Yesterday was the closest I've ever actually been to a Formula One race and how unusual that this should come in America as the race was a few hundred miles away in Austin, Texas. The cost of a ticket was too high but it would have been in Europe too so the answer was to watch it on television. NBC covered the race and it wasn't as cool as what BBC does with it but the coverage was quite good. (BBC sends their team to every race and gives super coverage)
The race took off similarly to recent others and to me the most interesting part was how Grosjean leaped to second place and held it to the end. As in previous races, Webber's start sucked and there's only one more race before he retires. He still wound up third and it was cool to see him on the podium but it will be a shame to see him go. There are still many intrigues just now as to who will be driving for whom next year and I'm not one to follow the shake-ups during the off-season so we'll see who shows up to race.
It was a shame that Sutil crashed and I'm not really sure what caused it. There was a brief bit of video but it really didn't explain anything. He wasn't injured so it was just down to a drag to see Force India lose him for the day.
The more I see of DRS (i.e. Drag Reduction System), the more sissy it looks to me. It's not simply that it can only be used in certain sections of a track but you also aren't allowed to use it unless you're within a second of the car in front of you. There's nothing particularly high tech about DRS as you push a button and the rear wing goes up, push it again and it goes down. Even so, it's quite impressive what it does ... so long as drivers are permitted to use it.
The stands weren't popping with people but it still looked like there was very good attendance so hopefully this means Formula One will run again at the Circuit of the Americas. One of the coolest things about the track was how the elevation raises going up the straight and then drops back down in a left corner at the end of it. This gave it something of the feel of Laguna Seca and that's most unusual for a Formula One track.
I was talking with a friend and he said he had little interest in Formula One, only in Indy-type racing. That was unusual to me as it's a different flavour of the same thing. NASCAR is different from Indy racing is different from Formula One but all of them show the best racing in the world.
The race took off similarly to recent others and to me the most interesting part was how Grosjean leaped to second place and held it to the end. As in previous races, Webber's start sucked and there's only one more race before he retires. He still wound up third and it was cool to see him on the podium but it will be a shame to see him go. There are still many intrigues just now as to who will be driving for whom next year and I'm not one to follow the shake-ups during the off-season so we'll see who shows up to race.
It was a shame that Sutil crashed and I'm not really sure what caused it. There was a brief bit of video but it really didn't explain anything. He wasn't injured so it was just down to a drag to see Force India lose him for the day.
The more I see of DRS (i.e. Drag Reduction System), the more sissy it looks to me. It's not simply that it can only be used in certain sections of a track but you also aren't allowed to use it unless you're within a second of the car in front of you. There's nothing particularly high tech about DRS as you push a button and the rear wing goes up, push it again and it goes down. Even so, it's quite impressive what it does ... so long as drivers are permitted to use it.
The stands weren't popping with people but it still looked like there was very good attendance so hopefully this means Formula One will run again at the Circuit of the Americas. One of the coolest things about the track was how the elevation raises going up the straight and then drops back down in a left corner at the end of it. This gave it something of the feel of Laguna Seca and that's most unusual for a Formula One track.
I was talking with a friend and he said he had little interest in Formula One, only in Indy-type racing. That was unusual to me as it's a different flavour of the same thing. NASCAR is different from Indy racing is different from Formula One but all of them show the best racing in the world.
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