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I'm sure may of us painstakingly clicked every single zero on that poll. I sure did.

The problem is that, holy crap this had the ingredients to be a classic for the good reasons. There was a goddamn battle between the two top guys! On track! for the the lead! On a track with actual passing opportunities and where it's easier to follow!

That's why you're all still watching F1 you dipshits. It delivers some classic battles and moments. It just doesn't seem to be the kind of thing that people running the show (and teams) actually want to deliver to us.

The thing is Hamilton would have never passed Vettel if he had to as Ferrari was way quicker on the backstretch and it sort of carried over into T1.

I've always had this philosophy:

Don't like F1 atm? Wait 5 years and it usually changes for the better

Liking F1 atm? Wait 5 years and they'll probably do something to fuck it up...

I've gone through the Late 90s Refueling/grooved tyres/early 2000s driver aids/late 2000s high df/2010s refuelling ban/mid 2010s tyre degredation low df/2017 higher df regs and hated/liked/hated/liked/hated/liked it many times over

We all have special eras where we thought F1 was tast and we still think F1 should be like now, but you can either learn to like what is served up to you and try and squeeze some sort of enjoyment out of your passion even if it is surrounded by many elements of the sport you don't like, or just find something else to do

Since we're all here debating it, I think we're all addicted enough to weather this storm and come back next time and enjoy the 2 or 3 minutes per race where the cars race closely/there's a start crash/safety car restart/underdog win/wet race or whatever else keeps us coming back race after race.

If you people are so disenchanted with F1, why do you keep watching it?.

The thing is Hamilton would have never passed Vettel if he had to as Ferrari was way quicker on the backstretch and it sort of carried over into T1.

As shitty as this sport is, I'm holding out hope that surely someone at the FIA, has an IQ above their shoe size, will realise that the poorly adjudicated rules and severe lack of competition isn't sustainable for the sport, and that within the next 2-3 years it will change.

I remember MotoGP being really, really poor like 2010ish (don't quote me) maybe a bit after that, but then I remember after a few years of no real racing and competition it came back with a bang, and really has gone from strength to strength since.

This might blow your mind, but a good battle does not need an overtake to actually take place at all.

When it is close and tense enough, and there is a real possibility for passing (which there is in Canada!), anything can happen and I call that an entertaining battle. That's what racing is about, following for laps and you'll get maybe one or two opportunities on the whole race that you have to take. If the car behind is too far up your ass in every corner (Bottas vs Daniel), it usually ends way too quickly. People who like racing love to watch these seemingly impossible battles because there's a lot more going on even when the cars are not side-by-side. There's a lot tactics, alternative lines, observation and planning, lap after lap, corner after corner that are just as enjoyable as the pass itself (if it happens).

Otherwise, fast cars would always just blow by the slow cars and take off in the distance. It never happens that two cars/drivers are exactly evenly matched and are able to pass/repass each other (it happens once a decade, ala Rosberg/Hamilton 2014). A pass means the fun is over, in general. A car close but finding it difficult to make an attempt, means it's still ON.

I'm being ranty here but I'm not pissed off at you, I am at the sport because it keeps promising and not delivering. Literally every other series out there delivers regularly to fulfill our expectations (well, maybe not Nascar but hardly a good example now is it?), and surpass them even. For F1, we lower and mute any anticipation so as not to be disappointed, yet it keeps finding ways to still disappoint in new clever ways. Fuck you, F1.

None of you will stop watching. Quit kidding yourselves. You'll all be back discussing, debating and reviewing the next incident that comes along.

I disagree. I’ve seen only 1 race live this season and missed 3 of them. I really don’t care about it anymore.
I never thought that would happen though as I used to watch every session.

I disagree. I’ve seen only 1 race live this season and missed 3 of them. I really don’t care about it anymore.
I never thought that would happen though as I used to watch every session.

I've only watched Bahrain and Montreal this year (both live iirc). All the Euro races are on too early in the morning so that's a no go.

I'll probably watch Japan and Brazil, and maaaybe Mexico but that's it for this year...live or not. I really miss Sepang.

I don’t agree with the logic you’re both attempting to use. Whether you’re watching live or not is irrelevant, you’re both still watching. Which means you’re proving my point.