Everything has gone quiet in the world of F1 over the last few days (I have said all I want to about McLaren and the WMSC for the moment) and I am left scraping for a post. There is always history to mine for something to pass the time but I tend to talk about the same things when looking back - those eras that I particularly enjoyed. I am rescued in the end by a couple of posts on my favorite forum. They asked which three of the drivers we root for and which we particularly dislike.
Nico Rosberg
In reading some answers to the questions, I realized that some were selecting on the basis of perceived driving skill, others on personality, and my thoughts wandered on to how we sometimes allow irrelevant factors to influence our judgement. Generally we support a driver because he has impressed us in some way and that can have nothing to do with his driving.
As a somewhat contrary example, I listed Massa as the only driver I dislike, all thanks to his conduct in the Japanese GP last year. His version of the collision with Bourdais was so far divorced from reality that I marvelled at the guy's egomania. It did not help that the stewards obviously believed his account and penalized Bourdais so unfairly.
In view of this, it occurred to me that we might as well rate the drivers on such irrelevant factors as looks; I opened a new topic asking which three drivers were the ugliest in F1. But there are other things we can look at as well - what other professions would suit the drivers' personalities, for instance?
I can start the ball rolling with Andrea's excellent suggestion for Nico Rosberg - "My name is Rolf. I am your ski instructor this weekend." The long, flowing, blond hair and confident grin make him a natural.
So let's have some fun and imagine the jobs that would suit each driver best, if that break into F1 had never happened. Possibilities crowd in on me but I want to read your suggestions - they are bound to be much funnier than mine!