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**TudareWQT** · 06-16-2012, 08:37 PM

I've been to Italy a few times and many people seem to believe Ferrari is like a religion to most of the population, but in my experience F1 is more popular in the north of the country with people in the south not so bothered. Football appears more important and more passionately followed in a greater proportion in my experience there. I think what people want you to believe on forums is very different to what is actually true.

If we only look at the motorsport fans in Italy I think it's safe to say that Ferrari and F1 are preeminent. If we look at the motorsports fans in the US then F1 is barely an after thought compared to NASCAR and probably doesn't even rate higher than Indy Cars. F1 will never be the preeminent form of motorsport in the US as NASCAR is on the TV every weekend and F1 just once a year. F1 is nothing more than an expensive novelty and the only reason to race there is because it has a large consumer base.

06-16-2012, 08:37 PM	#26
TudareWQT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	I've been to Italy a few times and many people seem to believe Ferrari is like a religion to most of the population, but in my experience F1 is more popular in the north of the country with people in the south not so bothered. Football appears more important and more passionately followed in a greater proportion in my experience there. I think what people want you to believe on forums is very different to what is actually true. If we only look at the motorsport fans in Italy I think it's safe to say that Ferrari and F1 are preeminent. If we look at the motorsports fans in the US then F1 is barely an after thought compared to NASCAR and probably doesn't even rate higher than Indy Cars. F1 will never be the preeminent form of motorsport in the US as NASCAR is on the TV every weekend and F1 just once a year. F1 is nothing more than an expensive novelty and the only reason to race there is because it has a large consumer base.
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