Abstract
When I started a course in English, the teacher explained that we were all to give a presentation on a chosen subject, but he did not want to hear another one on F1 and Mika HĂ€kkinen! This shows that there is not only an interest in watching F1 on TV, but also in exploring the subject and talking about and explaining facts about the sport. I also seem to discern a current debate on the meaningfulness versus the meaninglessness of Formula 1. I myself have found F1 fairly meaningless. But why is all this discussed? What values does the debate express? What opinions are there of Formula 1 and what do they tell us about today's society? My aim is to analyse Formula 1 as a modern/latemodern phenomenon; partly as a phenomenon as such and partly in terms of how the ordinary TV audience experiences and describes it. Today only men drive F1 cars, and therefore I think that Formula 1 might also reveal something about the current concept of masculinity.
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