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Originally Posted by Wahoo
OK, for what it's worth it seems to me that Abu is an opportunity missed - bling over substance. It is spectacular eye candy, which is cool, and it does have some useful innovations: getting the stands much closer to the track through use of innovative barriers. But they could have done more to facilitate passing. Has Tilke never seen Turn 1 at Cleveland?
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Leave it to someone with long family involvement in racing to nail it on the head.
Spectacular facility, but no off camber or banked track surface, no elevation change, and a pretty conservative layout. Nothing to get the cars upset, but I did see a fair amount of sliding about at the end. Fault them NOT so much for the first year, since the darn thing hasn't been complete for 6 months, but only if they don't try to improve it. Cleveland was an awesome track for action on TV, don't know how it looked to spectators onsite.
Why dislike young Lewis? Not so much him, but the fawning media creation he became. Oh the first 2 years.... Oh so photogenic, oh so cool, oh such a wonderful PC image for the sport, oh so smart and oh so talented...... when Lewis screwed up it is only because he was trying SO HARD. Poor boy! Good lord, David Hobbs (Brit on American TV coverage Montoya) had a man-crush on him, as did Peter Windsor. His Dad, brother (and even his girlfriend) got more camera time than the remaining drivers and team managers, let alone anyone else in the pits during or after the races. (Let's cut to the Lewis' Dad camera in 3, 2, 1..)
He certainly is very good, probably better now than last year, fewer lapses leading to screw-ups and DNF's, but he isn't in the dominant chassis any more, is he?
The British equivalent of D-A-N-I-C-A, who certainly didn't try any harder or deserve more sponsorship and media hype than Sarah Fisher, but Danica is so poised and dedicated and such a good ambassador for the sport and tries so hard (and is hot) LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
You know, F1 is still the most unpredictable, innovatitive, dynamic series out there because variables change from race to race - cars, tracks, strategies. Stark contrast between venues is a good thing, even if all the rules and changes aren't so well received. At least they don't carve restrictive rules in stone and sit on them for 5 or 10 years!
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