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<blockquote data-quote="JoeNashville" data-source="post: 1995026" data-attributes="member: 14602"><p>Sai, you had seats at start finish? The last US F1 that I attended was in 2000 at the inaugural. Maybe because it was so new the spectator areas were woefully inadequate and in order to get into the spectator areas in the pits it was a mind-numbing $200 US per person on top of what we already paid for our tix. We were at start-finish in the paddock penthouse. We were frozen to our bones by the end of the race, I bought several shirts and jackets to take home to pass out and wound up wearing every single one of them in layers! It warmed up by the end of the day and by then it was a futile exercise in crowd control (meaning there wasn't any). I was thoroughly unimpressed and, owing to other expenses like renting a house for $850 just for the race weekend since there were no hotels available in any direction for 200 miles at any price, I just haven't gone back. Other venues have been much better run and the spectator areas were much better than what Indy offered.</p><p></p><p>However, I'm with you...the spectacle of an F1 start just made all that other stuff worthwhile. I also live for the sound of a Grand Prix motor at full chat from a slow bend blowing up the gears to the next turn, when I can hear each motor individually. It brings tears to my eyes. Nothing else compares really.</p><p></p><p>In that vein the McLarens (in 2000 at least) used some type of power valve technology they had developed that supposedly increased the low level torque of their powerplant, and made a noise in person at that GP that was not adequately translated through television coverage. The noise that engine made was absolutely medieval. Glorious...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeNashville, post: 1995026, member: 14602"] Sai, you had seats at start finish? The last US F1 that I attended was in 2000 at the inaugural. Maybe because it was so new the spectator areas were woefully inadequate and in order to get into the spectator areas in the pits it was a mind-numbing $200 US per person on top of what we already paid for our tix. We were at start-finish in the paddock penthouse. We were frozen to our bones by the end of the race, I bought several shirts and jackets to take home to pass out and wound up wearing every single one of them in layers! It warmed up by the end of the day and by then it was a futile exercise in crowd control (meaning there wasn't any). I was thoroughly unimpressed and, owing to other expenses like renting a house for $850 just for the race weekend since there were no hotels available in any direction for 200 miles at any price, I just haven't gone back. Other venues have been much better run and the spectator areas were much better than what Indy offered. However, I'm with you...the spectacle of an F1 start just made all that other stuff worthwhile. I also live for the sound of a Grand Prix motor at full chat from a slow bend blowing up the gears to the next turn, when I can hear each motor individually. It brings tears to my eyes. Nothing else compares really. In that vein the McLarens (in 2000 at least) used some type of power valve technology they had developed that supposedly increased the low level torque of their powerplant, and made a noise in person at that GP that was not adequately translated through television coverage. The noise that engine made was absolutely medieval. Glorious... [/QUOTE]
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