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I also wish there was a series that was mixed motorsport - both open and closed wheel in the same series (F1 cars, GT3, LMP, etc) so we could truly see who is worth their salt. Kicker is, they are all spec cars so it truly takes the best and fastest to win. |
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Soccer? It's gaining. Once again, mostly in urban areas because people are more diverse and bring soccer culture with them. Parents I know also seem to be steering their kids away from American Football due to CTE and serious injury risk. Personally I enjoy watching women's soccer much more than men's. It seems to be more action packed. Plus, as an American, violent games like Football are more my thing. I couldn't give 2 $hits about grown men running around kicking each other in the shins. And tie games? That's definitely a NO GO!!! So yes, except for F1 I mostly fit the American stereotype. |
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America's biggest, fastest and strongest go to football, basketball and baseball. Every other sport gets the leftovers.
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I can also say the rest of the world doesn't care about american football, basketball and baseball. Those sports hardly get any exposure on TV in the rest of the world. So they get the 'leftovers' in the rest of the world. To make a good comparison you'd have to compare sports that are equally popular, and ideally take population size of the country in the mix too. I think motorsports gives a good comparison. I mean, I think motorsports are on average way more popular in the US than in most parts of the world, given how much people are attending all those races in multiple different disciplines. But still, drivers from indy, or nascar or whatever US racing class that venture in F1 are rarely succesful, whereas F1 drivers that venture into US racing classes, are on average very very succesful. From that you can only conclude that the bar set in F1 is much much higher, and that F1 drivers are just much better than US indycar or nascar drivers. And the strange thing is that it mostly seems to limit to car roadracing. If you look at motorcycle racing the pinnacle is motoGP and before that the 500CC 2 stroke, US drivers have been very succesful. But if you look at population size of countries, I think countries like Australia, Italy and the UK are crazy succesful in motorsports in general.
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Definitely a no with me also, football and some other sports with womans boxing in particular are off for me.
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Oh, I never intentionally watch soccer!!! But forced to choose between men and women it's women. Being "slower, weaker and less explosive" makes it more entertaining. They might not score more but seem to have many more legit scoring attempts. Men's is just a game of keep away.
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This is America's attempt at making F1 cool. Goodbye Europe, you used to own Formula 1.
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A real F1 race and real legendary F1 tracks like SPA-Francorchamps you only can see that in Europe (Belgium)! On the other hand : For sure , I'll watch Brad's F1 movie because it 'LOOKS great. In other words : Fake vs Reality. You should be aware of that ... F1 is/was made great in Europe , because F1 is born in Europe... And no one can change that (!) 1939 : Spa-Francorchamps was a 9.32 mile-15km track. (!)
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Kinda agree but soccer certainly doesn't get the biggest and strongest. Soccer gets athletic and fastest with amazing endurance. But have you seen these guys? They definitely aren't the biggest and strongest. |
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Why stop now ,here's MAX at Monaco in '37...
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Juan Pablo Montoya (Columbian) - Pretty successful in Nascar Kimi Raikkonen - not successful in Nascar Jacques Villeneuve - best finish was 51st place. Nelson Piquet Jr - not very successful in Nascar, Scott Speed - an American, slightly more successful in Nascar than others. Mario Andretti went the opposite direction, from Nascar to F1, and managed to win a race in F1 So honestly, the passes back and forth between the two sports are pretty equal. A select few are successful in both, but most struggle to compete when switching from open wheel to stock car racing or vice versa. |
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