F1 Fanatic

I’d love drivers to have a number as their identity, like Rossi with his number 46. The car number should be big on the front nose cone AND on the side of the rear wing. It’s a shame we don’t see the number there any more, I think it should be a written rule.

It really isn’t that big of a problem. Do you really think of Buemi had the same number year-in, year-out casual fans would remember him better? No.

I don’t really care if driver’s were allowed to choose their number. I got quite used to the champion getting the number 1. It’s sort of a reward.
Nevertheless, I do agree with other posts in here, that the numbers should be clearly visible on the cars.
I like what Williams did this year, with the number on the sidepod. Now it doesn’t to be like this, but a clearly visible number on the rear wing or on the side should be made mandatory.

I got quite used to the champion getting the number 1. It’s sort of a reward.

The idea is that every driver picks his own number, which he would use for the duration of his career. They only number they cannot use is the number 1, because that is the champion’s right. When a driver wins the World Championship, he may either use the number 1, with his number being put into reserve (so that someone else cannot take it while he is not using it), or he may use his regular number instead of the number 1 (as Valentino Rossi does). It’s the driver’s choice.

In F1 the drivers identity is not on the numbers, but in the helmets colors. And unfortunatelly they are selling is identity, making the helmet just a part in the car design.
For me, more important than the numbers would be the drivers using the helmet as a real identity.

lol! “Even blind people must be able to see them!”

There’s going to be a big fight for the #2!

Mark “not bad for a #2 driver” Webber
Felipe “Fernando is faster than you” Massa
Barrichello “my team-mates always beat me to the title” Barrichello
Kimi “I was having a ****” Raikkonen (think about it)