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[metz]

^{.........when you open your closet and every item of clothing is from some team and the mix feels like a history lesson.}

[Murraytastic]

When you suggest to your 11 year old daughter who is good at maths and science that Motorsport Engineering would probably be a good career choice....

 

When you spend 5 days living in a sea of mud and not being able to set foot outside your tent without wellies and full waterproof gear on, but not caring because you are at a Grand Prix weekend   (yes, I am a survivor of Silverstone 2012)

[bourbon]

-when standing in a long line in the supermarket, and somebody cuts the line in front of you, you start shouting MULTI 21 MATE

 

[sennafan24]

when you jump around like a mentalist when the chain comes on in a nightclub and your mates look blankly at you.

 

Not that I would know of coarse 

[R Soul]

When you're still gutted about Damon Hill not winning the 1997 Hungarian GP

[discover23]

When you suggest to your 11 year old daughter who is good at maths and science that Motorsport Engineering would probably be a good career choice....

 

LOL .- I did that to an intern here at work..

Edited by discover23, 26 September 2013 - 22:18.

[DeLoreanFan]

I always found boring or felt like rolling my eyes when I would tell people I'm from Brazil and they would say, "Oh, Bossa Nova, The Girl from Ipanema, right?" (followed by an attempt to sing it) or "Samba", Or,  "You guys are destroying the Amazon Forest" or "Soccer"... I used to think, "Gosh, it must have a better way to introduce oneself to a foreigner".

 

But in the last few years every time I discover someone's nationality through conversations, I always mention a F1 driver from his/her country; I always get these funny facial expressions or puzzled looks.

[RealRacing]

When there are things like DRS, mandatory tyre changes, parc ferme rules, TOs, gearbox seals broken on purpose, Flavio, diMontezemolo, among others, and you still keep watching.

[eronrules]

... when you stay the hell out of 'Is it the car (or designer) or the ability of the driver' threads cause you know how F1 works 

[rjtart]

How about being a kid in the USA in 1970. Devoutly following a sport with no TV broadcasts and ignored by all broadcast news media. Not knowing anyone who recognizes the names Jackie Stewart or Jack Brabham, Eagerly anticipating each race weekend, then scouring the sports pages the following morning hoping for a one or two sentence synopsis of yesterday's GP. From there, waiting for Road & Track magazine to hit the newsstands to find out what really happened on that race weekend 2 1/2 months ago.

[SophieB]

...when you see someone walking down the street wearing F1 merchandise and you get an uncontrollable urge to shout "I LIKE F1 TOO!"

 

Equally, you wear F1 stuff secretly hoping this will happen and that you will be congratulated on your amazing taste.

[wattoroos]

...When you're exam timetable for uni comes out, and you have an exam the day after a race, you already know what you'll be doing that day, then wonder why 'special consideration' doesn't apply to your situation 

[HoldenRT]

When the words "for sure" and "not ideal" creep into your everyday vocab.

[DrivenF1]

...When you're exam timetable for uni comes out, and you have an exam the day after a race, you already know what you'll be doing that day, then wonder why 'special consideration' doesn't apply to your situation 

 

I know that feeling. I've had that feeling even worse for tennis. Try having exams in January around the Australian Open when a lot of the best matches are in the early AM hours (any way that's a topic for another thread! )

[wattoroos]

I know that feeling. I've had that feeling even worse for tennis. Try having exams in January around the Australian Open when a lot of the best matches are in the early AM hours (any way that's a topic for another thread! )

I live in Australia, so the grand prix are generally at 10pm night so I will miss a whole day of just waiting for the latest news, watching the GP2, procrastination at its finest

[Masenco]

When you allow yourself one change of direction to block someone trying to overtake you on the footpath

[Kobasmashi]

When even though the motorway journey isn't too long, you still feel obliged to pull off for a mandatory pit stop

[ZuTiMa]

... when you translate tweets from Spanish just not to miss out on anything F1 related (Jose Luis in this case hahaha)

[ZuTiMa]

...when you remember every races date and time but not your wedding anniversary!

[Youichi]

When driving in heavy traffic, you weave to keep your tyres warm

[Linther]

When your read "Otto Stuppacher" and you instantly remember a blue Tyrell.

[SealTheDiffuser]

When driving in heavy traffic, you weave to keep your tyres warm

 

when you drive behind someone slow and instead of tailgating you let yourself fall back and start weaving to pretend to yourself that you are behind the safety car.

[TimRTC]

I was saying the other day that the sure sign of a broad minded motorsports fan is when someone mentions the British Grand Prix and you have to ask them which one they mean... F1, MotoGP, Rally Cross, Truck Racing, MotoCross etc.

[ZuTiMa]

....when driving on a narrow road you wait for the car in front (pretend safety car) to turn off, you back everyone up as the lead car and you then floor it leaving everyone in your dust!

Edited by ZuTiMa, 27 September 2013 - 12:52.

[eronrules]

... when you walk in a hurry and you twitch your left and right hand fingers as if you're shifting through gears (like the paddle shifter)

 

 

p.s i do it all the time, it's a habit of mine 

[purplehaireddolphin]

you hear The Chain on the radio and wonder why you're not sitting in front of the TV

[KirilVarbanov]

When you arrive home driving, thinking "Box, box, box! Torque map 1".

[caccamolle]

When you stand as close as possible to the long straight at Monza GP and refuse to wear ear plugs to enjoy the infernal screaming of the engines when the cars fly by with 340 kmh

 

wow !!  I could not do that, but I see what you mean....that noise is music heaven

[Racer3]

... when you walk in a hurry and you twitch your left and right hand fingers as if you're shifting through gears (like the paddle shifter)

i do it all the time, it's a habit of mine 

 

e-run rules? 

[discover23]

When you find ways in the winter to drive inside Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal and find your way into the circuit to do hot laps in your 10 year old sedan..

[purplehaireddolphin]

you drive past the silverstone sign on the motorway and make a NEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW sound 

[Brother Fox]

You see this matchbox car in Kmart, and HAVE to get one for your son - and your mates son

[autosportfan]

On Twitter there's an account called "Ur an F1 Fan If" or something like that.The idea behind it is you start off with the @ur and F1 fan if...........and then add your own little gem and I thought it might work well on here, so I'll start us off................
 
You know you're an F1 fan if
when you hear the letters HRT, you think of a defunct F1 team and not some sort of medication
 
 
 
Keep em short, like a tweet 

.... when u think like purpleredhairdolphin!

Thanks, great thread and fun to read!

[purplehaireddolphin]

Awww shucks, ta. Wish it was my idea to start with, but I just nicked it from Twitter 

[undersquare]

You come out of a roundabout just right and say "There are three things..."

 

and your wife says: "that matter: exit speed, exit speed, and exit speed!"  

[purplehaireddolphin]

you understand the tech regs of F1 more than you do the offside rule!

[HuddersfieldTerrier1986]

....when you tilt your head as though you're an F1 driver while driving on the road or on a game while going round bends

[purplehaireddolphin]

you wonder why your visit to KwikFit takes longer than 2.5 seconds

[ZuTiMa]

... you stop by your local tyre supplier and insist on Michelin, hoping to rekindle the last great tyre war.

[The Kanisteri]

...when police stops you and ask about erratic driving and you reply: "I was heating up my tires and brakes. I know what I am doing!".

[olliek88]

...when you spend more time on google maps looking at circuits around the world than for places you actually need to find.

[ZuTiMa]

ViVa F1 ‏@VivaAlonso 1m

@Ur_an_F1_fan_if ... you can pronounce "Spa-Francorchamps"

 

ViVa F1 ‏@VivaAlonso 4m

@Ur_an_F1_fan_if .... you barely notice the off-season, because of testing, news, etc.

 

ViVa F1 ‏@VivaAlonso 6m

@Ur_an_F1_fan_if ... you say “Senna-esque”.

 

ViVa F1 ‏@VivaAlonso 8m

@Ur_an_F1_fan_if ... you have more Formula One related links in your favourites folder than all of your links combined.

[Sausage]

...if you still watch F1.

 

(yeah sorry, I'm utterly bored atm with F1 but still watch it, can't wait for next years start)