Motorsports Thread

[Salad Dodger]

It's British round of Moto GP today.
I believe Moto 3 and Moto 2 are viewable live on ITV4 this morning, and Moto GP race on ITV 1 this lunchtime.
I will be out, but have set the TV box to record it all.......

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It's British round of Moto GP today.
I believe Moto 3 and Moto 2 are viewable live on ITV4 this morning, and Moto GP race on ITV 1 this lunchtime.
I will be out, but have set the TV box to record it all.......

I love watching MotoGP more than F1, but I just don't watch it, it's never seems to be live & the highlights never seem to be on at the same time, TBH I have no idea who any of the riders are now. But I'll put it on for record today

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

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[Deleted member 26715]

Cruel, but so funny

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Oops I always said electric & rain don't mix


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ADbT9UTn8

 

[Cerdic]

I dunno what it is, but why do Formula E cars always look like toy cars?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I dunno what it is, but why do Formula E cars always look like toy cars?

Yep I just can't get into them, don't know if it's the shape, the noise, the bouncing as they go down the track, the artificial track layouts, or the constant smashing into each other, just doesn't grab me as a top line motorsport.

 

[figbat]

Yep I just can't get into them, don't know if it's the shape, the noise, the bouncing as they go down the track, the artificial track layouts, or the constant smashing into each other, just doesn't grab me as a top line motorsport.

Same. I went to the Berlin E-prix this year and was thoroughly underwhelmed by the whole event, including the cars.

 

[Beebo]

Yep I just can't get into them, don't know if it's the shape, the noise, the bouncing as they go down the track, the artificial track layouts, or the constant smashing into each other, just doesn't grab me as a top line motorsport.

Agreed.
Why are they always on Mickey mouse street circuits?
Can we see them on a proper track please.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Agreed.
Why are they always on Mickey mouse street circuits?
Can we see them on a proper track please.

I wish I could "like" this comment many times over.

I guess street tracks are designed to provide lots of speeding up and slowing down ( thus regenerative braking which extends the cars range).
But I would like to see them on somewhere like Oulton Park, or maybe even Cadwell Park......

 

[Illaveago]

I tried watching E car racing and got bored in less than a minute . I switched it off as it didn't have much appeal for some reason .

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Seems like a lot of us F1 watchers just don't get on with it, but what is it that we don't like I can't put my finger on it, I enjoy other forms of racing (BTCC etc.), it can't really be the sound as you can't really hear the F1 cars via TV.

 

[Beebo]

Seems like a lot of us F1 watchers just don't get on with it, but what is it that we don't like I can't put my finger on it, I enjoy other forms of racing (BTCC etc.), it can't really be the sound as you can't really hear the F1 cars via TV.

It just seems too sanitised. The tracks are too narrow, cluttered and twisty with too many barriers.

 

[Cerdic]

I believe the “mickey mouse street circuits” are a marketing thing.

The idea, apparently, is to convert people who are not fans of motor sport by making it ‘different’, ‘exciting’, and ‘taking the sport to the people’. As ‘the people’ mostly live in cities that is where they have the races…

 

[Illaveago]

It just seems too sanitised. The tracks are too narrow, cluttered and twisty with too many barriers.

I think the mesh barriers make me think of caged animals . I just don't like street circuits apart from Monaco but that is beginning to become a bit boring with lack of overtaking .