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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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tim_p
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Spent 88 - 94 stationed in Germany and went to many F1 races, also attended the Grand Prix in Montreal several times, love F1!

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nonoise
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I like F1 and wish they'd come back to Long Beach. Saw a few races there and it was great. Also a fan of WRC and I wish it were back on TV. Now that's racing.

All the best,
Nonoise

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cns1946
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Started to follow F-1 in the early 50's when it officially began. Our grandfather had access to both American and European Sportscars magazines, so we could read  the monthly race reports. In the 60's drove to MG Mitten in Pasadena to get Autoweek when it was in newspaper form and came out weekly. Nothing like precision engineering in both F-1 and audiophile equipment. 

stilljim
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Yes, I do follow and enjoy F1 and enjoy my more mid-fi than hi-fi music. We attended the F1 races in Indy until they moved to Austin. We would buy seats near the starting grid, watch the start (amazing sound and fury) and then wander the infield for the rest of the race, Pretty cool.

My dad started the love of the infernal combustion engine when he took us to Trenton (NJ) Speedway to see an Indy Car race when I was 12 or so. Eddie Sachs won (he was killed along with Sam McDonald at Indy two years later). Then it was dirt races in Northern Kentucky, Then it was crewing for a Formula Ford racer in SCCA. (We drove to Watkins Glenn for the F1 race one year.) Then it was Greenville/Pickens Speedway and Anderson Speedway in SC. (We moved a lot for my Dads job.) We were shopping for a Late Model for me to run at G/P when he died and that was the end of that for awhile.

At age 31 I bought my first motorcycle and some of the guys my brother and I rode with had dabbled in WERA road racing. So, a set of full leathers and a year later I took riders school at Nelson Ledges. 10 years, maybe 1/2 million highway miles later, and about $80K poorer I quit with 4 national titles as a rider and 12-13 more as team crew chief/part owner.

Now it's occasionally the drag strip down the street or Lawrenceburg Speedway for USAC Sprints or Midgets.

Once racing and/or music gets in your blood it's hard to let go.

stilljim
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BTW - If you watch Moto America, the announcer Jason Pridmore road for us one year and the Team Hammer Suzuki M4 sponsors are the Martin Brothers. Michael rode with us a couple of years, Richard was at all the races and helped with pit stops, Robert took my wife for a 140 MPH spin in his Porsche on a Dallas freeway.

Jim S.

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