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


I don't think nearly as many in the US are into F1 racing, as a sport, as others around the world are. At least that's my understanding. I just turned onto it a couple of years ago but really enjoy it a lot. I turned onto it the season before the big rivalry came to a head last year between my man Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. 

My big system is actually in my bedroom b/c I live in a high rise in an urban community and the other big reason is b/c acoustically it appears to be pretty good.

I'm obviously not a hard core purist, because I've got my seventy five inch big screen between my ML Summits. Anyway, I'm curious if F1 racing is a thing with anyone else and more interested in what others think about the way things are looking for Mercedes and more specifically Mr. Hamilton. 

I've been enjoying alternating between listening sessions and the practice sessions and the qualifying laps yesterday and would love to hear what others have to say about the distance b/w Verstappen and Hamilton leading p to the race today.

I find it kind of hard to feel sorry for Hamilton, personally, b/c he has a tendency to come off with such an air about him. At the same time, I do feel a little bit sorry for him b/c he appears to've lost his confidence on the track. I don't think he can blame his performance this weekend on the car. 

I'm also loving the competition Ferrari is showing Verstappen on the track right out of the starting gate this season.

I've found that audiophiles tend to have some similar traits in common as far as things we appreciate about life and I'm curious if anyone else around here enjoys F1 like I do? And especially thoughts about the rivalry b/w Verstappen and Hamilton and the season so far in general.

 

128x128tunefuldude

Showing 2 responses by reubent

@stilljim  - Hey Jim, I see you still enjoy going to local motorsports races. Any chance you've ever driven over to Anderson, IN for "The Little 500"? If not, you should check it out.

The night before the Indianapolis 500, Anderson Speedway hosts a 500 lap unwinged sprint car race on their 1/3 mile high banked paved oval. They start 33 cars, 3 wide on the tiny track. Ever seen sprint car pit stops? What a treat. Watching the push trucks circle to push off the cars to start them while the track is buzzing with live racing. 

Next to seeing/hearing/feeling a couple of top-fuel dragsters, or funny cars, experiencing The Little 500 is truly the greatest spectacle in racing. And I've been to both Indy 500 and Formula 1 races...

@stilljim  - You could be back home to Cincinnati from Anderson Speedway faster than you could get out of some of the parking lots at Indy. 

It's a great race. Seriously, a better spectacle and more interesting than nearly any type of motorsport I've ever witnessed. Not as racy as a great motoGP race, especially the smaller displacement support races where packs of 3/4/5 or more swap leads multiple times per lap, and the finish is often a drag race between the top 3/4/5 riders out of the last turn.

BTW, I love Formula 1. But I'm a technology geeks, so there's that....