be the same unfortunately, no matter what people want they will never put those drivers in the same danger they were in 30 years ago. they should bring back v10s though at least...

[Andad]

They should run the F1 races for the drivers just as they run the Superbike and GP races.

Fill the cars up, shorten the race and let them go.

It's the one or two pit stops that spoil it for me.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by 77T

Would you pay a $100 entry fee to F1 simrace?

Liberty has continued to monetize the brand via their App so I’m guessing F1 interactive will cost like any other simracing now.


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Personally no, but I’m not that into watching racing. However people do pay good sums for boxing PPV so not implausible to imagine a season ticket or pay by race type thing working.

[OmegaJJH]

Originally Posted by M45

Americans watch more British TV than Brits do, since we don't need a loicence to do it.

That hurts!



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