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Originally Posted by JDął
All valid points in your post, and driver and team rivalries are a big part of the sport. That being said they need to get back to doing the winning and losing in the cars on the track. There is far too much crying on the radio and through the media to mommy and daddy at Race Direction these days. It's gotten obnoxious. Too often when I'm watching races I find myself thinking 'Just STFU and race! Stop whining and be faster!' This past Saudi round was a prime example. I tuned in to watch the best drivers in the world go as fast as possible to try and win, not have the rule book read to me half the broadcast because someone is complaining. The constant petty games and groaning detract from the sport.
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I dunno, I would say there ALWAYS whining and crying in the past. The only difference now is they broadcast it to the viewers. This is the first year they broadcast radio between the Race Director and the teams, and I love it. This stuff is nothing new, it's just that now we get to hear it.
I have the F1TV subscription purely for the on demand radio access for every driver at all times (and no annoying TSN commercials). It makes watching even a practice section that much more entertaining. Imagine if we could watch any sport with players mic'd up during the game and could hear them talking to their coaches.
For years F1 was managed by Ecclestone and he was against any kind of transparency beyond the 'official' interviews. Now we have things like Netflix and look how many more people are interested.
When I first met my wife she complained why am I watching cars going around in circles and since Netflix came out, she'll watch races with me and is happy when I told her Albon is coming back next year
