Watched my first ever 'historic' F1 race today: the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, in anticipation of quali today.
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You are missing the context as we didn't know it was going to be a 4 hour race when it started. A lot of the event was dealing with the guess work and having the commentators look for things to fill in the time. It was honestly more of an event to be part of at the time. I think the parts you pointed out make for a good highlight session, but there's no way of experiencing exactly why it's such an historic race after the fact.
I'd say the same is true of Brazil 2008, it's not a very exciting race to watch now, but live it was nail biting with a crazy ending. Still fun to watch the end, but we know Massa lost the championship going in so lacks the impact.
yeah when I first started watching F1 (in 2019) I didn't know anything about the history of the sport or any races
I decided to watch all the full races in order from 2010-2018 to catch up on recent history
I remember turning on Canada 2011 and being in awe at how long this red flag was taking, the experience felt like an epic journey even though I was just watching footage of puddles and birds because it was never-ending lol
and of course when the race did restart it was total mayhem
top 10 race of all time if you managed to see it with no information beforehand (or live as you said)
You are missing the context as we didn't know it was going to be a 4 hour race when it started. A lot of the event was dealing with the guess work and having the commentators look for things to fill in the time. It was honestly more of an event to be part of at the time. I think the parts you pointed out make for a good highlight session, but there's no way of experiencing exactly why it's such an historic race after the fact.
I'd say the same is true of Brazil 2008, it's not a very exciting race to watch now, but live it was nail biting with a crazy ending. Still fun to watch the end, but we know Massa lost the championship going in so lacks the impact.
yeah when I first started watching F1 (in 2019) I didn't know anything about the history of the sport or any races
I decided to watch all the full races in order from 2010-2018 to catch up on recent history
I remember turning on Canada 2011 and being in awe at how long this red flag was taking, the experience felt like an epic journey even though I was just watching footage of puddles and birds because it was never-ending lol
and of course when the race did restart it was total mayhem
top 10 race of all time if you managed to see it with no information beforehand (or live as you said)
Did you not fast forward through the red flags?