Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 fan survey.

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

Formula E doesn’t do much for me either. You and I appreciate the intensity of race engines, but not the modern urbanite crowd. We had for many years the Indy race right in downtown Vancouver, which drew in plenty of revenue for the city, especially the businesses/hotels in the area of the race. But, as city hall got more progressive and with the booming development of condos in the downtown core, enough residents complained about the noise and it took zero effort to kill the event.

 

It will be interesting to see how this pans out because, the noise will be gone but the downtown population has exploded since Indy left. Traffic was bad back then and worse now, I can’t see how blocking off streets completely (that already lost a lane because of bike routes) will go off. City hall is taking an anti-car stance, so it’s confusing why they’d allow a car-related event to happen in the first place.

 

Peter

 

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From: Rick Moseley
Sent: October 23, 2021 8:33 AM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 fan survey.

 

I still dig drag racing.  I always move near the 60ft line for Funny Cars and Top Fuel.

When that noise becomes visceral and the overwhelming smell is of burnt Nitro-Methane.

To have your ears (even with plugs) over-pressure and go to static...

To feel the exhaust pulses trying to change your heart rhythm by beating on your chest.

To breath in the nitro and taste the horsepower...  

Who needs drugs!!! 

<insert Tim Taylor horsepower grunts here>

 

It's something the green movement just doesn't get it...  

 

Formula E just does nothing for me.

 

 

On Friday, October 22, 2021, 11:05:50 PM PDT, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

 

 

They’ll move on from Formula 1 to Formula E soon enough. Who wants to hear those “loud” engines and breathe in exhaust fumes?

 

Peter

 

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From: Rick Moseley
Sent: October 22, 2021 6:43 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 fan survey.

 

...F1, like everything else has waded into the global WOKE (ces)pool and they are losing the old guard left and right, not just here, but in Europe and Asia.   Yeah they are courting the woke crowd, but how many long term fans will that really bring?   The SJWs will follow the next crisis.  The pack mentality will tire of racing...