Pretty ambivalent towards them since the start, and still the same now. So I can't understand the fuss, personally.
I guess I'm not a typical motorsport fan when I say this, but to be honest, I don't really care what they sound like, how many cylinders they have, or how much BHP they produce. Noise and numbers don't make a blind bit of difference when it comes to my enjoyment of the sport.
What does make a difference, however, is the quality of the racing. I watch motorsport, first and foremost, to be entertained. I love seeing close, competitive racing, and I don't care what category it is, whether it's F1, touring cars, bikes or whatever.
All I really care about is the quality of the racing. They could put an engine the size of a sugar cube (Tooned reference, FTW! ) and as long as we had exciting racing, it wouldn't matter to me.
Really, my only complaints about F1 at the moment come from how predictable it often is. I'd love it if we could have more than two teams capable of winning, and a more even playing field where money isn't the be all and end all to success. I realise of course, that not every race is going to be an edge-of-your-seat thriller, but the racing at the moment is just...meh. We often hear how F1 is 'the pinnacle of motorsport' - and surely that should be reflected in the quality of the racing.
TL;DR - I didn't particularly care either way at the start, and I'm still that way now.
Edited by JHSingo, 21 April 2015 - 19:14.