Long Beach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Hb3MDG-Aw

Monaco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AKUT-yvNHw

I love the commentary!

Hockenheim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FpnGnl3Nd8

Las Vegas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C8SGeFTHFE

I guess its just not my bag but I honestly tried to watch a couple of Formula 1 races over the past couple of years and I always ended up bored after 30 minutes or so.

I love the old days of Formula One. Back in the days of Jimmy Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Phil Hill, Jack Brabham and so many more. Dangerous as hell back then though.

Same here, the mid-to-late '60s Formula One is the time for me, ideally anytime before wings started being experimented with. Longer tracks, few fences; the crowds almost right up to the pavement; wardens popping up on the track, leaning over with local yellows as cars come through blind corners. Of course, now they need all the safety precautions, not only to protect the drivers, but the crowd as well. But I just can't get into it.

I do wish that more of these "classic" races were shown on TV, but the closest I've seen to "classic" races on channels like SPEEDTV are circa-2001 NASCAR. So, at least "Grand Prix" can take us back a bit.

I stopped watching F1 after 1994. Sad to say it, but exciting F1 racing died with Ayrton Senna.

Now, I wish I lived in the 50s and 60s. Dad was at the N�rburgring in 1957. To anyone with a bit of knowledge about the history of F1 racing, you know what I'm talking about. To everybody else, google it It is one of the greatest motor races ever.

Same with the 1967 Grand Prix at Monza. Jim Clark has a problem in the pits that sets him down a lap and a half. He then proceeds to unlap himself, and regain the lead, only to run out of fuel in the last corner of the last lap, coasting across the finish line, just being pipped by John Surtees and Denis Hulme, was it? Anyway, how often does that happen nowadays? F1 these days is cr@p! I mean, who will be remembered as the all-time greats in 30-40 years? Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso? Gimme a break!

I was a teenager in the 80's and was an avid F-1 fan back then. My favorite drivers were Niki Lauda and Ayrton Senna. The most exciting race I saw was the 1985 Dutch Grand Prix. The way Lauda used his wits and experience to hold off a much faster Alain Prost was an amazing piece of driving.

I was the only F1 racing fans in my tiny little Texas high school. My heroes were Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. Fitting, since they were locked in competition with each other.

pfunk

The mid to late 1960's to me was the golden age of F1. Unfortunately it was also the second most deadly decade for the sport with 12 driver deaths that I know of (Jim Clarks isn't counted because he died in an F2 race). It was still pretty high during the 1970's with 10 driver deaths but from the 1980's till now there has probably been less then 10 or 12. It's weird that what made the sport seem so unexciting now is what has kept the fatal accidents low....driver safety.

Graham Hill always reminded me of David Niven.

The 70s were the worst, though. They were the ugliest cars money could buy.

pfunk

That's why it was called "The Cruel Sport" in the book with the same name.

Here's a list of all F1 deaths: http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/228/383/

Very accurate F1 list, the figures I used included Indy fatalities also.