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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The green washing has also put me off the sport after 26 years. That and the Americanisation/enshitification of the show.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Donโ€™t blame America for this one. We usually get the Sky broadcast from the UK. Itโ€™s Englishitification if anything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Donโ€™t blame America for this one.

Liberty Media is US American, so....

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's an English sport, or at least it was. It's not anymore.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you consider the Americanisation of F1? I don't watch F1 but I do watch other American sports.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's becoming more artificial, and having DHL fastest pistop bullshit, Pirelli fastest lap etc. Everything is just an opportunity to increase cashflow. I know it has always been a business first, but I saw this stuff 20+ years ago on indycar/NASCAR and made me gag then. I'm just old school now, and prefer lower tech cars and a straightforward show without artificial drama.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I dream of Ferrari 156 in Monaco.. pop the team into those old school cars and letem race.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's becoming more and more a dramatized event where entertainment is the focus and not a sports competition.