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tuna @ Jan 8th 2008 12:46PM
What can I say... simple minds amuse easily. I follow F1 religiouslly and I know what these cars can do and I'm hugely disappointed.
Let's look at this in context. There have been drift exihibitions during SEMA in the past and a much larger portion of the parking lot was dedicated to the event. And this was drifting. I repeat, drifting!
BMW Sauber is in Vegas to represent the pinnacle of motorsports and racing technology and the demo space is a little tiny straight with little circles at the ends. Weak.
You you're blown away by the howl of the F1.07. You haven't seen anything. The space is so small the car can't even get out of first gear. Weak.
Bernie, if you're reading (I doubt you are), the American market has huge potential for F1. If you want to get the desired response, you need to step up your marketing efforts and drum up the interest. Show us what open wheeled racing is really about.
Imagine how grand it'd be to have a ALMS/F1 mega-weekend in Vegas...