Post by chrisb on Jul 18, 2018 19:23:47 GMT
now - given the fact my technical ability is somewhat wanting I have no idea how Rene does his table thingy and how we vote for who is going to win, so i will imagine it, and go for Vettel,
it is good that there is a German GP and it is as welcome as the French - all we need now is Dutch GP and a Euro one, but then the German F1 circuits aren't exactly setting the world ablaze with excitement and the MotoGP certainly lends evidence that you don't need a national hero to entice crowds, apart from maybe Michael, but if you consider:
it was estimated that betwen 250,000 and 400,000 watched the German GP in the 60's - how accurate that was I have no idea, and after the tragic accident to Taffy there were a few German drivers who participated - such as Kurt Ahrens jnr, Edgar Barth, Hubert Hahne, Gerhard Mitter, but hardly names to encourage a huge fan base, and in MotoGP there have been 3 German riders in the past 15 years, [Hoffman, Bradl, Folger] and again no one who would encourage sell-out but the Sachsenring is hugely popular and packed to its capacit
so what would the answer be for German motor racing circuits, I don't have the DTM figures to hand and am not sure how popular it is still, or Formula E is in Germany - aside from our usual gripes of the cars, and I did read somebody thinks the halo's are no longer intrusive, perhaps a bit like your brain doesn't intrude into your intelligence? I am not sure of the answer other than having visited Germany the enjoyment the drivers get from exciting roads, the B500 for example is perhaps something to consider
it is good that there is a German GP and it is as welcome as the French - all we need now is Dutch GP and a Euro one, but then the German F1 circuits aren't exactly setting the world ablaze with excitement and the MotoGP certainly lends evidence that you don't need a national hero to entice crowds, apart from maybe Michael, but if you consider:
it was estimated that betwen 250,000 and 400,000 watched the German GP in the 60's - how accurate that was I have no idea, and after the tragic accident to Taffy there were a few German drivers who participated - such as Kurt Ahrens jnr, Edgar Barth, Hubert Hahne, Gerhard Mitter, but hardly names to encourage a huge fan base, and in MotoGP there have been 3 German riders in the past 15 years, [Hoffman, Bradl, Folger] and again no one who would encourage sell-out but the Sachsenring is hugely popular and packed to its capacit
so what would the answer be for German motor racing circuits, I don't have the DTM figures to hand and am not sure how popular it is still, or Formula E is in Germany - aside from our usual gripes of the cars, and I did read somebody thinks the halo's are no longer intrusive, perhaps a bit like your brain doesn't intrude into your intelligence? I am not sure of the answer other than having visited Germany the enjoyment the drivers get from exciting roads, the B500 for example is perhaps something to consider