In the movie "Grand Prix", the greatest shot in it was one continuous shot of a lap in the Monaco race, from the driver's POV. No added music, just the engine sounds. I wish that documentary would add such a scene for each track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTezG7LJL5o
Race highlights with some onboard vision:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLExSMdjlUg
The onboard lap comparison videos are also good, like this one from last year's US grand prix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-Uv6OKeDc
You can see where time is being gained and lost throughout the lap.
This is quite sad, because there was a lot of legitimate on field drama last year, that they could have chosen to show instead. I'd even go so far as to say it was a mockumentary rather than a documentary.
Literally, the only good thing was that it seems to have been entertaining enough for a lot of people, that F1s viewership has increased quite a lot.
CA: so now you need an engine and a driver. CH: you are spending the money you don’t have for the drivers. CA: I have a lot of money.
The build up to this was Red Bull announcing they are not going to use Renault engines in 2019 but before they knew they’ll lose the driver to Renault.
It's possible some of the sites would be faster from the UK or elsewhere, but ttfb was the least of these site's problems
Based on language and phrasing used on the blog, the author is British, and F1 has been a staple on mainstream terrestrial channels for decades, although it has seen a decline as F1 has increasingly became boring and predictable, and almost entirely dictated by team tactics and car reliability.
We'll see what this season holds (since at this time last season it still looked like it would be a good fight to the end), but I'm optimistic. If Bottas can retain his form from Australia (I think the wind really threw him off in Bahrain), and if Vettel can get his head on straight, we could see a legit four-way fight for the title.
If you weren't around in the days of Senna then you really have missed the best of times.
Always felt kind sorry for Mansell as you felt that he is on the verge of getting World Championship but never really got there on a consistent basis.
Although I rarely watch motorsports these days, I'm much more inclined to watch something like MotoGP than F1.
I fully appreciate that the heady, noisy, dangerous days of F1 are over, as driver & fan safety, as well as hybrid engines take over the sport. But still, exciting wheel to wheel racing can happen, as evidenced by the race in Bahrain over the weekend.
This year at least, the teams seem on a more even spread, and it is hard to pick a runaway winner for the drivers or constructors championship.
Also it's now only live on Sky, which requires a minimum ~£30/m subscription; probably doesn't help viewing figures.
In contrast, for the last few years, only half the races have been free to view. As of this year, only one race a year is available to watch for free.
Shame, as the last race (Bahrain 2019) was possibly the best race I've seen in years.
They could have team points as well as manufacturer points depending on the web servers.