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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by bwoah@lemmy.world to c/formula1@lemmy.world

as opposed to the 12 slots officially available as per the current agreement…

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[-] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

F1/FiA dying to get in on enshittification.

[-] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

And to get nuked from orbit by EU competition law. But the FIA aren't the enemy here. They said that Andretti met all of the technical requirements to join the grid.

[-] alphacyberranger@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

They didn't want FOMO

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah FOM just increased the F1TV subscription price by 50% in my country. Enshittification has already started. They really think they can charge the same price as other sports that have multiple matches per week.

[-] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe try a VPN from a cheaper country? I've never tried it so I can't confirm it will work.

For what it's worth there is some value to F1TV beyond the race weekends. The archives are (imo) nice to watch during the off season weeks and during summer break. I'd also much rather watch their tech pieces and whatnot through the official stream and not secondhand on YouTube or something where Google gets a piece of the revenue.

Do whatever fits your life and budget. There's always the high sea.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

This has really killed my interest in F1. Why watch when everything is set in stone.

[-] nennius@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

And to think I still think that the ideal is 30 or 31 cars competing for 26 grid slots

[-] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

I get increasing the anti dilution fund. The teams which stood by F1 during the rough times deserve that. What I don't understand is limiting to 10 teams. Sporting factors should supercede monetary factors. I see a court case being filed and big mess if this is agreed upon

[-] Dmian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Imagine if F1 did something similar to soccer (but with a few changes): There's a list of candidates that fulfil the requisites, and they're are given a score depending on how good their proposal is.

If a team finishes 2 years in a row in the last position (or 3 non-consecutive times in the last 5 years), it's demoted to candidate again and exits the sport, and the candidate with the better candidacy enters the sport, where they have 2 years to try to improve and get out of the last position.

So far, Williams and Haas have been swapping the last position, and one of them could've been thrown out already. I particularly disliked Gene Haas "I don't care if I finish last, it works for me" attitude, it's just mediocrity, and not good for the sport, specially if there's a good candidate waiting.

Could something like this work?

[-] urquell@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago
[-] mhague@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Gentrified sport.

I wonder if anyone in charge even cares about competitive racing, or if it's just empty PR designed to increase value.

Even the figure heads shill for FOM / FIA / Liberty instead of providing real insight and criticism. It's just getting to be too much.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

if i hear brundle say “at least that sprint was better than FP3” one more time…

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