I admire your (all of you) the passion for F1. I had that for NASCAR for a number of years but they lost me when they turned into a spec series. Now I never watch qualifying and only occasionally watch some racing.
Some how I think you got your message to Yve.
You feel the same way about diving that I do about riding. The silence of the noise is part of it...
I've been watching F1 since the mid-60s miss the privateers and Garagistes
God, I miss the homogulated cars. I looked at a '68 Mercury Cougar last night (a friend is interested but he doesn't have enough money unless he wins the lottery). 101 of them were made to qualify the car for NASCAR.
I miss Smokey Yunik. He of the reverse rotating Hudson motor and the endless gas line that added 8 gallons to his usable fuel load.
I miss "Give them a little beep from the chromium horn" to pass.
I miss the pit girls from F1 :)
100% miss the grid girls thank god for MotoGP
And the winner is....
The Ducati girls for the 144th time in a row!