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.

 

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When BMW were in F1 1500 HP out of a 1.5 liter!!!

And they used a stock product block 

 

The F1 movie "Rush" is a must watch

 

Watch "1500HP Brabham F1 BMW Turbo! - MOST POWERFUL Formula One CAR!" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/Kp73cPV9WAY

Maybe a coincidence but I’m an Indy fans for several decades since I live in the US. Probably has to do with performance expectations or getting the most out of a product that’s not considered main stream. 

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.

 

@cd318 , you should get back with it. They are RACING again. You have three drivers at the Senna, Prost, Mansell level. They are Verstappen, Leclerc and Hamillton with several honorable mentions. They just changed the formula so the cars are less reliable and Mercedes is in trouble. George Russell and Lewis Hamillton may well develop into a Prost/Senna rivalry. 

Cars and audiophiles definitely run together along with cycling. All my audiophile friends are into cars and cycling.