Comments on: Would you boo at an F1 race? (Video)

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:16:15 +0000

I turn the TV off just before the end of a race if f are about to win. I’ve never watched a f victory on 20+ years.

As for booing I’ve never booed at a race, but I shout and cheer every time a f crashes or blows up. The greatest moment was watching from the grandstand as schumacher crash into the wall of champions. The loudest noise I have ever heard* was the cheering crowd.

* I work in military aviation, the cheers put the noise of an afterburning jet to shame.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:50:16 +0000

I’m a fan of the sport, not the politics behind it. I love racing and I have done it since I was young. I won’t boo at a driver, but I will certainly boo for foul play.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:42:48 +0000

I don’t like booing drivers or teams, but I cant stand when people rejoice at accidents – like when Schumacher broke his leg at Silverstone. There were people in the grandstand dancing around! I’ve never really been a fan of his, but that behaviour is a disgrace.

By: ajokay

ajokay — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:16:54 +0000

I’ve boo’d sitting on centre course at Wimbledon, I definately think there should be more booing in tennis, it’s far too polite.

As for F1, I’ve only ever been to one race (2005 British Grand Prix), and I was far to happy to be there to think about booing anyone. I think JPM won that day (I was sat at Club, I had no idea about what happened elsewhere on th track, and when) so definately no need to boo there.

By: the limit

the limit — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:06:38 +0000

The only time I have ever booed during a race was whilst watching the Adelaide race back in 1994, just after the Schumacher/Hill confrontation. My lasting memory, is of Schumacher waiting by the side of the
circuit, peering through the safety fence, waiting for Hill’s Williams to reappear.
Ofcourse, it never did! When Michael realises this, a wry smile emerges on his face as is confronted with the fact that he is now the world champion.
For me, the agony of 1994, and everything Hill and the Williams team went through, was just too much for me.
To see them cheated out of it like that, was very hard.
I am ashamed to say that I destroyed a perfectly good television after that race, I was so gutted.
I felt alot better, three years later, seeing Schumacher fall flat on his face at Jerez, attempting to pull the same trick on Villeneuve.
That time, my screams were of joy, and my tv survived for another year.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:43:20 +0000

I was at Indy in 2005, I booed long and I booed hard!

By: amy

amy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:59:28 +0000

yeah, boing just shows how enthusiastic you are about a sport, you care enough to boo like you would care enough to cheer! FORZA FERRARI!

By: Shahriar Ahsan

Shahriar Ahsan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:11:05 +0000

ya… booing is a natural act ot subconsious mind while a person is involved in a sporting event :p

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:10:12 +0000

“The only instance that I would have booed at a race would be either at Indy 2005 or A1 Ring 2002.” – M Smith, post 2.

I second that.

By: teamorders

teamorders — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:33:35 +0000

I boo when I turn on my shiny new 50″ plasma HD TV to watch the F1 and am confronted with an awful SD picture….. BOOOO!!

Is it Bernie, or is it the host countries feed, or is it my local network, I don’t know, but seriously this is 2008 and we’re not all watching 48cm CRT tvs.

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:01:18 +0000

Yeah, I boo, I boo all the time!

- U.S. G.P. 2005… BOOOO!!!!

- Austiria 2002… BOOOO!!!!

- Raikkonen – Sutil, Monaco 2008… BOOOO!!!!

- Hamiton – Raikkonen, Montréal 2008… BOOOO!!!!!

- Schumacher – Villeneuve, Jerez 1997… Uber Booo!!!! (yeah, I am Canadian.)

- Schumacher – Hill, 1994…. BOOOOO!!!!

- Senna – Prost, Prost – Senna…. Boooo!!!

- Banning Tunned-Mass-Dampers, BOOOO!!!!!

- Pierre Houde messing up some call or other, BOOO!!!!!

- Hamilton China and Brazil 2007, BOO BOO BOO BOO!!!!!

- D.C. vs. everyone he ran in to this year, Boo!!!

- Villeneuve vs. BAR, Honda, Renault, Sauber, BOO!!!!

Maybe we should come up with a Yaaaaaaaa!!!!! list.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:35:34 +0000

I booed at the TV set at Indy ‘05

I booed the the Hamilton/crane fiasco(not Hamilton directly)

…and the whole Austria ‘02 thing is a slap in the face to all F1 fans…BOOOOOO!!!

I booed LOUDEST when the stupid safety car rules kept Heidfeld off podium and handed it to Piquet Jr. just this year!

But,I give the drivers proper respect.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:48:30 +0000

I have never booed any driver or F1 situation, either on TV or at a race. It not only can be off-putting for drivers (I know they can’t hear me from my living room, but the principle remains…), but puts me in a poor frame of mind for enjoying the rest of the race. Plus it just feels wrong to behave like that.

I may complain at length if something stupid happens (and have screamed at the TV once or twice when something really bad has occurred), but it would be unseemly to shout too loud about it. After all, in F1 things can change very quickly and there may turn out to be nothing to complain about five minutes later (or sometimes more to moan about, but that’s another story). If the race ends and still nothing’s been done about the complaint-worthy thing, then I go complain on the internet. Hopefully by then I have some sort of perspective about the matter and know why I’m unhappy instead of just coming out with a somewhat-incoherent-feeling one-syllable reaction.

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:35:32 +0000

Funnily enough, the only person I have booed at, at a GP was a so-called fan who heckled Kimi whilst he was signing autographs.

I have LMAO at Montoya spinning it right in front of me on the formation lap of the 2007 Oz GP. And I beleive I raised the roof cheering when Schuey put it into the wall in virtually the same place, in the same race. But boo?

Unless there was obvious unsporting behaviour – like an Indy 2005 I don’t think I would boo. I think the term ‘good natured booing’ is a bit of any oxymoron. It’s always had malice when I’ve heard it, particularly in a sort of tribal mentality like sports spectators. Or maybe, James and Stealthman, I am just scarred from AFL crowds :/

By: Salty

Salty — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:30:35 +0000

LOL – fun little thread. It’s actually comforting to know that F1, as a live event, still manages to generate enough passion do induce the crowds to hoot and whoop as the story unfolds. Good humoured booing in ‘enemy territory’ is no more harmful than unfettered adulation at home victories IMO. Providing it IS just good natured – bigotry obviously should have no place in any civilised society, but I doubt that anyone here would disagree on that point.

Sport should be about heroes and rivalries. F1 is generally acknowledged to be the pinicle of 4 wheeled motor sport. The players are amazingly good at what they do, but are all hardened pros’ blessed with bank balance’s and lifestyles we can only wonder at. Long may the crowd cheer and jeer!

By: KB

KB — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:54:10 +0000

I was at that Monza raced too, and cheered like crazy when I seen Alonso blow up, cause I am a huge Schumi fan, but def not booooo, I cheered cause it blew the championship wide open, and it was also the most emotional race ever….hmmmm dreamy moment….

I witnessed fans boooo Schumacher in Montreal, and I have to say I was ashamed to even be in the same stand as those fans, there seemed to be a full section booing…it was after the Monaco incident, where Schumi was clearly innocent!!!

I dont think anyone deserves to be booed, we afterall humans..

By: Travis Rassat

Travis Rassat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:36:09 +0000

I personally don’t feel that booing is very sportsmanlike. I always cheer for and support my favorites, always love to see the underdogs have some success, and will cheer a great maneuver by any driver. I always applaud the podium finishers as they receive their trophies, whether I like them or not. Whether it was that day, or in the many years of their career leading up to it, they worked hard to get where they are and earned it.

If I see something I don’t agree with, I just keep my mouth shut. that’s usually when you realize that everybody else in your section is a fan of the other driver involved, and you’re about to get beat!

What really makes me sick are the fans who seem to be into throwing things out on the track (one of the reasons I gave up watching NASCAR, as that has become quite commonplace there and nothing is being done about it). That is pathetic, and a great display of total ignorance and disrespect for the competitors and fans. Booing might hurt someone’s feelings, but a full beer thrown from the upper stands can could seriously hurt or kill someone.

By: Jamin

Jamin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:19:03 +0000

…hard enough viewing F1 as an even playing field without the drivers and teams making a complete mockery of it. Those are the clips that make all the news channels and make F1 look silly.

By: Jamin

Jamin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:16:35 +0000

I would have booed MS & RB in 2002. I remember saying they at least didn’t have to do it so dramatically right at the line like that if they were going to do it. I probably would have booed at the, i think, Indy event (not the tires one) where MS slowed right at the line so they could have the closest 1-2 finish ever and RB actually accidently ended up ahead and won the race. I was laughing at home, maybe I would have laughed there too. I think we already have a hard enough viewing F1

By: AmericanTifosi

AmericanTifosi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:57:06 +0000

I don’t boo, I yell.