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V8 Supercars to steal AFL, NRL’s international thunder

18 May 2011

Are you serious Chris? Nobody cares about F1. Right... Just found this after 30 seconds of searching; it's a list of the most watched sporting events of 2004. 1 Football: Euro 2004 final Portugal v Greece 153 million 2 Olympic Games: opening ceremony 127 million 3 Olympic Games: closing ceremony 96 million 4 American football: Super Bowl 95 million 5 Olympic Games: men's 100m metres 87 million 6 Olympic Games: men's 200m freestyle swimming 66 million 7 Formula one: Monaco grand prix 59 million 8 Football: Champions League final Porto v Monaco 56 million 9 Basketball: NBA finals 25 million 10= Tennis: Wimbledon women's singles final 21 million 10= Tennis: Wimbledon men's singles final 21 million 12 Cycling: Tour de France final stage 16 million 13= Football: FA Cup final Millwall v Man Utd 9 million 13= Horseracing: Grand National 9 million 15 Rowing: University Boat Race 5 million Number 7 was just a single grand prix, albeit the Monaco GP. Look at some of the events above. Four out of the six were at the Olympic games, which is held only once every four years. The other two events were both football finals, which are obviously only held just once a year. Monaco, on the other hand, was just another one out of eighteen races for the year. It was not a final or of any greater significance than any other race. By saying that no one cares about F1, then I guess no one cares about the NBA finals, Wimbledon finals, Tour de France etc etc. I've read in numerous sources that F1 is the most watched sport on the planet besides the Olympic Games and the World Cup. So anyway Chris, tell me more about these "unevolved nations" that will be the only ones to "ever have interest in such buffoonery"? I assume you would include countries like France and Germany in that list? Japan too? Last time I checked they were fairly well evolved nations, and it would be fair to say that F1, and motorsport in general, are extremely popular sports in each of those countries. I just don't understand your comment. It's ridiculous...

V8 Supercars to steal AFL, NRL’s international thunder

18 May 2011

@David Lord "it’s doubtful he will ever win another GP and drive better than last night" Are you saying he'll never win another race, or will never drive better than yesterday? Or a combination of both? I don't quite follow... But anyway, yes it was certainly a great race, one of the best over the last season or two. I had to put myself back into Jaguar/Williams mode and just hope for a top ten result for Mark (those were the days!) but his drive to 3rd was mega. It was the first race for a while where I've yelled at the TV! :-) I hate to be the one to bring it up, but it has to be said... Of course Webber's drive was mega, but it had a lot to do with tyres. Anyone who thinks Mark could have made up those positions using the same tyres that Seb, Lewis and Jenson etc had are kidding themselves. Mark's quali mix-up meant that he had better tyres than virtually everyone else in front of him, and that's what allowed him to make such amazing progress in the second half of the race. But that said, it still takes great skill and determination to get past that many people without incident. As they say, catching people is the easy part, but getting past them is an entirely different matter. Fantastic race overall and a mega drive from Mark.

Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese GP, Webber immense in third

18 Apr 2011