F1 Fanatic

Superted and Dan Thorn- I too can join the ‘falling asleep in a club’ club. Not sure what relevance that has to F1 but hey, whatever!

Ive only fallen asleep once. Japan 2009.

I was out during the day so I missed the live telecast in the afternoon. I stayed up till 11.30pm to watch the replay and all I remember is Vettel leading and Webber pitting several times in the opening laps. I woke up a few laps from the end, saw the finish, but I was back asleep before the podium.

My girlfriend is the same – always falls asleep when the race is on. It’s the same with other forms of motor racing as well, so when I’m feeling mean and decide to watch all of ITV’s six and half hours of BTCC coverage then she’d be referred to as medically comatose!

@ Dan Thorn

Count yourself lucky mate, I’ve lost a couple of girlfriends who just couldn’t handle motorsport Sundays, especially when it turns into a full 24 hour marathon on those special (and far too rare) days when F1 is on the same Sunday as other series and you get to watch them all live as they’re on in different time zones.

She never said as much but I’m sure Le Mans 1999 was the major factor in another break up too, come to think about it I’m beginning to spot a recurring theme here as taking one girlfriend to TT week for her birthday didn’t go down too well either :-)

As for falling asleep on race day, there were a few races in my early twenties when I’d been out on Friday and not got home until Sunday and even though I always managed to get home for the start I’d be asleep before the first pit stops.
There are a couple of tracks, Valencia for example, where I’ve struggled to stay awake watching races in the past few years, although these days the live blog is often far more interesting than some of the races and laughing at some of the comments helps keep me awake when there’s nothing happening on the track.