Comments on: Is F1 2009 less exciting than 2008?

By: Hermann

Hermann — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:06:55 +0000

I agree! The point is not that the races are boring in 2009, but that the main drivers are not taking part of them.

By: Prawn GP

Prawn GP — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:25:43 +0000

its pretty much the same, its just the laws of physics that the wings on the car will not operate as well behind the tunnel of turbulent air created by the car in front making it very difficult to overtake, as Martin Brundle said if they take away the downforce it will be slower than the lower formula’s , i mean in Karting you may see 300 overtakes and re- overtakes because of the lack of aerodynamics on a kart, i can always remember how much more exciting it was to see the F1 drivers race each other at the karting charity events, you would suddenly see a Minardi driver up there mixing at the front, although it never stopped Schumacher winning every race.

By: DASMAN

DASMAN — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:22:33 +0000

Someone here said that they think the rules should stay the same for 3 years or so? I agree – traditional most of the best seasons for close racing have been at the end of a rules cycle, when the rules have been more or less stable for 3 years.

We have since 2000 not really had a year where the rules have been the same for 3 years running, most notably the tire rules have kept changing from year to year.

The lack of testing has to be robbing us of some of the “show” this year tho, it means that basically the status quo from the first race remins roughly the same over the course of the year.

I would like this rule above all removed and have testing allowed with a mileage restriction.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:38:47 +0000

The guys competing at the front just aren’t very interesting. When has Vettel ever overtaken anyone?

No Hamilton, Alonso and Ferrari at the front means things just aren’t that interesting to casual fans, it means things are going to be less interesting to hardcore fans that are biased towards those teams/drivers (arguably the majority of fans) and it’s going to be less interesting to neutrals who want to see the best drivers at the front, which right now is Hamilton, Alonso et al.

I’m sick of hearing people rip into the rules and regulations year after year. The truth is F1 has never had a lot of passing, it certainly hasn’t in the past 20 years, which is when a lot of fans have started watching. I said last season that the new rules would have no influence on how good the racing is. If a car is faster it either gets past or it doesn’t. More often than not, it’s actually more exciting when that car doesn’t get past, at least for a few laps anyway. There’s never going to be a race in F1 where two drivers constantly swap positions lap after lap, that’s just not what F1 is and it’s why that same old clip of Arnoux gets recycled over and over again. It’s because that was an anomaly; an exception, not the rule.

This season sucks because the popular teams and drivers aren’t winning, it’s that simple.

By: manatcna

manatcna — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:54:20 +0000

How do you know you don’t like Marmite if you’ve never tasted it?

By: carlos

carlos — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:04:11 +0000

It has to do with a few names not well established in peoples minds. The winners this year are not the hot shots of past, so it is just a matter of getting used to it. Deep down we probably hope the big names would bounce back instead of the Brawns in their white and puke green colors. No one had been prepared to place Button,Barrichelo,Webber and Vetel on top of anything. Bring on 2010..2009 is a dud!

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:46:09 +0000

The rules are hardly changed year over year. This year was one of the first major rule changes in years. The previous one was when they changed to grooved tyres. That must be like a decade ago already.

By: Hallard

Hallard — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:20:14 +0000

Im with you guys. I would love to see the grip balance shift drastically towards mechanical so we can get more passing. Bring back the wide cars, and BIG slicks, and limit aero significantly. I wouldnt mind if they dropped the front and rear wings even and only allowed underbody aero body work.

By: DMW

DMW — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:37:11 +0000

It seems we had much more rain last year, which of course spices things up. A big factor is the let down: After a championship decided on the last lap, among two arch-enemy teams, who would go to battle with a WDC driver apiece, we wanted Round 3 of this epic battle. And with Kubica, Alonso, and the Toytoas waiting in the wings to join battle with the promise they showed last year, it seemed perfect. But instead we have a race between a plain white car and the sugar-water car—no heritage or rivalry between them. And regular old processions to boot.

By: Hector

Hector — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:49:14 +0000

Well, I think all what fans need is more fight for winning, but you can be changing year over year the cars and the rules that much, it’s dumb, I believe the cars and rules should stay for three years or something like that…