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Can't see this making a difference really. It's one race. I watched this year's 500 but tbh it's too long. Too many stretches where nothing is happening. Problem is they're locked in to the format now and people would kick off massively if it suddenly became the 300 (which I'd watch!)
Yeah it would never be shortened lol. I was also not really sold on the 500 when I first started watching it some years back, but over time I've grown to appreciate the race (and all of the practice and qualifying sessions leading up to it) more and more. I get it though.
More than anything else, I'm bummed that I can't sit down for the entire day and go from watching Monaco to the Indy 500 to the Coke 600. It's become a tradition for me and many others I know.
That being said, it's been really interesting to see some less American perspectives via this thread. Tbh I thought Indycar might have more value outside the US considering the variety of driver nationalities, especially with how many former F2 and F1 drivers are in their field.
I definitely watch indycar but I would watch almost any F1 or F2 session as the priority.
One thing I find particularly strange is the safety aspect which seems needlessly disorganised for Indy in general. There are good reasons why F1 has no refueling for example; the footage of pit crew getting burned and mashed against the walls in this year's 500 I found really upsetting
That's fair, the whole "pit wall" concept in American motorsports is interesting, has its pros and cons. Because of race length (and considering the amount of full throttle on ovals) refueling is pretty necessary, but in general, pit lane safety can be rough. Indy is also one of the most narrow oval pit lanes, despite the size of everything else at that track.
That being said, don't look at Nascar lol. I've been watching it for 5-6 years now and the pit lane safety standards still irk me a lot.
No they're putting the Canadian grand Prix on at the same time as the 500. As an f1 fan that's an easy call