Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else?

I watched it during the Prost/Senna/Mansell era but gradually lost interest as the cars/technology became more important than the drivers.

However high performance audio playback is analogous to a high performance F1 car in that it’s always a question of balance. What’s the point of over engineering in areas where the benefits are minuscule when the real bottlenecks are elsewhere?

Yet there are still those who espouse the garbage in / garbage out philosophy exploited so effectively by a certain famous Scottish turntable manufacturer.

I guess these front end first and above all else might agree with this quote by Enzo Ferrari:

“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”

Whereas Rega might find favour with this famous Colin Chapman quote,

"Simplify, then add lightness”

or even

“Adding power makes you faster on the straights; subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”

In audio these "bottlenecks" are the distortion produced by the playback equipment.

Mechanical transducers such as loudspeakers in particular.

Come to think of it, didn’t Maclaren themselves once produce a loudspeaker?

The TAG McLaren F1 AvantGarde loudspeaker.

@mijostyn 

Thanks for that. I think I will check a race or two this season.

I used to be into it quite deep and would even watch the qualifying sessions the day before.

Of course I'm familiar with the name of Lewis Hamilton but the only Verstappen I remember was Max's dad, Jos.

As for Leclerc, well this is the first time I've heard of him. But yes, it's the rivalries that can make the sport so enthralling, and the fact that you never know when a car will unexpectedly break down either.

High performance cars, high performance audio, what's not to like?

@ohlala 

I heard that Rega had help from an F1 parts maker to help tool their belts. 

You reminded me of an interview where Roy Gandy mentioned how he came to meet McLaren's Ron Dennis.