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Originally Posted by Beetle
Yes, Bahrain and Shanghai are indeed snooze fests. And when Nico Rosberg complained of coughing and burning eyes because of the toxic atmospheric soup Shanghai is bathed in, I decided to pull the plug on Shanghai racing. As a big believer in green energy, the 6 Hours of Shanghai is hard to watch...
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Interesting - China's a mix of environmental brutality and solid investment in more sustainable ways of doing things.
You only have to look at how much more pleasurable it is taking high speed rail around China than it is coping with the absurdities of domestic flights to see that they're very much going in the right direction.
In that light the WEC at Shanghai is a fantastic fit, and if Chinese industry, and one of the most exciting cities on the planet can get engaged by the WEC then so much the better.
That said, watching 6 hours or more around a dull track is a lot more of a challenge than one involving say a Spa, Imola, or Road Atlanta.
Others have raised golf and cycling as other long events that manage fine - it the WEC can manage to communicate the ebb and flow and underlying information that shows what's happening in a long distance sportscar race then I genuinely don't think having a product that's six hours long is going to be a problem at all.