During FP2 in Hungary I noticed more than ever that F1 is starting to get that same cringy goofiness that Indycar has suffered for decades. Some millionaires in a board room are trying desperately to be relevant, and they’ve lost the plot in the process. Bud Light did this (try to appeal to people who are not in the fan base) recently, and we all know how that worked out.
F1 are trying to hard to appeal to lower age groups, are trying to endlessly pizazz it up, and are alienating themselves from the main fan base. Ironically, it’s the die hard fan base who foster a love for racing in their kids. It’s not the broadcasters job to dumb itself down, it’s the parents love for the sport that passes sport knowledge to the child, which in turn makes them a lifelong fan. F1 production should have more self-respect than this. Where’s the professionalism?
They are not hiring commentators for their quality or knowledge of the sport, but for some kind of commercially correct bias. Same thing is happening in medicine.
F1 have gotta get their act together. I thought I was watching a bad episode of child American Idol when they ran the deal with Ted Kravitz and Scarlett. Wtf is happening.
Watching F1 since 1986.
