Australian Grand Prix today, or was it yesterday. It could be a good season with some of the changes.
Formula One '12
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toronto needs some free race tracks where u can just go rent/borrow for an hour or 2 one of those racing cars and drive on a race track...
So did you catch Sebring 12hr today? It's actually my favourite form of auto racing.
It would be neat, but the insurance would kill it. I've done a ride along at Mont Tremblant in a Porsche, and that was a thrill and a half.
It was around 1AM our time Saturday night/Sunday morning. Depending on your point of view.
Agree. I have watched a few races, I usually watch at least one every year, and it sucks. My opinion.
I like NASCAR and I am sure there are some of you who do not like it.
I once heard Nascar described as a bunch of Bubbas turn left a hundred times, but hey. It reminds me too much of the Dukes of Hazard without Daisy. I also can't watch all the Formula One, but certain tracks are of interest and I try to catch those races. Catalunya, Suzuka, Montreal, Singapore.
the constant left turns, the fact that a race can take 4 hours and the season is just way too long. Starts what in February and goes till November!!! I read one of those Sports Illustrated books on things you should do before you die, and there was a story about a dude who goes to the Daytona 500 every year, so he takes his camper, parks it and then takes a nap for 2 and half hours then gets up just before the race ends. Yeah now that's a spectacle that you just cannot miss 
F1 is the epitome of race car technology. Enough said.
Endurance racing rocks, extremely competitive amongst the different classes. Le Mans being the ultimate in endurance racing.
Rednecks turning left in antiquated equipment, soley to sell road cars.
Each to his/her own
It certainly is one of the few racing genres where there is a genuine effort to develop things which will go into modern cars.
Traction control, aerodynamics, anti-lock brakes, KERS, fuel technology, more endurable engines, etc. are some of the developments which have trickled downstream.
That is not to say that there are not developments solely for faster F1 race cars.
Now to be fair Nascar racing happens at 200 mph, inches apart, and offering G forces in the area of 3 or 4 G's, and 10 to 150G's when things go bad.
After two weeks , apparently not;
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/standings/154/2012-formula-1-standings/
Apparently not in Shanghai either, oh well. I really noticed the lack of crowd in the stands and in the field. Rossburg/Mercedes in #1.
