F1 Race
The inaugural F1 night race, hailed as world’s that is currently taking place in Singapore, created a buzz in the racing world as well as those in tourism industry. Last week contractors were busily readying the tracks and all these around the clock. Last few days saw the arrival of F1 racers into town. Along with it the
launching of designer watches, etc, to tie in with the race. The newspapers have been detailing the events up till this minute (Massa won this evening but there is still a race tomorrow).
Personally I remained unfazed by the F1 craze. Reason? I have absolutely no interest in this sport so called.
Doubtless it will help pump in some revenues for our country which is always helpful. The recent financial
crisis in USA and its imminent impact will somehow be cushioned by the money earned at least for this year.
On a cynical note, I noticed that the tree-huggers and ‘save the earth’ activists are very quiet. Perhaps
silenced by the money and smothered by hypocrisy, these folks are pretty silent about the amount of heat generated by the spotlights that are in placed to simulate bright day lights. What the amount of electricity
consumed in preparation until the end of the race? Not to mention the noise generated by every race car? Noise does come from the individual pit stop doesn’t it? Say, what about the body heat generated by everyone in attendance? Of course I could go on ranting. This is the same cynicism that I have when I read of celebrities coming together to stage awareness of saving the environment when the rock concert held simultaneously across the globe generated so much heat and noise not forgetting the electricity consumed to stage the shows. The amount could have been saved. It’s kind of like doing everything you can to have peace – even if it means you have to go to war.
More seriously, I am just plain uninterested. This is one of those sports that I find meaningless as well as boring. Much like cricket, I don’t understand the fuss. It is limited to the rich few as compared to soccer, the game of the millions. The race goes on…
