The 2014 F1 season was my first time watching formula one.
I found the Autosport forums early in 2014 and found the various poster and threads a great help in educating me about the sport.
And I would like to share the top five things that I learned from my fellow Autosport forum members.
(Yes, this is total tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.)
1: Being beaten by your teammate is a sure sign of inferiority.
Forever marking ones skillset as belonging to those F1 pilots of the second class. A black stain on one’s racing record that will follow you throughout your career, forever separating you from being considered as one of the racing elite.
Unless that drivers name happens to be Jenson Button.
2: DRS is an Abomination.
It is the symbol of all that is wrong with modern F1, the very thief of proper overtaking, and is to be roundly condemned at every opportunity, for even the slightest reason. No invective is too strong when applied to the overtaking horror show that is the upturned wing flap of the DRS being used in action.
Unless you are Daniel Ricciardo, and you use it to overtake Nico Rosberg for the lead in the last remaining laps of the Canadian Gran Prix. In that case no one cares… Because, well; Screw you Rosberg!
3: The resurgence of Williams back to the top of the grid, was one of the best stories of the 2014 F1 season.
To go from scoring only 5 points in 2013 to climbing to number three in the WCC with nine podium finishes, is a noteworthy achievement. While not having the racing savvy to snag some wins off of Mercedes mistakes this year like Red Bull, they are definitely on the upswing, and they have a good driver line up going into 2015.
But such a story would have been even better if the word ‘Williams’ was replaced with ‘McLaren’. (Or Ferrari if you're not from England...)
4: Vettel is the Devil.
Riding around with his little German finger in the air… I mean come on! Everyone knows that the Newey-mobile he was in was the real reason that he won four titles in a row. Having the same driver win four titles in a row made F1 boring and uninteresting to watch. Dominant streaks like the 4 year run of Redbull and the 2014 run by Mercedes are bad for the sport.
Of course if McLaren or Ferrari went on a dominant streak; that would be a different story....
5: The engine sound is Horrible.
In fact it is so bad I should really stop watching F1 right now. Just listen to it – it sounds like a wet fart and a lawn mower had a love child. How can I watch f1 with such a bad engine sound?
*nine races into the season*
The pathetic engine sound detracts from making f1 special and I really can’t stand to watch it anymore. There is no reason anymore to attend any of the races let alone watch them on television.
*end of the F1 season*
I really don’t think I will watch F1 in 2015, it has lost so much since they went to the v6 turbo’s. The bad sound really made the whole season un-watchable. Although I’m glad that Hamilton won and that the championship wasn’t decided on double points.
*starts thread on bad 2015 engine noise*
Did I mention that this is not in any way serious...???
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That was funny Wes, a fun read.
