#this was the first f1 season that i properly followed and invested my time into

[foul-milk]

AND THEN THEY ALL WENT TO DINNER

[thearchercore]

I’m new to f1, and also just new to watching/following a sport. I got into it because I saw clips of Charles driving in Las Vegas and I was so captivated by his overtakes and control that I just jumped straight into f1! But also as a new fan, and as a Master’s student focusing on how to manipulate/influence feelings, narratives, and beliefs through specific word use, I’m really quite disappointed in a lot of the media surrounding f1. Like, the way that the media and loads of people are currently focusing on really pitting Charles and Carlos against each other instead of focusing on the improvements Ferrari made from last year, it’s really irritating. But obviously, I get that people are obsessed with making a story, and so when making it they are so biased and therefore refuse to consider every variable that should absolutely be considered as it influences the outcome. Like putting a driver on a pedestal, as well as that of tearing another driver down while both are doing great simply to create a narrative. Also, as it is so early in the season, there is really not any guarantee for anything yet. I will admit to having been so obsessed with the current results that I somehow forgot just how little of the season has actually happened. With that, sure qualifying wasn’t the greatest for Charles today but p8 is still good, and we can’t forget how close the times of most of those in the top 10 was!

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your blog and especially the tips you just gave about not letting the results affect one personally, cuz this is such a new experience for me to be so invested in a sport and it can be very overwhelming. I’m really still learning how to properly let go and not let it all affect my day-to-day!

aw a vegas baby! welcome!!! i still think of that race fondly even if i was stressed at like, 5am lol.

and yeah you got it, nothing really happened. so much can change so jumping to conclusions like this is irresponsible, especially on the media's end. so it's better to just buckle up and wait for this to unfold as we see the first upgrades on sf24 and how they improve the car and its results.

[freeuselandonorris]

has your favourite driver changed over time? who was it and who is it now?

hi anon!! YES. i've had a fair few favourites.

F1-wise, when i first started watching as an adult my favourite was nico rosberg and i was very heavily invested in the brocedes madness (and heartbroken when he retired). i also loved jev (jean-eric vergne) and danny ric.

after nico retired and jev moved to formula e (which i didn't watch regularly until season 4) i moved on to danny ric pretty religiously, followed him up to red bull and was really into him until 2020, by which point it just felt, frankly, too depressing lmao. i still follow him and like him, but i have no desire to see him go back to red bull so i find it hard to get invested.

i kind of dipped out of F1 for a few years - still watched every race but had no particular allegiances - and got more heavily into FE, where my favourites are/were jev and mitch evans (though mitch has definitely risen higher up the rankings over the last few years).

aaaand then sometime last year i absolutely lost my mind about lando and oscar, and they were largely responsible for getting me properly committed to F1 again despite the frankly dire state of the racing at times.

[babysdrivers]

tagged by @cillianmurphys 🖤 thank you!

who is your favourite f1 driver?

all time fave is sebastian vettel of course <3

do you have any other fave f1 drivers?

lewis and charles are my favourites on the current grid, i'm a bit of a grid whore though i like a lot of drivers!

who is your least favourite driver?

honestly probably nico hulkenberg like i just don't understand why he's still here what does he even do??? also his hair is stupid

do you just root for drivers or do you like teams as well?

i root for drivers first and foremost but i also root for teams as well, especially during the italian grand prix :)

if you like teams, which?

i have been cursed to be a tifosi 😔 it was not a life i chose but one that was bestowed upon me

how long have you been into f1?

first full season i watched where i properly followed the championship was 2018 but i watched races on and off before then round my neighbour's house, she was a huge lewis fan and i helped decorate her bedroom inspired by the 2008 mclaren mercedes

what got you into f1?

i had been watching races here and there but it wasn't until i started watching interviews with seb in 2017 that i really got into it and got invested in the championship, he just seemed like such a nice lad i had to root for him (not the best timing i know)

do you enjoy fanfic/rpf?

i don't read fanfic at all, it's just not my thing.

how do you view new fans?

i think it can be frustrating at times when people who've been watching the sport for 5 whole minutes chime in with the most out of pocket opinions, but at the end of the day we all started somewhere! the only issue i have with post-dts fans is those who treat f1 as a reality show rather than a sport, something we can only blame netflix for i think.

do you have any friends or family who are into f1?

i'm so jealous of people who grew up in f1 households, up until a couple years ago everyone in my family hated f1 🥲 my sister did get into it in 2022 though after watching dts

if your could take over as team principal for any team, who would it be and why?

i'm taking over alpine, someone's gotta be there for my man esteban

are you open to talking to other fans/making friends?

that's why i'm here!

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