Originally Posted by
bigtea
1) My comment had nothing to do with the comparitve popularity of F1 and NASCAR. It was about the similarity of cycling's heritage with that of NASCAR and the cultural beginnings of both. By the way, I'm not the first person to make that observation.
2) Your second observation would certainly bring laughter from Spaniards and insults regarding your intelligence from the French.
1) So you just started writing about something unrelated to what other people in the thread were talking about ("How popular is cycling in Europe")? I see what you mean about the heritage but that wasn't the topic at hand.
2) I know this thread is all about stereotypes but you just took things to a new level. Oh, those snooty French!
Originally Posted by
bigtea
Hmm...yes, that probably explains the Grand Prix of Monaco, which is Europe's equivalent of Bristol, TN.
I don't quite understand what your point is. F1 tickets are almost always prohibitively expensive. That is what TV is for. Once again: people don't really watch F1, they talk about it.
Cycling is probably bigger than F1 with middle/working class people in the low countries. I've only spent a few weeks there and it was all in big cities so I can't really form an opinion.
btw, I quickly looked up the manufacturers currently represented in F1: BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Toyota. Pretty attainable on all counts except Ferrari, and even an older low-tier Ferrari is attainable for most people if they were into cars. Not that it really matters in terms of advertising for the company because you can buy everything from pens to underwear to perfume with Ferrari branding.