Sorry I tried, but cannot `get' formula E.
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Some Gump said:
So, if Motorsports fans are not the target audience for this series, who is? The small cadre of people that want to watch slow cars trundle round and the outcome heavily influenced by twitter?
:sigh:Very cleaver.
No, the target is people who have never even really had motorsport on their radar. The sort that would never dream of going to Oulton to the GT's or even Brands for the BTCC. The sort that live in the big cities where the races are who are looking for a days entertainment. The sort who will catch the tube from Zone 4 to go and see the Marathon not because they are interested in running or athletics but to see the 'event'. It is about introducing a new audience, and also one that doesn't come with the prejudices of old and who still think that the turbo is the work of the Devil.
There will be some cross over with those (like me) who love the sport in almost all of it's forms (I will never get trials) and who are open minded enough to understand that you have to start somewhere and that things will not be the polished machine that series like F1 are now that they are 60+ years old. Don't forget it took until post WW2 for there to be a proper World Championship for F1.
Don't forget that the vast majority of people who go to GP's could not care less about the sport, they are there to say that they were. They will also be going to the Gold Cup the FA Cup Final and other major sporting events about which they are likely to know the square root of bugger all.
This year is very much a prologue to what is to come over the next 5 years. The cars will get faster, the manufacture involvement (which is, by necessity of marketing, quite right now) will become more obvious.
Having gone to an International event (WEC, Silverstone) for the first time in years, I can't wait for Formula E. Mainly because of the noise and the close racing. I'd forgotten just how anti-social motor racing is - it's difficult to hold a conversation track-side and impossible in some places when the cars are spread around the circuit.
^ and that post sums up why verity in life is needed.
For an awful lot of people, the noise of the Vette, Astons, and the BMW / P3's in the ELMS on saturday were huge highlights of the weekend.
Meanwhile, the P1's went faster and further than ever before, whilst using less fuel. IMO completely relevant technology (unlike F-E) - but I already confessed I don't "get" FE for many reasons.
All good though - I can have your bit of space in the WEC grandstand, and you can have mine in London =)
For an awful lot of people, the noise of the Vette, Astons, and the BMW / P3's in the ELMS on saturday were huge highlights of the weekend.
Meanwhile, the P1's went faster and further than ever before, whilst using less fuel. IMO completely relevant technology (unlike F-E) - but I already confessed I don't "get" FE for many reasons.
All good though - I can have your bit of space in the WEC grandstand, and you can have mine in London =)
Don't get me wrong - I love the sound and I had a brilliant day out, but being able to turn the volume down on the TV so there's opportunity to talk is underrated. I don't know why they bother with commentators at the event as I didn't hear one after the first few laps, although the wind didn't help there and I could've bought a radio to listen in.
I like FE, as I think I've already said in this thread, for a lot of the reasons mentioned by others.
Long Beach was a good race. Having driven part of the track last year when it still had the barriers in place from the Grand Prix makes it seem more familiar.
I'm looking forward to the London race.
Long Beach was a good race. Having driven part of the track last year when it still had the barriers in place from the Grand Prix makes it seem more familiar.
I'm looking forward to the London race.
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