F1

F1 has reached that important and often-celebrated milestone of 75 years old and just as 50 years is celebrated with gold and 70 with platinum, 75 is commonly marked by a two-hour long extravaganza promising that “fans will be on the edge of their seats”. There’s a lot of things in the racing world that typically keep people on the edge of their seats, such as overtaking, high-speed corners and bitchy radio messages, but F1 decided to opt for people looking awkward, lights, more lights, bad sound quality, and a little car-carrying platform that slid about the stage going up and down and doing the occasional rotation. Ooooooo, I’m on the edge of my seat…