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[Stern]@ESPN -2 got 920,000 viewers for Saturday's @F1 race from Saudi Arabia, down 40% from 1.523 million viewers last year, though that event was on the main ESPN channel and held on a Sunday. (twitter.com)

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[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What do you mean F1 now is like getting edged for an hour and a half? What specific era would you prefer going back to?

People see the past with rose tinted glasses. The only reason races used to have several different winners in the past was because reliability used to be atrocious which meant that even in a season with a dominant car, others would win a several times through attrition.

What used to worse was that the field spread used to be massive (4-5 seconds) and only the top 6 used to get points so even the midfield used to boring.

Yes while we are seeing more dominant runs and less variation in winners, the general quality of racing has improved.

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I couldn't agree more. People who don't like fundamental differences in car performance would enjoy spec series much more than F1. F1 not being a spec series and still having this close of racing is pretty great.