[sperry]

I thought the last race was actually quite good. Button sorta ran away up front, but the battle for 2nd-4th was good, and the mid-pack racing was awesome. I'm just bummed so many of the new/young drivers that qualified well got knocked out of the race.

Keep in mind that F1 is not like other series. It's more like a 2 hour, concurrent time-trials. You have to enjoy the nuances of the cars driving alone, or it just doesn't feel very exciting. To be frank, it's an acquired taste I guess. That's what's nice about playing the Fantasy F1 league... if you're not already a big fan, it gives you just 5 drivers to follow during the race. Before you know it, a few races into the season, you know all the drivers and teams and start to really "get" it.

It also helps that the Speed channel crew covering the races are fantastic. You just have to know enough about F1 to understand all the stuff they talk about, but they do a great job of adding to the race by pointing out a lot of the nuances I mentioned earlier.

To put it another way... if my wife can become a fan, anyone can. You just have to give it a shot for a few races, because it's not like NASCAR, or even like Spec Miata or something where there's always a crowd of cars duking it out on track.