Honestly, I've had a gutful of F1. Number 1 annoyance is that moron 'commentator' who screams his head off for the first couple of laps and then settles down a bit, until two or three cars get close to each other and he starts up again, as if an overtaking maneuver is spectacularly exciting. it isn't.
I've started recording the MotoGP races, they are brilliant - Moto3 are 125cc and they are all so closely matched the racing is spectacular to say the least. Moto2 are 250cc and they are a big step up to the scariest racing machines on the planet, the GP bikes (500cc). Last race at Doha they were doing 340km/hour down the main straight - that's faster than the F1 cars!!! They get to 100km/hour is just over 2 seconds...
There is an Aussie in GP2 and GP and they are up there with the fast boys in both classes. The close-up and slow-mo shots of these bikes are just fantastic, you see bikes power sliding out of very fast corners, the back wheel coming off the ground under hard braking, front wheel lifting off the ground as they accelerate out of corners, just amazing stuff.
And I know we are all about 4 wheels here, not two, but honestly, if you like your racing spectacular, the bikes are the way to go.
BP
I've started recording the MotoGP races, they are brilliant - Moto3 are 125cc and they are all so closely matched the racing is spectacular to say the least. Moto2 are 250cc and they are a big step up to the scariest racing machines on the planet, the GP bikes (500cc). Last race at Doha they were doing 340km/hour down the main straight - that's faster than the F1 cars!!! They get to 100km/hour is just over 2 seconds...
There is an Aussie in GP2 and GP and they are up there with the fast boys in both classes. The close-up and slow-mo shots of these bikes are just fantastic, you see bikes power sliding out of very fast corners, the back wheel coming off the ground under hard braking, front wheel lifting off the ground as they accelerate out of corners, just amazing stuff.
And I know we are all about 4 wheels here, not two, but honestly, if you like your racing spectacular, the bikes are the way to go.
BP