I do enjoy the team strategy aspect of the racing, but I got the impression
that Malaysian TV filmed what looked exciting. Maybe it is because they are
new to all of this, but they didn't seem to film this race in the normal way,
they shot a lot of good footage of the battles. And very few of the "here is
the leader driving around by himself 30s ahead of everyone else" Don't get me
wrong I love F1 and the way it works out, but this broadcast seemed to have a
very different feel to it.
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James Nazarian Jr
71 MGB roadster
71 MGBGT - with V8 parts
01 Impreza 2.5RS
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:48:30PM -0600, R. O. Lindsay profoundly declared:
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> James Nazarian Jr wrote:
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> > I agree, that was some of the best racing that I have seen in years. The
>best racing always happens mid-pack, but since the big guns are usually in
>front we miss that on TV. It was great to watch Verstappen, Hakkinen, Ralf,
>and Frentzen battle it out. Hopefully this will be a sign of things to come,
>that everybody is starting to hang in competition.
>
> Malaysian TV did a great job on the mid-pack battle. And of course,
> you are right. The best battles are mid-pack. The front runners are
> <usually> so closely matched that the victor is frequently selected by
> whole-team strategy rather than just good driving -- but I like that!
> It's the 'chess' part of motorsport.
> I am now quite intrigued with the traction control technology that will
> come onboard after Brazil.
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