@ESPN -2 got 920,000 viewers for Saturday's @F1 race from Saudi Arabia, down 40% from 1.523 million viewers last year, though that event was on the main ESPN channel and held on a Sunday.
@ESPN -2 got 920,000 viewers for Saturday's @F1 race from Saudi Arabia, down 40% from 1.523 million viewers last year, though that event was on the main ESPN channel and held on a Sunday.
Oh gee, I best watch the race this week, I wonder what amazing battle there'll be for the win!? --said no one this year
If you can't appreciate the amazing battles down the rest of the grid, then F1 simply isn't the sport for you.
And which battles are those? There was a squabble for 12th (thankfully F1 has made any position below 10th meaningless to bother following thanks to its asinine points system!) and the main excitement was from a pay driver sticking it into the wall, turning a boring 1 stop race into a slightly confusing one stop race because (thankfully) a handful of drivers didn't bother pitting for the safety car.
Watching F1 now is like getting edged for an hour and a half with the possibility of some artificial excitement making the race and the strategy interesting.
I agree, but I think there are plenty who dont and just aren't interested in who gets the last point or the battles for 17th.