Right. I always tell people I’m one of the three F1 fans in the US. ?
In spite of the Indy 500 arguably being the world’s biggest racing event, no open wheel racing of any type has really caught on here. It’s a shame. I’d love to see some American drivers, too. Rossi has the talent, but Haas screwed the pooch and didn’t offer him a drive. So they let a future Indy 500 winner walk so they could keep a no-name Ferrari test driver and Grosjean, who has a love affair with the walls. ?
I think Monaco and the Indy 500 might be tied for biggest race in the world. Le Mans is up their also. The only man to do the triple crown and win all three is the late great Graham Hill. I know Fernando Alonso was trying to become the second to do it, he's won Monaco and Le Mans and entered the Indy 500, but he wasn't successful. He's gonna be back in F1 next year which is brilliant news as he's a top driver and one of my favourites.
if there was an American F1 driver who could challenge and maybe win the championship, like the great Mario Andretti did back in the day, then F1 would be a lot more popular in the US.
When Schumacher was dominating F1 the interest in Germany went way up.
I think F1 has always been big in the UK because we have British teams like Williams and McLaren, and there always seems to be at least one top British driver. From Jim Clark to Sterling Moss, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansel, Damon Hill, Jenson Button and of Course Hamilton. Whatever the era there's always a Brit challenging which keeps the public interested. America doesn't have that so I can see why perhaps it isn't as big over there.
with the political stuff going on now. Base ball/foot ball/ basket ball can now now go f*%k themselves with their multi million dollar contracts . I'll quit now before I go on a rant...?
