Watching the US

CK in USA
By Nats
June 21 2005

Baking popcorn to watch a race with 6 cars on a screwed up tv isn't fun at all...Last night i watched one of the worst moments in the history of Formula One

7 teams,running on Michelin tyres boycotted the race,and after the parade lap, returned to the pits leaving the grid with only 3 teams,Ferrari, Jordan and
Minardi.

During the first laps,i was just trying to realise what had just happened.And it
was unlike anything i had seen before.
A race with only 6 cars...in this case you can't even name it a race.A boring
parade of two Ferraris and four backmarkers
with absolutely nothing exciting to show.The only incident in the race was
between the two Ferraris,after Michael
exited the pit lane,forcing Rubens to get off the track.

From the audience's point of view,the sight was just shameful and appaling.It's
a race's Sunday,and you prepare to
watch all of those cars racing.My tv got screwed up and i couldn't get the
channel that broadcasted the race.I thought
"i hope i don't miss anything!".I still couldn't manage to get the channel
alright,but i was able to see what was going on.
And i did miss a lot...but not because of that stupid device,but because of all
those stupid things that were going on.

I was feeling sorry though for those who had gone to watch the race live.People
had travelled from distant places, maybe
even saved money for a long time just to go and watch that.They certainly didn't
get what they had paid for.Spectators
started leaving the grandstands,even Ferrari fans.Some of those who stayed,threw
water bottles or beer cans to the track.

Michelin gets my thumbs down...When you race in a championship like Formula
1,you simply cannot have a batch of
problematic tyres.I'm glad though that none of those driver's safety was
risked.On the other hand,midway through the
race is was extremely bored.After finishing the popcorn,everyone was doing
something else than watching the race.
The thought for me was : stay and watch the race,or find yourself something more
entertaining and useful to do.And i
found out that getting a nail file was more entertaining than the race...

This was by far the worst race i have ever watched.There's nothing more specific
to describe it.