F1 - I know nothing about this grossly expensive exercise in tedium, so please excuse what may be a stupid question,
but why don't they all have the same car? Surely it's like boxing matches between different weights, but where weight = budget, no? They're not racing on an equal footing so it's a much an engineering contest as a driving one, surely? I DON'T UNDERSTAAAAAAND.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:01, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Yeah pretty much
The cars aren't even necessarily the same within the same team as they may bring updates for one car and not the other. It's a good way to kill a few hours at work though and with the new regs to make overtaking easier it has become somewhat more exciting
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:04, Reply)

I only enjoy the crashes.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:20, Reply)

You should watch the MotoGP then
bike crashes are always better

OOH one of the cars is on fire!!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:22, Reply)

They can be pretty spectacular
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOBKA9q_DWU
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:49, Reply)