[Captain Ahab Jr]

I've had quite a few good, bad track experiences but as spectator its so much easier to keep track of who is where from the comfort of your sofa but until they invent wall mounted 3D smello-vision then TV is not as good

A few memorable good track experiences are watching a Monaco F1 race from the pitwall, TV comes nowhere close to showing the speed, grid walk about at a few F1 races again the TV doesn't show the tension build up before the lights change, seeing a car I helped design win the Le Mans 24hrs again TV isn't as good at making you feel emotion.

My bad track experiences seeing on a big screen a driver have a huge crash thinking he was dead and the cause was because a part I'd designed failed. At Imola having a crowd of over enthusiastic Italian fans surge towards the garage and protecting the car from being stripped by using fire extinguishers and the odd fist swing. I had to hit the door button, 50/50 chance of letting in everyone or closing the doors. Got the right button by luck and when they shut it was like being in a zombie movie with the banging on the door and people peering in through the windows. Seeing a driver fall out of the cockpit of a F1 inshore race boat in Italy when it was 50ft in the air doing its 2nd 360 flip thinking he is dead, I'm responsible for boat safety and I'm going to jail for the rest of my life as the law in Italy does not believe in accidents. Again I've never $hit my pants watching TV

As for good at track experiences as a spectator a top fuel drag race, Group B rally cars, Le Mans classic, Goodwood Festival of Speed all need to be seen for real.

Bad TV experience, watching a world championship disappear live a few corners from the end of the last lap of the last race, that put me in a bad mood for a few days. Not TV bit CCTV seeing a rear wing I'd designed come off at high speed almost destroying the car. Not so good TV experiences, I forced myself to watch the last Formula E race, more boring than a boring thing, no over taking no noise and no smell so at the track it must be even worse.

Good TV experiences are a lower resting heart rate while watching the action and not having to travel and get stuck in traffic to watch a race

I was captivated by the last America's Cup and a big Isle of Man TT, Pikes Peak, Bonneville Speed Week fan so these are on my bucket list to see live as the spectacle of speed for real must be mind blowing

For me the track is a must, was trying to sum it up with the picture of the blind guy, holding onto a catch fence with a couple of race cars in the back ground but couldn't find it.