the return of "you know you love F1 when ..."

TeamSideways · Post by **TeamSideways** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:57 pm

i remeber this was one of the best topics in the late forum . so bring it on

moose22 · Post by **moose22** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:07 pm

....you agree that the mother-in-law can come on holiday (postponed by a week) so I can go the British GP cos the hols clashed with Brit GP.

I'm not joking

Balibari · Post by **Balibari** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:27 pm

...you get Sky.

lonix2011 · Post by **lonix2011** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:51 pm

You still some how support Massa.

pendulumeffect · Post by **pendulumeffect** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:01 pm

You start cheering on a Force India running in third until a front runner smashes into it having thought the blue flags were for him.

Tufty · Post by **Tufty** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:15 pm

You go into the laptop repair shop and ask if they can please prioritise your laptop because that's the one with SkyGo on it, and it's GP weekend.

[He said if the part comes in time, he will!]

cmax · Post by **cmax** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:16 pm

You have F1 related websites in the favourite bar on top of your browser window.

Ja'a · Post by **Ja'a** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:22 pm

i remember there's someone who wrote this :

"when we walking, we slipstreaming a person and overtake them"

Siao7 · Post by **Siao7** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:27 pm

Ja'a wrote:i remember there's someone who wrote this :

"when we walking, we slipstreaming a person and overtake them"

I downshift as well!

TeamSideways · Post by **TeamSideways** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:42 pm

*when u have the user password on windows set to "mp4-27" and last year to "RB7"
*when u use the indicator and windscreen wiper as paddle shifters

*when u weave in the rain to keep temps in tyres

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:20 pm

TeamSideways wrote: *when u use the indicator and windscreen wiper as paddle shifters

Yes!

dave_the_fish · Post by **dave_the_fish** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:33 pm

When you take racing lines in the supermarket with your shopping trolley.

I do this all the time

dizlexik · Post by **dizlexik** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:35 pm

dave_the_fish wrote:When you take racing lines in the supermarket with your shopping trolley.

I do this all the time

You are not alone.

minchy · Post by **minchy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:01 pm

This was on the old one as well:

When you tilt your head when driving round corners.

Plus, one I noticed myself doing driving the other day:

Driving as close to the wall as possible - there's a corner near where I live with a wall right at the side of the road, I always manage to hit the drians but never my wing mirror (yet!) Look at the street view and swing the camera around, you'll see what I mean!

f1_is_awsom0 · Post by **f1_is_awsom0** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:08 pm

When you call your wife Fernando during those loving moments...

Tufty · Post by **Tufty** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:14 pm

f1_is_awsom0 wrote:When you call your wife Fernando during those loving moments...

I can see that ending badly for you...

SpeedSaint85 · Post by **SpeedSaint85** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:08 pm

1. Right after every race u switch on your PS3 to play F1 on the track that the GP had just taken place. And you'll switch on that PS3 no matter how boring you had found it to be lately :lol:

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2. When you watch every repeat of the GP that's just taken place.

thehabsonice · Post by **thehabsonice** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:12 pm

When you watch the chinese gp at 3am until 5 am when you are in final exam period

LanaLou · Post by **LanaLou** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:14 pm

1)when you see letters on vehicle number plates and instantly translate them into initials, then in to driver names ...eg MW56 - Mark Webber!

2) you put off meeting a friend because it clashes with a GP - and if you have to meet them, conveniently drag them into a pub to watch the race!

Amon · Post by **Amon** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:16 pm

f1_is_awsom0 wrote:When you call your wife Fernando during those loving moments...

I really don't want to know what fantasies you might have about F1 drivers ...
Don't think Fernando is anyway looking or acting like a woman. Would you like your wife to be/look like him perhaps?

FormulaFun · Post by **FormulaFun** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:39 pm

dave_the_fish wrote:When you take racing lines in the supermarket with your shopping trolley.

I do this all the time

i take it 1 further and make sure my items are placed strategically to give my trolley perfect weight distribution

smersh · Post by **smersh** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:53 pm

You tell your super hot girlfriend to stop giving you head cos he's watching the race

vikz22 · Post by **vikz22** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:02 pm

SchumieRules wrote:
Ja'a wrote:i remember there's someone who wrote this :

"when we walking, we slipstreaming a person and overtake them"

I downshift as well!

i really speed up, keep in the slip stream until the very last moment and then overtake, on the rare occasion you get a Vettel Narin moment which is embarassing :blush:

Benici · Post by **Benici** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:19 pm

...when you insist your wife only communicates with you during a grand prix by either radio or pitboard.

e.g.

--------------------
BEN
P-SOFA
TEA OR COFFEE?
--------------------

Classic · Post by **Classic** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:33 pm

When you turn down "coffee" on a Saturday night date because it's an early morning race weekend.

True story! The girl at the time thought I was respecting her as a woman, and we are still going strong 6 years later.

Nephilist · Post by **Nephilist** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:52 pm

The first thing you do, on booking your wedding and honeymoon is to make sure it doesn't clash with the F1 calender

(not joking)

Nephilist · Post by **Nephilist** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:55 pm

lonix2011 wrote:You still some how support Massa.

C'mon be fair... how can anyone possible top that? :-P

Benici · Post by **Benici** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:11 pm

Nephilist wrote:The first thing you do, on booking your wedding and honeymoon is to make sure it doesn't clash with the F1 calender

Hire a Ferrari and drive to the Italian lakes, then a few nights in Milan, and coupled with Grandstand weekend tickets to the Italian Grand Prix - C'mon! This would be an awesome Honeymoon!

Laura23 · Post by **Laura23** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:13 pm

...when you cry like a baby when your favourite driver loses third place in a race with a few laps to go a la Canada 2011. That was when I realised just how much I still supported Schuey.

Tufty · Post by **Tufty** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:14 pm

Nephilist wrote:The first thing you do, on booking your wedding and honeymoon is to make sure it doesn't clash with the F1 calender

(not joking)

My best mate rescheduled his stag do cos it clashed with Monaco. Sadly now I can't go

TeamSideways · Post by **TeamSideways** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:38 pm

* when u wave ur fist and hand in the air when someone cuts you off or goes slowly thinking that he ruined ur flying lap
* when u pretend to be correcting the car in the exit of corners while what u actually do is just steer in the opposite direction

* when you try left foot braking

fourearedfox · Post by **fourearedfox** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:57 pm

When you know what all of the following mean:

ABS
MSC
EBD
WCC
CFD
FIA
DNF
DRS
FP1
SEN
DNQ
RET
WDC
SAT...

ozrevhead · Post by **ozrevhead** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:02 pm

When you refer to going to the Ladies/Gents as going for a pit stop...

Toby. · Post by **Toby.** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:35 pm

When you drive into a puddle on a mostly-dry road to stop your tyres from overheating.
When you drive on the drying line on a wet road.

Kiante · Post by **Kiante** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:41 pm

For the guys and gals in the US.

When we get tired of the commericals on Speed TV, then we go on the internet and stream it. Then have both on at the same time to make sure we do not miss one piece of the race.

Wake up on time for the race, but not for school the next day. :nod:

Knowing each individual helmet in the field.

Prettending to have paddle-shifts behind the steering wheel.

ashley313 · Post by **ashley313** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:05 am

When your friend sends you this article http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... rhome?lite and neither of you want to admit that you think it looks like Schumacher because you're trying really hard to discuss something other than F1.

When you believe that when you are commuting, and you no longer go for a gap that exists... then you are no longer a true commuter driver.

When you think of your drive to and from home as in and out laps.

When your friend buys new tires and you ask if they are options or primes.

When you compare US political figures to paddock personalities.

When you try to guess what actors would play which drivers in a movie about F1.

When everyone knows not to bother inviting you to the party because they know its a race weekend and you'll be staying home to watch the live feed at 2am.

When your first thought when it starts pouring rain on the highway is "safety car".

When your best girl friend, who knows nothing about cars, understands how the DDRS works because you like to explain F1 technology when wasted.

Guilty of all of this in the last few months

mcramsey · Post by **mcramsey** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:22 am

"You know you love F1 when...Kimi became the World Champion"

:lol:

chilli_boy3 · Post by **chilli_boy3** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:39 am

Cringing when your aunty gets a Honda jazz (when my cousin crashed the corolla), but then wanting to drive it after you find out it has paddle shift

Seriously have no idea why it has them though :S

broken · Post by **broken** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:40 am

the first web page opened in the morning is this one and not facebook!

hittheapex · Post by **hittheapex** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:03 am

When you cut yourself off from internet, TV and radio entirely for a 3 week trip abroad in a region where F1 can't be broadcast live but does receive plenty of English news. I even managed to avoid results when I returned back to the UK.

That was a bumper week of sport, 2 GP's prerecorded and then I watched the British GP live. Happy days!