Newsgroup: it.sport.formula1.moderato
Titolo: [ENG] Tarting up F1

Source: pitpass
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Tarting up F1
7-07-2003
An overhead shot of the grid before yesterday's French GP revealed
hundreds of empty seats in the grandstands, indeed you could make out
most of the letters painted on the seats that spell out 'N - E - V - E -
R - S'.
Although figures haven't been given for yesterday's attendance, it's
known that figures for the recent European GP were down by as much
30,000.
It used to be that tickets for the British Grand Prix were sold out
months in advance but this year sales have been poor with the result that
a PR company has been hired to 'talk up ' the event. As it happens the
company is owned by ITV pundit Tony Jardine, which accounts for
yesterday's endless 'plugs' complete with speeded-up action shots,
endless images of happy (but poor) fans and even an interview with Sir
Jackie Stewart.
A pit straight seat at this year's event will set you back £190 and £105
for a child, which all things considered is one hell of a lot of money.
Under the new format fans get to see less of their heroes - one
qualifying lap as opposed to twelve - in addition to the old chestnut of
no overtaking.
Yesterday in a further attempt to 'spice up' the sport and to put more
bums on seats, team bosses discussed a number of new ideas including
running two-seater charity events and changing the format yet again so
that qualifying is held on Saturday and Sunday.
The two-seater idea would involve 'celebrities' being driven round by
former racers and possibly test-drivers. This is seen as a means of
entertaining the crowds and raising money for charity.
Sadly, it's F1's obsession with celebrities that has left many fans
disenfranchised. As the fences surrounding the beautiful people within
the paddock get thicker and higher the real fans feel more and more left
out.
If the two-seater avenue is to be explored why not open it to the fans
that devote a large part of their lives, and indeed income, to the sport,
rather than celebs with no real interest in the sport other than the
opportunity to be seen with other celebs.
Furthermore why not return to something like the old BMW M1 Procar Series
of 79 and 80 now that would put bums on seats, big time.
Then of course you could also agree to give us a bit more actual racing
by simply reducing the aerodynamics, rather than looking for new ways to
increase advertising capacity.
This isn't about 'tarting things up' it's about improving the core show,
and that doesn't involve two-seaters, celebrities or such nonsense.
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Non è vero, sono state fornite e parlavano di 101.000 spettatori, 
semplicemente ridicolo.
(o forse hanno contato anche altre forme di vita quali parassiti, 
vegetali ecc.)
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Papà papà attento, hai pestato la riga bianca! 
Scusa figliolo, stavo ascoltando la radio, stai buono, 
fai posto a tuo fratello e mangia la banana.
Ma papà, volevo solo ringraz
per replicare via mail togliere _grazie dall'indirizzo

 vegetali ecc.)
Anche loro la gara se la sono vista, e hanno trepidato per l'emozione
della lotta ai box....
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 vita quali parassiti, vegetali ecc.)
Mah, pare che non ci sia molta vita nemmeno vegetale nell'area di
Magny-Cours. Ora che Mitterrand se n'è andato, Ligier se n'è andato,
forse si può spostare in un posto più vicino ad una città...
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 Per tutto il fine settimana, giusto ? In tal caso, sono davvero pochini
no, quelli sono i dati che mi hanno comunicato per la giornata di 
domenica!!!
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 domenica!!!
Mi pare davvero strano, allora, a vedere i buchi in tribuna....
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