I am a huge F1 fan,(but i'm from the UK,so I am allowed!!)
Go Lewis!!

I don't have a thread yet as I'm going to wait until the car actually arrives. I have to go with the Brasilians for sure and I think Massa has a good chance to win the title. I would love to see Piquet Jr. win some races and follow the legacy of his dad. Now to be honest, I follow F1 mainly in the news now as I haven't watched a race after my idol passed (Ayrton Senna). I watched when he crashed and I was in some kind of state of shock and didn't want to believe he actually got hurt. It took me a few days to actually accept that. Anyways (Tears in my eyes), we should hijack this thread until the MMM comes out or we actually have a picture of them or something to calm the folks down.

So you remember the glorious days of Senna doing great battle with some of the great drives from UK. Lewis is doing a fantastic job. I think FIA is doing a horrible job and as you know most of the great teams left F1 because of all the changes. Safety has been great, but everything else just got boring. Man the sound of a 1.3L 1000+HP turbo 4 is unreal.

Very cool guys! Well, I'm a huge Ferrari fan first, and then driver fan. I don't like Alonso. Hamilton is awesome. Kimi is a great talent but I feel he's too lazy. If he applied himself he would be unreal. I also like Massa, Kubica, and Heidfeld.

Too bad more people don't understand how amazing this sport is. The engineering, speed, G-forces, and driver skill levels are unreal. I don't understand how people don't appreciate that more here in the States.

Oh, I loved some of the battles between Mika and Schumi. Awesome :party:

F1 is something quite big here in france, probably not as much as in Italy, but we have all F1 Grand Prix live and Free to view on the main French private channel www.tf1.fr

Tamiya did very some nice 1/10 F1 models, and I remember that I have seen 1/4 (larger than a Baja5B and made by "Yankee") and 1/7 scale made by Avioracing
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/2c.model...s/dscn0301.jpg
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/2c.model...s/dscn0312.jpg
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/2c.modelisme/du_nouveau.htm

I almost bought one of the F1 Yankee kits. I have the F201 from Tamiya that is tricked out to the max with after market goodies. I have never heard of Avioracing, do you have any links and info if they are still being made? I think 1/7 scale would be even nicer then the 1/8 scale.

I'm sorry I know it's off topics, but to answer lutach

It was made a compagny called, "Scientific France"

I have found this in my archive (french RC magazine that date back 1995 ...), I'm sorry the first page of the review is missing

http://pix.nofrag.com/9/c/f/258e9327...ab86c53ftt.jpg
http://pix.nofrag.com/8/6/8/ba09b3ed...00e67b1btt.jpg

i've got friends that follow nascar and i just dont get it. F1 i could get into, i wish it were more televised

Mister-T thanks man. I remember when I saw a Yankee servo in ebay and I lucked out on it. I think those servos are sweet. I will be keeping this thread off topic until the MMM comes out :lol:. Thanks again.

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Well F-1 is surely unique and the drivers have to have a great deal of skill due to the open wheel racing. It is hard to get through a race because if you just touch another vehicle the day is overwith. In NASCAR there is alot more give to the vehicles when it comes to bumpin and grinding. Who wants to put a car on the track worth 1 million $$$$$$$ and have it trashed in 1 second with no chance to recover? The F-1 vehicle is so precise that if you get one scratch on it your done for. The cars are truly a work of art just like a funny car or rail dragster, but not very good for head to head racing.

I am not a fan of the NASCAE short tracks, but racing on the 2 to 2 1/2 mile circuits is pretty intense. When you can run flat out with your foot to the foor at 220 MPH and keep cruising even through the turns that is just way cool. If you have ever driven a vehicle on Daytona, or the Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte you will see how cool that can be. If you go to a NASCAR race you can watch the race from anywhere in the track. If you go to an F-1 race there is no place to watch the entire race except from the easy chair watching your TV. I've been to both and frankly watching F-1 is frankly a real let down. Goin to a NASCAR race is so much more fun.:lol::lol::lol:

Watching F1 from the chopper camera shots it amazing. The speed at which they accelerate and corner defies the laws of physics.

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Right you are, hence the only way to truly enjoy F-1 is to be seated comfortably in your easy chair at home watching it on the big screen. Not that there is anything wrong with that:lol:! ! ! ! ! BUT I do enjoy going to the track and watching at least one or two races a year, and F-1 racing just cannot provide that for us. There are other events that do like motocross, monster truck, drag racing, and even Xgames. You just cannot watch road racing from the stands and really enjoy it.:lol::yes::whistle:

Sports car racing is fun to watch. I sure hope the famous Group C cars would come back.

No you just need to position your self near one of the big screens at the track :yipi:.

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Thats my point. If you cannot sit right next to the big screen and still be somewhat comfortable your screwed. I have tried it several times both in the states and overseas and the feel of F-1 racing is always the same. There is no real comfort zone for watching the race unless you are in a suite with the big screen in front of you. Don't get me wrong I like F-1 as well, but it is just to difficult to actually see the race from the track. That is just the nature of road racing. I have been to dozens of NASCAR events and thr focus of the track owners has always been to try and set up the facilities so that a large % of the fans can see what is going on over the entire track no matter where they sit. Plus at most of the tracks when you get hungry there is no shortage of food stands near by to fee your face, choke down a beer, or even purchase fanatic gear. That is why the sport has become so darned popular.