Actually bowls is the only sport I find, as a spectator, interesting enough to go out of my way to watch. I prefer indoor (long mat) to crown or green but they're all interesting semi-interactive spectator sports. However, "the sport of kings" is horse racing, something I neither indulge nor watch but as an investment medium I follow.
I dont understand why that guy isn't already in a secure institute for criminal lunatics. It was great to see VdL smiling and doing his aeroplane wings on the last stretch despite arguably having been deprived of first place.