The future of the F1 race calendar --- Are we running out of tracks?!

2016 was the season with the most F1 races ever. The cars drove at 21 venues all around the world, which was nice for many F1 fans, because we had through that a lot of back to back race weekends and could see even more of the on track action. But in 2017 the lights are only going out on 20 occasions. Lately, there haven't been too many good news about some venues which hosted F1 races in 2016 and will host them in 2017 again.
First of all, there's the worst case scenario in the form of the German Grand Prix. After just one year back in the calendar, Hockenheim couldn't agree on a contract for 2017. Many people see that as an entire end of the German GP, but if you ask me, that isn't the case. The German GP itself has a contract until 2018, which means the race is most likely to come back next year. Furthermore, it wouldn't be the Hockenheimring to host the German F1 race next year, it would be the Nürburgring. But due to financial problems, there won't be a race too soon or maybe even never again, which is quite sad, because that track is a classic one and should be a part of F1 just like Monza, Silverstone or Monaco are. What I want to say with that is that Hockenheim never really wanted a race in 2017 because they wouldn't have one and it is not envidaged in their plans. When I was at the race this year, the fans were told to hopefully be seen again in 2018. They never talked about a 2017. And so there isn't one. The real problem is, that the problems don't end with that. Yes, there is the contract until 2018 and yes I'm sure that there will be a race in 2018, but what after that? Is Hockenheim or Germany itself even interested in renewing the contract? I pretty much start to doubt that, because the track itself made over the last few years it hosted F1 only financial losses, due to the lack of fans visting the track during a F1 weekend. And for me as a German that's sad to see. And I really understand what they mean with "lack of fans". They didn't even open all grandstands and had to put huge ad banners above them to cover them and don't show the not existing interest in F1 in a country, from which the reigning Constructors champions are. And at the grandstands that were opened were so many empty seats, especially during the Friday and Saturday sessions. So it's not surprising that the track can't gain anything out of the race, so why should they continue it? It's just a shame, but let's see what will happen in the future.
Moreover there are some tracks on the calendar which seem to really want to have a F1 race, but are a bit shaky because of the infrastructure. The venues I mean with that are the Canadian and the Brazilian GP, another two classic tracks. Luckily, those two could convince Bernie and the FOM to have a race next season. But now, they really need to sort out the encountered problems, or we are going to lose another two phenomenal circuits.
And finally, there are the countries which don't even want to have a race anymore, which are the Singapore and the Malaysian GP. The reason both venues are giving for their loss of interest in a F1 race is, just like it is in Germany, the loss of fans and by that the lose of money, which makes me even more nervous about the German GP to just ring down the curtain after 2018. If they are not going to renew their contract, next years Singapore GP is going to be the last one and with that we will lose the place, where the first F1 night race was hosted in 2008. Malaysia still has its contract until 2018, so we are going to be there at least for the next two seasons again.
On the plus side, we had also some good news in the last weeks. In 2008, we didn't only have the first Singapore GP, but also the last French GP to date. But that is going to change in 2018, when we will be back there, but not at Magny Cours, where it was hosted the last time and which was an absolute great track from my point of view, but sadly also had a huge infrastructure problem. In 2018, the French GP will be hosted in Le Castellet, at the Circuit Paul Ricard, which hosted the French GP already between 1971 and 1990. So as we can see, F1 is finally returning to a historical place, which is always agood thing.
But what if  THAT "worst case scenario" actually happens? First of all, let me describe how it would look in my eyes: It would mean, that the German, Canadian, Brazilian, Singapore and Malaysian GP would leave F1 and only the French GP rejoin until the end of 2018. So, we would make minus of 4 tracks and only have 16 races left in the F1 calendar. That's the least amount of races since 2003. There wouldn't be a need of back to back weekends and that means by far more boring Sundays for us fans, But let's stay realistic, that is really a worst case scenario, because the Canadian and Brazilian GP are most likely to stay, so we shouldn't think too much about that (or should we?)
But what I really want to think of, is the possible return of some classic F1 tracks, and maybe also some newcomers to the sport, just in case all of the named tracks are actually going to drop off. Honestly spoken, I never was the biggest fan of the Malaysian GP and I wouldn't really mind to stop racing there, if there would be a fitting replacement. The track I'd really love to see back on the calendar is Imola!
Yes, I know we already have an Italian race on the calendar with Monza and I really hope it's never going to be dropped, because it is a true classic and we need that track. But why shouldn't we have two races in a country, if the fans, the country and the people who are responsible for the track  really want it? Just call it the San Marinio GP just like it was before, and everyone would be fine with it. MotoGP is still doing that excessively. We are having 4 races in Spain (The, surprise, Spanish GP, Catalunya GP, Aragon GP and Valencia GP) and also 2 races in Italy, also in form of a San Marino GP. The Reason for that are the huge fan bases because the most competitive drivers are coming from these countries. If F1 would adapt that concept, we would need to have at least 3 races in Germany but instead we are getting nothing for the next season. The Italian fans in F1 are very passionate, and I'm sure a race in Imola would be a sellout.
As already mentioned, Germany is not getting one race next season, although we are having at this point 3 confirmed drivers (but surely 4 once Wehrlein gets a contract somewhere) we Germans won't have the chance to see them live at home. And my question is, why not look out for other tracks in Germany instead of the Nürburgring and Hockenheim? Don't get me wrong, I really do love both tracks and think they should be part of the calendar too, but they are having their financial problems and seem to have lost interest in F1. Two tracks that came into my mind are the Sachsenring and The EuroSpeedway Lausitz.
First of all, let's talk about the more unrealistic one: The Sachsenring. It's pro's would be that it attracts almost the most amount of fans in the whole MotoGP season, which would mean that it seems possible, that also a lot of motorsport fans would attend a F1 race there. So, from the financial point of view, it should be pretty save. And I'll be honest: I'm living really close to that track, I could drive home after every day visiting it, so maybe I'm a bit too much dreaming here, because we also need to look at the con's: It's not build for F1 cars. It's quite narrow and short, which means that it would need a whole expansion to host an F1 race that is most unlikely to happen, again because of the finances. I mean where should that money come from?
But well, we still have the Lausitzring. It's a huge complex, that can hold a lot of fans, there are different layouts which could be used and the interest of fans should be there too. Furthermore, also the traffic connection shouldn't be too bad, so why not?
Alright to finish this off, I don't really think that we are going to run out of tracks in F1. I hold the view there are many countries interested in having a race, and the ones who really want one are going to get it. Maybe not according to the wishes I gave you here, but oh well at least Imola shouldn't be completely unrealistic. Anyways, thanks for reading again! Which track would you like to see in the F1 calendar? Write me your wishes into the comments, I'm really interested in those!

Georg

Formula 1 2017! --- A new era, a new dominator? --- Hopes and expectations

The title might could indicate to you, that I didn't like the 2016 F1 season, but the opposite is the case! What we have seen that year was one of the best seasons of this aerodynamic era, which started back in 2009. If I had to rank it, I would put it right behind 2010 and 2012, so it stands especially out of the new engine era, which started in 2014. And I think most of us will agree, that 2014 and 2015 were some of the worst seasons that Formula 1 ever threw at us. The biggest reason for that is, that we had one huge dominator, that couldn't be beaten by another team, unless they did huge mistakes. Mercedes were just too strong over the last 3 seasons, which gave us too many boring races, which most of the fans couldn't handle with. Some might argue, that Red Bull had the same dominance, when Vettel won 4 championships in a row. But that dominance wasn't as strong as the one of Mercedes from 2014-2016. Outstanding is the 2012 season, where we had 8 different winners throughout the season, with 7 different ones right at the beginning (and even Maldonado winning!). In the current engine era, we had an "impressive" amount of 4 different winners in a season as a record. And that was 2016. Still, that sounds quite lame, doesn't it? In addition to that, many of the rule changes in 2014 just ruined a lot the fans liked so much about Formula 1. We'll just need to talk about the engine sound. When I was at Hockenheim that season, I didn't even need to think about a noise protection during the F1 sessions. Then, I watched a GP2 session. The second class. And the sound was awesome. Without a noise protection I honestly spoken could not have watched it. I have to admit, that I think that's quite embarassing for, what calls itself "The premier competition in motorsport".
But what now? An F1 era finds an end and a new one will start. Again with one huge dominator? Possibly yes, hopefully not. And then there is the question, who will it be? For me personally, that is one of the most difficult questions to answer at the moment in Formula 1, because it could be anyone! The most obvious choices would be Mercedes, which just continue their run, or Red Bull, who were almost everytime good, when there was an aerodynamic change, due to their great aerodynamics department. And in addition to that the fact that they don't have to focus on engine building. Then, there's also Ferrari. And my heart is bleeding that I have to say this as a Vettel fan, but my head says that they won't compete for the championship again next season. Of course, my heart wants that to happen, but I hold the view that there are too many problerms within the team and their boss, who is too impatient and creates by that too much pressure on the team,which is just counter productive. But oh well, I'll just hope for the best and think positive!
And those were the obvious choices every F1 fan would give you if they got asked who will be the most competitive in 2017. But my list of possibilities doesn't end here. For me, there are also McLaren and Renault, who could get at least a chance to sneak closer to the top 3 and be candidates for at least cheeky podiums. You may ask why exactly those two backrunners from 2016? Well, if we look at McLaren, they had one of the best chassis already this year. Their only problem was the underperforming Honda engine, which got at least better since their comeback in 2014. In an era, which focuses more on the chassis and not on the engine, they could become (finally!) a good challenger again. Also, they will have a huge talent and one of the best drivers on the grid behind their two steering wheels. Moreover, there is Renault, which may seem even more unrealistic for some of you, and maybe it actually is. But think about it. We have a manufacturer team, which started 2016 with a car, which was built for a completely different engine. And the engine they fitted at the start of the season was far from as good as the Mercedes engine would have been. But as we have seen with Red Bull, who also drove (and will drive next season again) with a rebranded Renault engine, and could even win 2 races that season, they improved immensely fast their engine power. And even though it won't be as good as the Mercedes engine, again we have the factor, that aerodynamics will be more important than engine power next season, which all over again could give them a boost. And they won't have a problem with development, because as a manufacturer team, there are not going to be any cutbacks with the money.
And what if there's not only one team,which will dominate the whole season? The best case scenario would be, if 2 teams, maybe even 3, could challenge with at least one driver for the 2017 world drivers championship. We didn't have that since 2012 and as already stated, 2012 was awesome. This is one of my biggest hopes I have for the upcoming season.
Another hope is, that the cars will look like a real racing machine again! Don't get me wrong on this one, the cars since 2014 already looked at least quite fine, but they can't be compared to the beasts we had from about 2005 to 2008. Oh yeah, especially the 2008 cars were impressive in terms of look, just like F1 should be. Aggressive and loud and fast. Well, that already includes two attributes that the cars weren't during the last seasons. I won't complain about their speed, that was absolutely fine and for me personally already enough. Faster cars don't mean better racing. But I won't criticize next years cars now by the fact, that they are going to be faster with their much bigger tires. And by that, we come already to one of the points, which the cars from the last aero era lacked. Aggressiveness. I still can remember back in 2009, when I saw the new revealed cars for the first time, I just said:"Wow, they look bad! What did they do with the rear wing, that's horrible!" And I'm honest here, those were at least analogous my words back then, when I was 11 years old. Even in that age I realized, what harm F1 did to themselves back then. And from 2009 ongoing, we saw that huge decline in views F1 got, which just proves me in my statement.
But the 2017 cars want to make it better again. The rear wing is lower again, similar to how it was before 2009. For me personally, one of the best changes they could have thought of! In addition to that, there are the wider tires, which I already spoke about. Not only that they will make the cars faster, they also just look sick. Already only these two changes are going to make the cars look so much better in comparison to the ones we had lately, and this is a fact that gets me hyped for the next season! Oh and yeah, there is still the sound thing I mentioned. Well, that won't change for next season but let us be happy with what is given to us for now.
In conclusion to that topic, I just can hope that some of my expectations will become reality and that we are going to have an exciting Formula 1 season next year. For now, we have to look forward to the car presentations and first tests in Barcelona and I can tell you, I am more than just keen on those! Thanks for reading and leave a comment about your expectations, which team will be the dominant one in 2017 and how you like the technical changes for the next year. To read more of my motorsport and especially F1 related posts, just subscribe to the blog!

Georg

How I "met" Michael Schumacher on vacation

Sounds strange, doesn't it? But I'm telling you a story that really happened. Yes, I met Michael Schumacher. Kind of. But before we come to that, I have to tell you a bit more about the circumstances. First of all, I need to remember as much of the story as I can, because it's obviously a long time ago, let's see how much I can put together again.

So, the whole story takes place back in 2005, which means I was 6 years old. My parents, some friends of them and I went to France. A classical summer vacation at the Côte d' Azur. We had a nice cottage with a pool and all, so most of the vacation was great. Most of it? Yeah, for the ones of you who already visited southern France along the Côte d' Azur in summer will know, that the traffic jam reaches another level of insanity. For those who never were there, here's an example: The town we lived in is located right at the sea. Still, we had to drive a few kilometres, should be about 10, from our house to the beach. If I can remember right (which is quite hard for me, as I already stated, so I might exaggerate here) it almost took us about 30 to 45 minutes to get to the beach, and for that, we didn't even need to leave the town!

Well, of course you're not on a holiday to only chill out at the pool or at the beach. So we did travel around a bit to see some of the cities there, as well as Nice, St. Tropez and, to make that whole story a bit more F1 related, also Monaco! As you can already imagine by now, a lot of those travels were connected with a lot of traffic jams. You needed to plan about 2 hours for the trip to somewhere, and also 2 hours to get back home. As I said, just insane. The same story applied obviously also to the Monaco trip. But right there it was even worse than everything else we witnessed before. We didn't even park somewhere, because the possibility for that wasn't given, so what we did instead was (oh lucky me!) to try and drive around the F1 track! And that's quite hard, needless to say that the boundaries of the track are not build up on a normal day in Monte Carlo. Still, we managed to do that quite well, although I can remember we left the track unwittingly one or two times, but surprisngly always found a way back on it. I still have pictures in my head how we drove along the start finish straight and also passed through the tunnel, which was a really nice feeling, although we could obviously not do that at high speed like a race car, because.... well.... do I really have to tell you more about traffic jams?
But now, let's come to the story the headline is all about. I included that whole Monaco thing on the one hand, because that's an F1 blog and also gives a nice story which wouldn't be long enough for an own post and on the other hand, because it's also connected to the whole story, . But how? Well, the friends of my parents also had a son, who's even younger than me and was about 3 years old at that time. And in that age, he also already was a Michael Schumacher fan and got a Ferrari shirt bought in Monaco (he and his parents found somehow somewhere a parking lot, still don't know how the've done that, maybe they parked on a yacht or so). I as well tended to wear always a whole Michael Schumacher outfit (Ferrari shirt and trousers) during that holiday. One day, somebody of my parents (can't quite remember who) read somewhere that Michael Schumacher was having a vacation as well at the Côte d' Azur. When I heard that, of course I thought in my childish naivity, that we would somehow see him, but which was of course completely unrealistic. Or was it?
Some days after those news, we did another trip to one of the smaller cities in southern France. Therefore, we easily could find a parking lot this time and surprisingly there were almost no cars driving on the street. I was wearing my whole Michael Schumacher outfit again on that day. It was lunchtime, so we searched for a restaurant and walked along that street. Then, a cyclist appeared on the street, dressed in wine-red and drove slowly into our direction. When he was at our height, he got slowlier and looked at us, especially at me and the son of our friend. That friend is the father of that son and he looked that man into the face, stood there a moment quite astonished and than shouted excited: "That's him! That's Michael Schumacher!" After he shouted that, the cyclist started to pedal faster again and drove further past us. I also was so astonished by that, I didn't even really noticed what happened right in that moment, all I can really remember is looking after him driving away. When I asked my father about that whole story later, who also looked Michael into the face, he said he grinned after our friend shouted those "That's him!" words, and had a Ferrari backpack on his back. But I'm not to sure if that really was the case, that was nothing that I really looked for.
But yeah, that's how I met Michael Schumacher, at least kind of. I guess the reason why he drove so slowly past us, was because I wore that whole outfit with his name written big on my T-Shirt, as well as the son of our friend, who wore his Ferrari shirt as well. That would at least also explain why he grinned at us (and of course also that he got recognized). And well, why he drove away after we recognized him is also understandable. I wouldn't like to spent time either with crazy German fans during my holiday, that he obviously had, just like we heard earlier during our vacation in the news. Maybe he was also a bit startled by that shout, because it was a really loud and excited one. Some of you might think, that it's quite sad that he didn't stop and had a little chat with us and today I also think a bit so, especially because he got his really bad injury now and nobody really knows how it stands about him. But hey, as I already mentioned, on the other hand it's more than understandable for me, because it was his holiday. And I really think he was a bit shocked :D
Well, that was an a bit more private story about my experiences with Formula 1. If you had any similar experiences like I had there, or even met Michael in person too (maybe also talked to him), just write that into the comments, I'm keen on learning about that! If you want to hear more stories and about my opinions about Formula 1, just subscribe to the blog, I'll try to get out at least one post per week. Thanks for reading!

Georg

#KeepFightingMichael

Rosberg retires! A bad decision? --- The Replacement Question

The news dropped like a bomb yesterday. The reigning World Drivers Champion Nico Rosberg will leave Formula 1 and with that one of the most coveted cockpits the sport has to give. Therefore, he won't defend his title next season, which was highly criticized by a lot of F1 fans and experts. But did he really make a bad decision to retire?

If you ask me: No. He did the right thing. To be insulted as a "coward" and even worse by many, because he wants to have more time with his family, don't even seem to know how hard the business of Formula 1 really is. Travelling all around the world is of course a dream of many, and even gain money by that by driving a car for a weekend around a track may be a dream as well for some, but they seem to forget, that all of those drivers only have a few weeks during the whole season, they can come home and spend time with their families. Rosberg just became a father last year, and I hold the view he noticed, that he couldn't be there for his daughter just as much as he wanted to be. 

Furthermore, F1 might not be as physically demanding as it was ten or twenty or thirty years ago, but the fact is that Rosberg definitely had to deal with a lot of psychological attacks, which found their peaks in Abu Dhabi, as we all could see last weekend. Hamilton tried to back him into his opponents, so he would lose position or even cause a crash with them, so he could take away his fourth World Drivers Trophy. Having some immensely fast drivers like Verstappen (who might still need a bit more experience and didn't use the cleanest moves in the past) and Sebastian Vettel, who had a blast through the field on fresher tires, can really have an impact on your psyche, which most of the people (and maybe even drivers in Formula 1) just couldn't stand. In addition to that, his direct opponent Hamilton used a lot of allusions in press conferences (where he sat right next to him) and interviews  to make him feel unworthy and "not good enough". And not only in the finale he had to deal with that pressure. He already had lost 2 championships to his teammate, which almost could come close to a humiliation if he would have lost 3 times in a row. Therefore, he had to deal with that pressure to finally turn the tide throughout the whole season. And don't let us forget: It was the longest season Formula 1 ever had, so there was much to lose throughout the season. It must have been the greatest relief of his life, when he finally crossed that finish line in Abu Dhabi. And as far as I can see, he just doesn't want to have that pressure ever again in his life, which maybe could be even bigger next year, if he had to defend his title against a highly motivated Hamilton and maybe other drivers, who could get cars which are closer to the top in 2017 than that season (Ricciardo? Verstappen? Vettel? Somebody completely else?) I can definitely understand, why he doesn't want to have that again next season and also, why should he? He accomplished everything you can in Formula 1 and achieved his big childhood dream. 

And don't let us forget: He's not the first driver to not take a ride in the following season as a reigning champion. Nigel Mansell, who just like him drove an overpowered car back in 1992, decided against a contract in Formula 1 and took the opportunity to start in Indy car in 1993. Okay okay, he wanted to have another challenge (and even accomplished that by winning it in the same year he joined!) and didn't leave because of his family, BUT he definitely didn't get as much headwind as Rosberg got for his decision to not defend the title.

To conclude that topic, I just can say that a more than worthy champion leaves Formula 1 on a high, the highest you can get, and hope that we still will see him from time to time around the track as a visitor.

But now, we should pose the really important question: Who is going to replace him at Mercedes? If you ask me, I would put my money on Pascal Wehrlein, and that for a good reason. He is the teams protegee, got by the help of them into F1 and already won the DTM (German Touring Cars championship) and proved himself by that to be a great champion. Fun fact to that: the people also told him that he shouldn't leave the DTM because he should defend his title, just like Rosberg is getting told right now. Interesting huh? But I'm getting sidetracked again. Pascal Wehrlein also already approved his talent by scoring a point in one of the slowest cars on the grid in F1. Some might argue, that he's still too young to join such a big team as Mercedes is. What I can tell those people, is to look at Max Verstappen. In comparison to Wehrlein, he started in a midfield team and therefore had much better opportunities to score good results and show more of his talent than Wehrlein. Moreover, he also joined a big team after only one season in Formula 1 (and four races), which was capable of scoring wins in 2016. And he did that in his first race in the Red Bull. In my opinion, Pascal could easily achieve the same if he would get the chance, and I hold the view that he will be announced soon. But still, we should take a look at other opportunities Mercedes could take.

Many people threw the name Fernando Alonso into the hat, and I can see their point. He is a 2 times world champion, and is seen by many to be the best driver on the grid. He had a lot of frustration in the last seasons, where he lost two times a title with Ferrari and finally had to switch to a completely underperforming McLaren team ("GP2 engine! Argh!" :D). Thus, he must be craving to finally be in a good car again, which could win him a title and Mercedes could deliver him that. but there's one reason why he won't go to them. And that is Hamilton. When they were team mates in 2007, they got themselves into such an intense internal team war, that both of them lost the title. So, I'm sure that he won't want to relive something like that again.

As a Vettel fan, obviously (you see what I did there?) I have to throw his name into the ring. And also he would have good reasons to leave Ferrari. They kind of stagnated after 2015 and even fell behind Red Bull in 2016, which is just not good enough for him as a 4 times drivers champion. We heard a lot of his frustration over the team radio in 2016, which found it's peak in Mexico. But I hold the view, that he is still too obsessed wtih taking Ferrari back to the top, just like his idol Michael Schumacher did. Still, I see a higher chance that he will get that Mercedes seat next year than Alonso has.

And of course, we still need to take both Red Bull drivers into account. But I honestly hold the view that neither of them has too much interest to join Mercedes, because the Red Bull car could be even better than the Mercedes next season, with all the aero changes coming up.

And maybe, we also should consider some complete outsiders like Bottas. Why shouldn't they take him? But yeah, I also can't find a good reason why Mercedes should do that so.... let's forget about that quickly again. (Or shouldn't we?)

With all those speculations, I only can say that I'm very keen on learning who will take the Mercedes seat next season and hope that we are going to find out soon. Thanks again for reading and if you have any own speculations or opinions on who could replace Nico, just post them into the comments! I would be happy to learn about some other perspectives on that topic!

Georg

Who am I, what is that and what am I doing here?

Well, those are really good questions I'll have to try to answer myself first! Maybe I should first of all introduce myself to you! (How unkind from me) My name is Georg, I am 18 years old and live in Germany. I started this autumn to study at university to become a teacher at a grammar school for biology and english. And there we already found one of the main reasons why I started to write exactly those lines. I feel like I could improve my english vocabulary and thought that writing a blog could help me to do that. Alright, that should cover the first question I posed on myself. I think so, at least....

Furthermore, you might have noticed the title of my blog, well, of course you should have, it's written on top, in the middle of the page in an inflated font, who wouldn't notice! Anyway, what you can read is "Georgs Grid". The "Georg" I hopefully don't need to explain anymore, but if you're still wondering, just read the first paragraph again, could contain important info, you know? But then there is also that "Grid" you can read next to it. So, what are your first thoughts when you hear (or should I say read?) that word? What I think first of, is the starting grid for certain motorsport events. And that should already give you a hint what this blog will be about. I'll explain it a bit more detailed later on. But honestly spoken, I'm still not entirely happy with that title. It was only the first possible alliteration, which was connected to the topic motorsport,  coming into my mind. If you have any suggestions for a better one, just share them with me!

Now, after covering those two questions (Yay!) maybe I should explain what all that fuss is about. As already mentioned, I want to share my opinions, thoughts, etc. on motorsport. But not any kind of motorsport, it will be in particular about Formula 1. But why exactly that one, which is told to be "boring" and "a predictable procession" these days?

Racing is something that fascinated me already since I was a little child. I can't even remember when I got in touch with all that circus, I must have been 3 or 4 years old! So it must have been around 2001 and 2002. The only fact I definitely remember is, that I was from the beginning a big Michael Schumacher fan. I even got back then whole Ferrari outfits (one of them should be still right behind me in my wardrobe) with that ominous tobacco brand, which appeared on the Ferrari car and clothes, printed on front of it! Imagine you would dress your kids with something alike these days, I don't even want to imagine how people on the street would look at you.... Anyways, I also got a "Ferrari suit" made as a costume for carnival from my dad, so I could go as Michael Schumacher. That big was my admiration for that legend!

And that's maybe the reason why I'm still following and loving F1 these days. It became a real passion for me, and I try to follow every race I can. Today, I'm a huge Sebastian Vettel fan (Yeah it was hard for me that season) and started to be that after his win in Monza in 2008.

As you can see, I am not a newbie to F1, although I'm still pretty young. Moreover, I hope you understood how passionate I am about that sport. That's pretty much what I would tell people why I love it and don't see why it should be "boring". And now, I really I hope I could answer those 3 questions for you (and also for me) why I am here.

To cut it short: I will write about Formula 1. I want to share my opinions about news and discuss them wtih you (if anybody is going to read this haha!) and share my experiences I made with the sport so far. I'll try to keep myself motivated to write at least one blog post a week. Let's see how that will go. I really hope that I didn't got too much side tracked and wrote too confusing for you. If you've really read to this point thank you so much and I hope you will keep interested in some of the stories I still have! If you don't want to miss them, just subscribe to the blog!

Thank you for reading! Keep racing!

Georg