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This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on September 15th, 2018 in the Motorsports category.
They don't need headlights for driving when it's dark, if you watched Singapore F1 yesterday, you would see they drove at night without headlights, the track was lit up more than good enough for the F1 drivers .Wonder if they'd do a night race. Looks like headlights could be fixed on the front fender there.
This is the 2014 GP - cars look very different now
I would love to start following Formula E but I can’t until they start running on real race tracks, street circuits are not entertaining to watch.
I tried to watch some races, but it is almost like watching these races with the tv on mute, it becomes very boring after a while.
Indeed. I know it sounds petty or silly but hearing the cars engine is a great part of the experience live. FE makes me feel like I am watching remote control cars which just makes me feel unfulfilled.
But be that said, I know how spectating and driving are two separate things. I run a miata at the track. In my class here locally there are maybe 8 of us all miatas. To us while on the track the racing is intense and thrilling. But sometimes it looks kinda boring from the outside lol. Unless we are just putting on a great show. I am sure formula E is fun to do, just bleh to watch.
The quote below, is what I was thinking about.They don't need headlights for driving when it's dark, if you watched Singapore F1 yesterday, you would see they drove at night without headlights, the track was lit up more than good enough for the F1 drivers .
(Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay 2018)
I would love to start following Formula E but I can’t until they start running on real race tracks, street circuits are not entertaining to watch.
(Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay 2018)
I would love to start following Formula E but I can’t until they start running on real race tracks, street circuits are not entertaining to watch.
Problem is two fold, city streets give them more and easier access to a new audience and if they raced on proper tracks you'd be able to compare them directly to F3/2 cars