We’re constantly bombarded with ideas on how to improve F1 these days it’s hard to keep track; ban refueling, ban traction control, ban flickups, introduce reverse grid races etc etc. While many of these ideas are good and may well improve the show…would it matter? Formula One is a show, it is a television event. Yet, it is televised in a completely useless manner.
We get 3 seconds of onboard footage each race, 3 minutes of Flavio Briatore sweating and 30 minutes of Ralf Schumacher trundling down the pitlane in his ever important battle for 13th place. I’m sure everyone gets frustrated with the coverage of F1, and no matter how good the show is on the track it’s all for nothing if we aren’t presented it properly. I have tens of ideas on how to improve the F1 telecasts but to keep things short I’ll just list the five main things I think need to be done:
Of course this would just be the start, but it would be a step in the right direction. I have little interest in NASCAR, but FOM could take a look over the pond on occasion and see how the telecasts should be done; F1 must present itself better and it must do it soon.
All of this is right, of course, and it begs the question if it’s obvious to us, it must be obvious to FOM, so why aren’t they doing it?
I guess they want to keep the quality of ‘free-to-air’ F1 down to push people towards pay-per-view where/when it is available.
Yes. Implement now please.
I’d also like a mute button to shut the commentators up and just listen to engine noise once in a while…..
[...] The F1blog had an interesting post today: Five Wishes (he had ten, but but dropped one of the stone tablets and only has five left) to make F1 more “TV-friendly.” [...]