The people here in Finland love formula racing and cannot, at the moment, get enough of it. I was visiting friends over the weekend in Tampere, Finland's second largest city boasting a population of 130,000. The TV was tuned to formula racing. I soon learned that everyone else wanted to see the start of the race. I guess it is healthy to have heroes like that.
Kids are in the game, too.
They enjoy playing race. They know their car colors and probably other facts. Still, Salo and H kkinen, the two Finns are best. Little kids who are 4 and 5 years old run around in circles playing F1 racing or get out their little cars and do it that was. Its all rather healthy.