Mash on point re F1 as ever...

[JoeFrost]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headline...

F1 needs to get its act together IMHO. It's repidly losing a lot of casual fans, at least, people I know are losing interest/patience with it fast.

[Eric Mc]

Why is this in the "Sports" forum?

[OllieC]

F1 has improved no end since we have had the modified aero rules and slicks etc.

Ok the title has not been competitive this year but the racing has been much better than a few years prior.

[JuniorD]

Why does F1 on TV look so slow (i.e. st) compared to the likes of Le Mans? Is it the overall direction or camera set up? If I see or hear F1 for anything more than a couple of minutes my day is ruined.

[GTO-3R]

When you see them following the safety car and he is gunning it, the F1 cars look like they are tootling round on a Sunday drive. Makes you realise how fast they actually go!!

[tank slapper]

JuniorD said:

Why does F1 on TV look so slow (i.e. st) compared to the likes of Le Mans? Is it the overall direction or camera set up? If I see or hear F1 for anything more than a couple of minutes my day is ruined.

I think it's down to the way it's filmed. F1 uses a lot of zoom lenses which tend to foreshorten distance, and the pan and zoom to follow cars. This means there isn't much for you to refer to in order to gauge speed. You occasionally get a glimpse from a fixed camera, and then they look fast. When you watch them in person, it's almost hard to believe how fast they actually go.

The sound is also nowhere near representative of what an F1 car really sounds like. On TV they sound like a bland high pitch whine, but in reality they are an assault on the senses. They are so loud it is hard to breath when in close proximity, and there is no way that can be conveyed on TV.

[Thom987]

JoeFrost said:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headline...

F1 needs to get its act together IMHO. It's repidly losing a lot of casual fans, at least, people I know are losing interest/patience with it fast.

We have more over taking than ever, yet some people still find fault.

[GWC]

tank slapper said:

JuniorD said:

Why does F1 on TV look so slow (i.e. st) compared to the likes of Le Mans? Is it the overall direction or camera set up? If I see or hear F1 for anything more than a couple of minutes my day is ruined.

I think it's down to the way it's filmed. F1 uses a lot of zoom lenses which tend to foreshorten distance, and the pan and zoom to follow cars. This means there isn't much for you to refer to in order to gauge speed. You occasionally get a glimpse from a fixed camera, and then they look fast. When you watch them in person, it's almost hard to believe how fast they actually go.

The sound is also nowhere near representative of what an F1 car really sounds like. On TV they sound like a bland high pitch whine, but in reality they are an assault on the senses. They are so loud it is hard to breath when in close proximity, and there is no way that can be conveyed on TV.

There is no way you can explain to someone how brutal and rough the cars sound when you hear them 'live', it has to be experienced.

[JuniorD]

Actually come to think of it, I saw a 90s Judd car at a Sprint race in the summer and the noise was wonderously thunderous, much deeper than I expected.

Still think F1 is awful televised. Give me tv motorbike road racing any day!

[OllieC]

JuniorD said:

Actually come to think of it, I saw a 90s Judd car at a Sprint race in the summer and the noise was wonderously thunderous, much deeper than I expected.

Still think F1 is awful televised. Give me tv motorbike road racing any day!

I prefer the older v8 engines such as the Judd and the DFV / DFR sounds to the later V10 and current v8 screamers

[budgie smuggler]

tank slapper said:

I think it's down to the way it's filmed. F1 uses a lot of zoom lenses which tend to foreshorten distance, and the pan and zoom to follow cars. This means there isn't much for you to refer to in order to gauge speed. You occasionally get a glimpse from a fixed camera, and then they look fast. When you watch them in person, it's almost hard to believe how fast they actually go.

This.

When I went to Silverstone the other year, the support races looked pretty quick. Then when the F1 started it looked like it was on fast forward. Hard to appreciate quite how quick they are until you see it live.