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Originally Posted by Mak
ASP, I agree with you as this is a drivers championship and outright times are not significant. It is unfortunate that a lot of people have been exagerating the new cars performance when it makes very little difference if all have the same and it exciting racing and the best driver wins.I think the cars look good and are top Quality machines. The average spectator cannot tell if one car is a couple of seconds faster or slower without a stopwatch! I am sure there is probably another 0.5 to 1 sec left in developing an ideal setup for what its worth.
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Well, hang on a minute. For many people, the intrigue and interest in the performance of the cars is very much part of the spectacle.
I would only be half as interested without this kind of discussion.
As someone whose earliest recollections of 'racing' centre mostly around the physical and sensory awe of vehicles at speed - the power, the driver working at the wheel, the sound echoing off the trees and the ground reverberating under your feet - the actual sporting spectacle, for me and I suspect many others, is actually relatively tame and uninteresting by comparison.
There's no reason why the physical capabilities of the car, the lap times they can achieve and other technical details can't be considered a substantial, if not the greater element of the sport by some people.
Really, the issue here is that the need to discuss both the car's performance, and the weekend at hand are conflicting with one another. Perhaps a moderator will consider splitting the thread, or allowing another to be started for one or the other topic?