Unpopular Motorsport Opinions

[Liquid]

or you could sneak into the play offs with one lucky race win and then take the whole title ahead of that guy who won 20 races but got punted out of the decisive play-off race

We call this a Kenseth Reversal.

Has it actually happened in the play-off era?

 

[r_outsider]

NASCAR's problem is that it has to fit in with other North American-style sports leagues, hence this ridiculous insistance on the play-off system.

NASCAR leadership at the time thought it had to fit in with American stick and ball sports- Fact is, since they started messing with all this ridiculous nonsense their ratings have tanked. Racing fans want good racing, not stupid gimmicks.

 

[TheCracker]

NASCAR leadership at the time thought it had to fit in with American stick and ball sports- Fact is, since they started messing with all this ridiculous nonsense their ratings have tanked. Racing fans want good racing, not stupid gimmicks.

Considering what NASCAR's fan demographic is perceived as, i'd have thought that any kind of 'change' is the last thing they'd be aiming for. Unless it was a regressive change back to production car-based chassis and lackadaisical safety regs.

 

[Dolph Drago]

We call this a Kenseth Reversal.

Has it actually happened in the play-off era?

Newman nearly pulled off it off in 2014. He didn't have a win all season and finished 2nd to Harvick in the final race.

 

[RACECAR]

We call this a Kenseth Reversal.

Has it actually happened in the play-off era?

As mentioned above, it nearly happened with Newman in 2014. Its already happened with both The Truck Series and Xfinity series Though after they adopted the system (Ironically, both driving yellow vehicles and even one of the drivers is named Matt just for added irony)

 

[Earth]

1/4 the NASCAR Cup field will be non-American born in 10 years

1/3 or more in 20 years

 

[m355y]

If there’s any sport that needs to diversify out a bit it’s NASCAR. I enjoy the racing but it all gets a bit….right wing. So many of the drivers fit the same stereotype and it’s been nice this season to see people like Van Gisbergen coming in. Obviously it’s happened before with Marcos Ambrose etc but I’d like it to be more the norm.

 

[Roo]

1/4 the NASCAR Cup field will be non-American born in 10 years

1/3 or more in 20 years

1. On road courses, perhaps. Not full season though.

2. What part of your opinion counts as unpopular?

 

[Liquid]

It's more of a prediction than an unpopular opinion.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

1/4 the NASCAR Cup field will be non-American born in 10 years

1/3 or more in 20 years

Based on what? Seems like right wing grifting.

 

[Tornado]

I'm sure NASCAR can capitalize on this by introducing exciting new rules for the championship standings. Perhaps if someone born in Mexico wins the race and the day the race took place on is divisible by 3, the entire points table is reset.

 

[Liquid]

I'm sure NASCAR can capitalize on this by introducing exciting new rules for the championship standings. Perhaps if someone born in Mexico wins the race and the day the race took place on is divisible by 3, the entire points table is reset.

If you can count to the number of points for a race win, your own points tally is divided by 40.

 

[Akmuq]

1/4 the NASCAR Cup field will be non-American born in 10 years

1/3 or more in 20 years

Maybe if it became a serious championship

 

[sillybilly]

Fl and Pirelli should rename the blue sided tyre the SafetyCar / Red Flag tyre.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Unpopular Opinion? OK, no idea if thisll end up as unpopular, but we'll see.

Monza would be so much better if the entire track was about 2m wider. For the high-speeds, it's so easy for a car to park itself in a defensive position in series' like F1 and GTs. The first two chicanes are so narrow that going side-by-side through them is difficult and just leads to stupid pushing off of the other car and cutting the corners or collisions. Battles only continue after the corners of one car makes a mistake.

The first straight and corner is notorious in Sim racing for just being a crash every lap 1, and it's not much better in real life as you just need to watch the Blancpain crash from many years ago to see silliness at high speed. It's just a section where you are boxed into a position for a slow corner where if you've survived getting slowed down, any crash will be a silly clunk.

Widening that gives space for avoiding action and some different lines working. I'd never think I'd say this, but the Monza first chicane should be the same kind of radius and width as Jeddah's first chicane.

Curva Grande is too easy to push another car off track at 200mph while still being on the inside and not too far from the white line on the right. I'm not saying that drivers if given the width would suddenly stop pushing cars off, but it just seems that you don't even have to try hard to force someone off around the track, and it can make it almost too easy to defend if the cars have too much downforce/drag to make it a slipstream-fest kind of race.

 

[RACECAR]

Unpopular Opinion? OK, no idea if thisll end up as unpopular, but we'll see.

Monza would be so much better if the entire track was about 2m wider. For the high-speeds, it's so easy for a car to park itself in a defensive position in series' like F1 and GTs. The first two chicanes are so narrow that going side-by-side through them is difficult and just leads to stupid pushing off of the other car and cutting the corners or collisions. Battles only continue after the corners of one car makes a mistake.

The first straight and corner is notorious in Sim racing for just being a crash every lap 1, and it's not much better in real life as you just need to watch the Blancpain crash from many years ago to see silliness at high speed. It's just a section where you are boxed into a position for a slow corner where if you've survived getting slowed down, any crash will be a silly clunk.

Widening that gives space for avoiding action and some different lines working. I'd never think I'd say this, but the Monza first chicane should be the same kind of radius and width as Jeddah's first chicane.

Curva Grande is too easy to push another car off track at 200mph while still being on the inside and not too far from the white line on the right. I'm not saying that drivers if given the width would suddenly stop pushing cars off, but it just seems that you don't even have to try hard to force someone off around the track, and it can make it almost too easy to defend if the cars have too much downforce/drag to make it a slipstream-fest kind of race.

If I'm not mistaken, there's actually a chicane within the variante chicane (if it can even be called that) which is not as sharp. F1 and so many series just don't use it.

 

[sillybilly]

I still really don't like the Fl logo - this mock up could be funnier if done with a little more effort, but I'm too apathetic eh.

edit, Question, does anyone else just see it as an italic stylised A ?

The three gaps are the same so to me it's either 1 shape of 3 shapes rrl.

This is why I always refer to it as Fl now because it is not F1 anymore.

 

[Liquid]

I still really don't like the Fl logo - this mock up could be funnier if done with a little more effort, but I'm too apathetic eh.

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[Veinz]

The current F1 intro music is corny af

 

[Earth]

If Andretti is denied entry to F1 nobody should watch that sham of a sport

That and their $1600 tickets for the Las Vegas race

Nobody should support pure greed, which is why we have $1600 tickets and Andretti likely to get rejected.

 

[Akmuq]

If Andretti is denied entry to F1 nobody should watch that sham of a sport

Don't tell me how to live my life

 

[Rossell2]

Been pondering this one so unsure if it's a popular opinion but something that's been on my mind.

When Max Verstappen wins his fourth world title next year, 3/4 of his fan base will drop him and either move on from the sport (if they're part of the DTS surge) or spend the next couple of years praying somebody different wins.

It happened with Michael, I remember vividly it happening with Seb after 2013, and Lewis in 2021. It seems to be a thing when you win four titles in a row or more. Of course putting this opinion in the social media sphere will result in the digital equivalent of a firing squad, but mark my words.

 

[Liquid]

It won't be Max's fans, it'll be everyone else who is bored that drifts away from the sport.

 

[Bazool]

It won't be Max's fans, it'll be everyone else who is bored that drifts away from the sport.

The last lap debacle where Hamilton was robbed of a championship for me, put paid to any remaining hopes that F1 is a sport, its often been labeled as a "circus" ........But i feel now we can lose the inverted commas,

 

[Pupik]

When Max Verstappen wins his fourth world title next year

Please don't destroy my hope.

 

[RACECAR]

Please don't destroy my hope.

Knowing Newey, its too late. He's already carefully designed something that is scientifically proven to again shatter your dreams.

 

[Liquid]

Bernie Collins' accent... I could listen to her describe paint drying all day.

Strong disagree. Of all the Irish accents you could be enamored with, her Fermanagh accent is so not one of them. Don't get me wrong, her speech is fine, she's a great pundit, but not the accent. No.

 

[Pete05]

Strong disagree. Of all the Irish accents you could be enamored with, her Fermanagh accent is so not one of them. Don't get me wrong, her speech is fine, she's a great pundit, but not the accent. No.

I feel the same way about John Watson.

 

[lilcat89]

Here is a rallying one I have. (just for @MagpieRacer)

Neither Thierry Neuville nor Elfyn Evans will ever win a Championship in their careers. They are the Hirvonen and Latvala of this era.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Here is a rallying one I have. (just for @MagpieRacer)

Neither Thierry Neuville nor Elfyn Evans will ever win a Championship in their careers. They are the Hirvonen and Latvala of this era.

Painful though it may be (particularly for Evans), I have to agree. Thierry has had top class machinery through his career but has never backed it up with consistency. Hyundai bringing back Tanak is a sure sign they want to be aggressive to topple Toyota and I wouldn't be surprised so learn that Tanak will be given priority (effectively number 1 driver status) to do it, despite Neuvilles service to the team.

Elfyn is undoubtedly brilliant, very fast on his day and can compete and beat the best, but his consistency is a question mark, though it has improved, he still makes too many mistakes and often at crucial times (Monza 2020, CER 2023). If he wins a championship, it'll be done Richard Burns style (2001, 1 rally win, Mr Consistency) or Ogier 2017 (2 rally wins).