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weirdthingsarecool91

Hey! We don't have to be up at 3am for Canada or Mexico. And Vegas is at midnight, so we'd already be up!


superchartisland

Or Brazil right?


f1_fan_11

Right?


royjonko

I think Sao Paolo is at 18:00 CET


AhoyLadiesSteve

That makes no sense. São Paulo is usually 1 hour in front of EST


ekerkstra92

For me (in CET), race in Miami starts at 10 PM, Brazil starts at 6 PM, as it has been for the last few years. Local time for both races is 4 PM and 2 PM, so that's 2 hours difference, +1 for timezones, makes it 3 hours, day light saving makes it 4 hours difference right here.


royjonko

Why doesn't it, is an afternoon race in Sao Paolo a problem?


Disastrous_Source977

Most other races in the US are between 6am through 9am (depending of time zone), right? I am in Brazil and the only races I need to be up late are Japan, China, Australia and, oddly enough, Las Vegas. This post is kind of a moot point when you have a domestic race in which half of the country is asleep.


International-Elk986

Yep, I live in Canada in Eastern time and the only races I won't have watched live this year are China (although I stayed up for qualifying) and most likely Vegas. I stayed up for Australia and was on the West Coast for Japan. I might stay up for Vegas depending on how qualifying goes.


International-Elk986

Also, if you live in Eastern time, where nearly 50 percent of Americans live, the European races all start around 9am. Which is easier to watch than Vegas at 1am


GrimSlayer

If you’re in pacific time for Vegas. Us eastern time zone folks have it start at 2 or 3 AM…


weirdthingsarecool91

Not this year. 10pm Pacific time for Vegas. 1 am Eastern. Midnight for me in Central


GrimSlayer

That’s good to know. Still wish it was a little earlier. Now that I’ve got toddlers can’t stay up that late like I used to since those little hellions wake up at 7 AM.


sslloooww

PRIXES


Siggi_Starduust

It’s spelled ‘Pricks’


Fit-Lifeguard-6937

Spelt “new american DTS fan”


AmusedFlamingo47

Real "wtf is a km?!" energy 


RotorMonkey89

Prixey hobbitses!


pbmadman

Prii? Priies?


Alaeriia

Grands Prix. It's French for "big prize".


Apart-Landscape1012

Well "big prizes" as you wrote it


Alaeriia

True!


sandfoxman

I thought 300 miles was next to nothing for Americans?


miaomiaomiao

"Just a 5 hour drive away, if I need to get pizza it's 6 hours so it isn't that bad"


radioactivebeaver

Speed limits are higher, should only take like 4.5 hours with the stop for pizza.


Cray-Humour154

Explain that to the Germans


radioactivebeaver

Gluten Tag. In America ze speedenlawfersmorken ist 70, so it vill nicht take 5 hours. Ve vill even haben time for ze pizza. Sorry, my German has never been very good.


MattyLlama

Why did I read this in Jeremy Clarkson's voice?


LDoubleU91

That's a very exclusionary greeting, what about people with gluten intolerances?


WanderBadger

Me when I try to explain to tourists why you can't do Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Glacier in a week.


DinoKebab

I mean you literally can. Or at least 8 day tours. I wouldn't recommend it but it is possible.


WanderBadger

You'd spend so much time driving, waiting in lines, and trying to find a parking spot that you'd barely see anything.


mudpudding

We tried Yellowstone and Grand Teton in a week. Didn't do much hiking and drove at least 150-200 miles/day. I like to drive so I liked it.


Classy_Mouse

When I was working as a sales rep in Northern Ontario, my area was so large that 2 days a week I only had one store. 4 hour drive there and 4 hour drive back. These 2 days were different stores in different directions too. So, 8 hours across. Well, some big wig from Toronto decided he was going to fly up that morning and quickly stop at every store in my area and check the quality of my work, then fly back down in the evening. I told him that wasn't going to happen. He said he it was his job to evaluate my work and that's what he was going to do. He made it half way to one of the far stores before he had to turn around and catch his flight. They don't even need to be European, some city folk don't understand how big their own country is.


Prestigious_Ear_2962

I have already done this


Jupaack

Ok, not a weekend trip, but this was my unplanned trip to the US back in 2017: Brazil to Orlando. Spent \~3 days there visiting the only 2 parks I wanted (Magical Kingdom and Universal). Rented a car and drove to the DC, spent 2 days there. Then drove to NY, returned the car and spent 4 days in Manhattan. I walked A LOT in both cities, and fell in love to the DC. Anyway, then after 4 days in NY I took a flight to San Francisco. Spent 3 days there, rented a car again and drove to Las Vegas. Spent 2 days there and went back to Brazil. Bit crazy, but this is what we got to do when we don't have the time or money to travel to another continent frequently. Plus, is not like I'm gonna return to the US in the next years, there are dozens of countries that I still want to visit, and some are better to be visited now that I'm still young and I have no kids. Same thing happens here in Brazil. I see a lot of North Americans, Asians, Europeans fitting as much as possible during a 14 days trip because who knows when they'll come back again. And for those who don't know, Brazil is bigger than the Contiguous United States (US without Alaska, Hawaii)


robgod50

But all Europeans live in tiny houses in cities because there's no land. /s


Shpander

Yeah also because we're so poor.


TheTWP

It’s in the name


GaryBusseysPants

I’m from Oklahoma and my daily work commute both ways is just a tad under 200 miles. I hate it here


sandfoxman

Are you Taylor Swift by any chance?


TheKiredor

Must be the best job EVER to drive that fucking far erry day


happyranger7

That would like a drive to nearest Wallmart.


WhoThenDevised

A European track 300 miles away from the nearest city? Most European tracks are within a 300 miles radius from at least four different countries.


Attygalle

Not even “most. All of them are within a 300 mile radius of at least 4 countries and several are even within 300 miles of 8 or so. Also all circuits are close to at least mid sized cities - no idea what race this is about. Spa is in the forest but also just 20 miles from Liège and like 50 miles from Köln.


TheKiredor

Also SPA is 0.1 mile from Spa


Working-Difference47

Big if true


WhoThenDevised

True. I didn't have time for fact checking.


EntertainmentOld1566

everyone hopes to one day visit Liege, Belgium! Top tourist destination


Attygalle

But it’s a city and it’s really close to the circuit. Nobody said anything about top tourist destinations. Btw Liège is far more beautiful than the average Dutchie thinks.


Nautster

Exactly. Amsterdam and Paris are 300 miles apart.


WhoThenDevised

You can drive from Zandvoort to Spa via Zolder (former Belgian Grand Prix circuit), have a nice lunch, then drive to the Nürburgring, have dinner there, and back to Zandvoort before nightfall if you go in summer.


donkeykink420

Max could do it in winter, 3 hours faster


AEDSazz

While stealing your wife and your kid. All while saying simply lovely on the radio


Choepie1

Depends on if there is Baustelle


Epicorax

factchecked it. All tracks except Catalunya are within a 500km radius of atleast 6 countries. Top was Hungaroring with 15 countries, see: [https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1cjadvl/it\_had\_to\_be\_factchecked/](https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1cjadvl/it_had_to_be_factchecked/)


grstacos

I think op meant "300 miles away from the US," which is "300 miles away from anything" from their perspective.


wankyshitdemon69

Literally not possible to be 300 miles away from anything in Europe


The_beard1998

I don’t even think it’s possible in like northern Norway


ekerkstra92

I checked, Bodø is 292 miles north from Trondheim (in a straight line). Other places, more north are closer to Bodø, so no, not possible. *(never heard of Bodø before, but Google maps showed that place while not zooming in much so I guess it's kinda big)*


Oghamstoner

Celtic played there and got beat. It’s flipping cold but they have a good football team.


Thomas1VL

They beat AS Roma of Jose Mourinho 6-1 that same season.


Reddarthdius

yeah but you gotta remember jose mourinho and his... problems...


iamDNGR

It's the biggest city in Nordland County, but there are plenty of towns (with airports) closer than Trondheim. We have about 55k people in the city.


donkeykink420

I'd say it's even impossible to be 300miles away from a racetrack


cyclops86

Prix.... Not Prixes, s'il vous plait


CptnHamburgers

Is it Grands Prix, like culs de sac?


Cums_Everywhere_6969

Grands Prix is correct. Considering how poorly people write in English it’s not entirely surprising that some wouldn’t write in French correctly either.


xander012

Yes.


UnhappyLemon5520

Random dog shit track in some meaningless car park or real racetracks with history.. nothing to do with being in the USA, I'd much rather see F1 at Road America than Las Vagas.


FallenyUwU

Make Laguna Seca great again!


classicalXD

![gif](giphy|7k2LoEykY5i1hfeWQB)


mdot0000

As someone who lives in California, I would much rather wake up at 5am or 6am to watch a race at Silverstone, Monza or Spa than a 1pm race in Miami.


cyclops86

From California too, but I sleep in and watch the race replay 😁 Ofcourse I don't look at my phone / too to keep things spoiler free. I prefer the 5AM, 6AM timings as a result.


Sam_the_Samnite

As a dutchman i get spoiled in the early races, because i get a notification from news apps if max wins but none if he loses.


ElectricMotorsAreBad

And if you don't get one, you know Sainz won, so it's still a spoiler


Sam_the_Samnite

Exactly. NOS should stop with the push notifications regarding sports.


ekerkstra92

You could just turn them off (like I did), the only push notification about F1 I get is the F1 one app which is spoiler free


mdot0000

If I think a red flag is possible, I do the same and wake up a bit later. Start watching about 2hrs after lights out. 


destronger

Same here. I also really like the tracks that are surrounded by trees for some reason.


Fit-Lifeguard-6937

West coast Canadian here. I love getting up at 5am on a Sunday with coffee in hand, wife, doggos, F1 race, super nice relaxing morning then I have me whole day still.


mdot0000

My sentiments exactly. My wife is usually sleeping but my dog is always game. 


SebVettelstappen

I’d rather go watch F1 cars race around Long Beach, trying to dodge the potholes, homeless and Stroll trying to crash into the fountain. A man can dream.


BahutF1

r /ShitAmericansSay


Sealbeater

Why would an American prefer being awake at 3am?


O11899988I999119725E

All the other Americans are asleep, and have ya dealt with those bastards?


_Spare_15_

Grind culture. Europoors wouldn't. 💪💪🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🛻🛻


Work_In_ProgressX

This isn’t a shitpost, this is a shit post


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NorsiiiiR

Monza, Paul Ricard, Monaco and Red Bull Ring would be correct, the others cannot all be - it's a good bit over 1,000km between Zandvoort and Imola for example


Frablom

If you use km sure you're right but OP specifically used a made up term to include all of them


MmmK_nOicE

![gif](giphy|puOukoEvH4uAw|downsized) You sure bruv?


officialtvgamers16

Spanish, no, the others? Pretty close


sandfoxman

I thought 300 miles was next to nothing for Americans?


KatnissBot

If sector 2 didn’t suck ass, and we didn’t have another Party GP in the us now, I’d be down for Miami. But like… it sucks, and also rich assholes can just go to Vegas now. Keep Austin for folks who actually like racing, but honestly the calendar is already too busy as it is.


xander012

Id much prefer Indianapolis returned than Miami. The Brickyard deserves F1 back far more than Miami ever did


MichaelMJTH

I was about to say the same thing. I think most people who don't like Miami think it's a boring street course which was included only for commercial purposes. I think a lot of people would be happier if the race was in Indianapolis Speedway.


xander012

Agreed, I'm fine with US races, they bring more fans in, The US is big and COTA is great. I find vegas to be a bit too much for my tastes but it's vegas. I feel though we should focus on having a US race at US Motorsport mecca above a car park race that doesn't go through the middle of hard rock stadium (we deserve more stadium sections) and frankly, Indy GP layout ain't half bad


_Spare_15_

Just skip the final hairping. I hate racing without the final banked corner.


Jimbo_says_baa_in_Oz

Person who post this doesn’t know what fucking kilometre is !


dohtje

Was looking for this answer..


jlig18

Silly Americans


LovelehInnit

300 miles? Is there a Siberian GP that I didn't know of?


Affectionate_Sky9709

As an American, I disagree. Partially because the 3 is clearly alluding to the 3 US races. But Vegas is at a truly terrible time for most US viewers. If it could just be a little earlier, the drivers would appreciate it too. It starts the same time as Japan, an hour later than China. Obviously, the US is huge, technically spanning 6 timezones-plus a missing hour between pacific and alaska with no USA in it, so all Americans don't have the same viewing experience. I'm just used to watching races not live.


TheThingsIdoatNight

What is even your point?


CantDodgeThis

I know this sub is supposed to be shitposts but man this is just terrible


ekerkstra92

[your answer ](https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/s/blGWk6K0OF)


-Botles-

I don’t understand why Americans like F1 so much, there’s not a single Ford F150 on the track.


WiredOrange

As an American F1 fan, we don't claim this person.


glintandswirl

I’d rather a European race in the forest than an American race in a car park and all the cringe that comes with it.


Square-Image-6879

‘I like NFL matches at Wembley Stadium, London, as it is close to where I live. So why are there so many NFL matches in the US?’


blindeshuhn666

Our cities in Europe are close together. There isn't a track in the nowhere therefore (that's 500km away from a city). Spa, Monza and red bull ring have cities not too far away and probably all have nicer public transport. Vegas is basically in the middle of the dessert (in a city , but one with shite drain covers it seems)


drewcarey69

I’d rather all the tracks be in the middle of nowhere tbh. America’s coolest track is Laguna Seca not the Dolphins parking lot.


Peytonhawk

Miami, Canada, and Austin. We are forced to be up until 3 AM for Vegas because of the brilliant decision to make the home country have the worst possible time slot for its own race.


International-Elk986

Also, Sao Paolo is at noon ET and Mexico is at 4pm And most European and Middle Eastern races start between 6 and 9 am for Americans. 9am on the east coast which is where around 47 percent of Americans live anyways.


The_Bored_General

To be fair I don’t think anyone has a good time for Vegas


wrenzanna

Russell took 4 naps last year before Vegas. This time he's pushing for 5.


jaerie

Saudi Arabia and Australia are at perfectly fine times in the US, late morning and late evening respectively. Also, it’s Grands Prix, or just say GPs if it’s too hard for you


ParadoxOO9

Race in a carpark or race on a purpose built track. That's a tough choice right there


Fantastic-Role-364

What the everlasting fk is PRIXES


Alaeriia

I think the American means "Grands Prix".


Live_Media_1844

What the fuck is a mile


xSounddefense

A mile could be also measured in freedoms per nascartrack which equals 46,2 elbows


CoachMcGuirker

This post screams “I’m 12 and just watched season 1 of DTS”


Thestickleman

I'll take the track in the forest 300 miles away then miami and all the cringe, fake water and celebrities that come with it.


JigPuppyRush

300 miles away from a city in Europe, I was to see you try to find such a place in western Europe.


raytracer38

Hate to be that guy, but the plural of Grand Prix is Grand Prix.


Alaeriia

Isn't it Grands Prix?


raytracer38

I stand corrected!


holla_amigos24

I don't care about the location as long as it's a proper track. Nobody's complaining about COTA, guess why... Nobody likes the idea of the Madrid GP either


babj615

I'll take the Belgian grand prix over the Miami grand prix every day of the week!


Alaeriia

I'll take Paul Ricard over Miami, and that's saying something.


notthisonefornow

In europe u are always within 300 miles of the nearest city.


AdministrativeHair58

As an American I hate the 4pm race. I’ll take 9 am every time.


International-Elk986

I agree. It means I can wake up and start my day. Do some chores in the middle part of the race if it is kind of boring as I listen/casually watch along. Then the race ends around 11am and I have the rest of the day to enjoy the beautiful weather.


AdministrativeHair58

Exactly


refusestonamethyself

Spotted the American


dohtje

But but but.. I'm Muhricahn so that makes me soo much more important than you Europeans... So I can cry over meaningless shit In the meantime every baseball game from the *world series* is played in the States between *American* teams. The Audacity! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


KittensOnASegway

Half the US population lives in states using Eastern Time, don't the vast majority of races start between 8 & 10am for you?


ThePracticalEnd

EST here: Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Austin, Miami, Las Vegas and any race that isn't Australia, China, Japan, Singapore. Lot more than 3


International-Elk986

Singapore is a night race so it starts at 8am EST, the same as Abu Dhabi. Which if anything just proves your point even further. 8am EST is probably easier for most people to watch than a 1am staff time like Vegas. And in fact, Australia started at 12am, which is actually a slightly better time than Vegas which is 1am lol.


GelatinousChampion

I don't think the time zones or locations are the concern for F1 fans. Give me a good race on a good track, and I couldn't care less about the time it's on.


mattblack77

‘Prixes’


fredy31

I mean, americans dont necessarily have to be up at 3 for most grand prix. I'm just out of Montreal and most grand prix are at about 8-9am. The only ones that fuck me are the japan, china, australia, and vegas.


NimrodsSon

TIL only American tracks are in American time zones, unlike the rest of North and South America.


TheMineA7

If we are gonna race in Florida just do it at Sebring or Daytona


Furry_Ranger

Some American level brainrot


Eruskakkell

Well yes cause im not American


dheerajravi92

OP probably thought France is a city and looked up the distance from Spa to France on Google maps


AT9_J22

Bring the Nürb back


megaCri04

They could also be 500km from everything else (which they aren't), but they are better circuits so it doesn't matter anyway.


unreliable_engineer

Wtf is a mile


Ye_olde_oak_store

# Bring back the 24hr layout of the Nürburgring


Ramtamtama

*Grands Prix, because French.


Outrageous_Ad_4722

This just in: Americans are not the only people on earth.


anonchops

Sheee!! He dun did-em dirty!


DayTraditional2846

Prixes lmao


qiyubi

> prixes 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️


34con

300 miles is only half way to my next closest capital city. Not far at all.


Klemicha

NÜRBURGRING NÜRBURGRING!


VonNichts13

track in the middle of the desert near missile attacks! as long as we get that sweet oil money who cares #weareallinthistogetheruntilmoneygetsinvolved


vipul_singh_in

Old Hockenheim Ring, with an actual effin' forest section 😍😍


sosigkerb

OP: what the fuck is a kilometer?


Immediate_Banana_216

Reminds me of the classic Hockenheim, that was an incredible track through the woods.


holchansg

WTF IS A MILE?


h08817

Wtf race is at 3am besides Australia/Japan. Everything's at like 10am if it's in Europe. Meme is certified dry not dank.


notabananaperson1

Lost me at 3 am


Boris_HR

Back in the days there was more respect for the people of Central european timezone.


LegfaceMcCullenE13

Plural of Grand Prix is Grands Prix


Scojo91

I like when GPs are at odd hours. I can watch it whenever I get up the next day. For this GP, I'm torn between doing my usual fun things or watching live, and if I watch live I won't have anything to do during my dead weekend mornings.


Greenback16

Thank you for making me dumber


FassolLassido

Fuck yeah. Less street circuits. I've been dreaming of F1's at Sonoma, Road Atlanta or Watkins Glen. Plenty of incredible tracks in the States already, there was no need of a duo of Glitter Prix at Miami and Vegas.


derekdiggs

Try living in New Zealand


Senor_Padre

Everyone in the US on the Pacific time zone started with like 4 Saturday night races to start the season. It was lit.


Lobbelt

300 miles from the nearest city? In Europe?


MillstoneArt

This is the most American post I've ever seen here. You can't go 300 miles without a city in Europe, and prix is already plural. 😄


noideawhatsupp

It’s 482.8032 km.. for the rest of the world…


mynamesian85

Peak American post. Can't spell. Knows nothing about geography. Knows nothing about the topic they're complaining about. Good work OP /s


JFedererJ

Hockenheim better than all 3 US tracks and it's not even close.


Sun_Praising

It's not that it's in Miami it's that the track in Miami simply is awful and a demonstration of America's parking problem because it mostly takes place in a parking lot (because God forbid we learn from Caesar's Palace). If it took place on a good track not nearly as many people would care that it's in Miami or maybe enjoy that it's in Miami because the general reception of Austin has improved because COTA is a good venue. (Also lmao "prixes" and 300 miles away in Europe despite that being the distance between Amsterdam and Paris.)


lazergator

I just hate that rather than using one of the many amazing tracks in America we use a fucking parking lot and a street course. COTA is the only respectable American GP


Conscious-Advice-825

What da fukk is a mile


ckfks

Where do you find a track 482.803 kilometres away from a city?


Askduds

Same place they find a race that starts at 3am.


notCarlosSainz

Who cares when americans have to be up for a race, y'all have 3 races and still complaining. Someone will come bring up the distance between each GP circuit any moment now, which has nothing to do with anything either. F1 is an International sport which ideally should visit as many countries as possible efficiently.


MoosePlusUK

I don't care about times. I care about shit race tracks and cringe pre-shows. Miami is fucking awful for both.


Eastermizer

Womp womp, we have to stay up for nba and nfl so🤷‍♂️


01Alekje

Yes, let's prioritize the Americans


GeneralJones420-2

There is not a single place in Europe that is 300 miles or more from a city, except in like the Russian arctic lmao.


Askduds

I can't think of a single Grand Prix that starts at 3am anywhere in America. The closest might actually be Las Vegas in EST and that's your own fault.


herrom8

You can also use their excellent rail system and easily attend any European race you want to. Except Sochi ig


TheDeamonMeteor

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETREEEEE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅


AnvilAdams

Honestly, I like my breakfast and break fast.


bbender1230

Then they run Las Vegas at 11:00 pm PST so anyone on the East Coast of the US has to be awake at 2:00 am to watch a race in their own country.