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Formula 1 was a bit of a snooze fest last year and this year is shaping up to be the same. Red Bull/Max Verstappen is so much better than the rest of the field that the only way it’s an interesting race for the win is if Max crashes out or has some type of mechanical failure. If I were a Max/Red Bull fan this wouldn’t be so terrible, but I’m not and it’s been a bit grating to watch them dominate race after race.

My F1TV subscription is due to renew right after this weekend’s China race and I don’t think I’m going to do it. At least this year. Instead I think I’m going to get Peacock and start watching IndyCar, which I’ve never really followed before. I think the series is a lot more competitive and the races are more exciting. I’ve heard there are a lot of commercials during the coverage, which is a bummer. Conversely, the F1 coverage from F1TV is pretty amazing. You can watch all the practices and qualifying and there are a bunch of race weekend/pre-race shows, etc. And no commercials. But again, if the action is non-existent, it’s not that interesting.

I think I’m also going to give Rally.tv a shot for a month or two. I don’t think watching rallies live is all the interesting, but it might be. I really like watching the Red Bull highlights, but have never watched a full event. We’ll see how that goes.

So unless something crazy happens this weekend in China, I’m probably going to jump off the F1 ship for the greener pastures of IndyCar and WRC. I’ll definitely renew F1TV next year to watch Hamilton at Ferrari, though.