I've never been a fan of F1. How could I be really? There is just something about F1 that alienates me as an earnest driving enthusiast. I've driven lots of door slammers in auto-x situations... and as different as many of them have been, the experience that they have all offered has been at least on some level comparable to my every day drive to work. Only two or three times have I been behind the wheel of an open wheel car... and as interesting and novel as the idea of a REAL RACE CAR is... I hated the experience.
I like slow cars.
And that's why... I've never really been a fan of F1. At no point when watching an F1 race, can I picture myself behind the wheel. I can't imagine what that speed feels like... and I do really even care to try [...]