a selection of reasons and a look back on moments throughout the years that have reminded me just why I love this sport so much

• when the drivers mess around

• vettel singing his blue flags song 
• #placesalonsowouldratherbe

• dancing drivers

• dancing mechanics

• dancing marshals

• how the drivers get along so well with each other

• when vettel got bored and overtook two drivers in the pitlane with literally zero effort

• team twitter sass

• when all else fails, get the duct tape

• the Suzuka puppets

• crazy fan costumes

• Button’s cake obsession

• how excited we get when random animals appear on the track

• when the drivers pull faces/smile for the camera

• how much kimi raikkonen doesn’t give a shit

• “Felipe, baby”

• lucky nipple tweak

• swearing over team radio

• the famous kimi quote

• that one time when all the teams raced boats down the pit lane during the rain in Suzuka

• Mexican waving at Silverstone

• Riccardo drinking out of his shoe and then forcing Webber to do the same

• amazing driver abbreviation coincidences ‘BUT GRO PER’

• smiley Dan

• awesome helmet designs

• vettel’s victory doughnuts

• car worshipping

• the night races

• when two drivers who are on the podium don’t like each other and the other driver stands awkwardly and gives an The Office style look to the camera
• sebastian choosing to go deep into a corner and lock up so he wouldn’t hit a seagull and then teasing Hamilton for not braking for it after the race

• Maurizio being adorable

• Kevin and the banana

• Rosberg’s adorable clumsiness

• mclaren’s new team member at singapore

• how every time Kimi gets onto the podium they never have actual champagne

• the love everyone has for the driver’s wives

• the pirelli stetsons in Austin

• the pirelli ushankas in Russia

• the pirelli sombreros in mexico

• when one of the driver’s pours champagne over the interviewer

• the fact that Hulkenberg takes his little Hulk Pop! vinyl around the world with him and takes pictures for his Twitter with it

• that time when Jenson and Fernando snuck onto the podium

• when Vettel put the whole front wing of his car into the cockpit

• when drivers hijack the marshal’s scooter and drive them both back to the pits

• the red wigs

• sauber vs force india pit lane crate rowing

• that time when kimi got out the car during a red flag period and just ate an ice cream without a care in the world

• the marshal teddy bear at Hungary

• adorable little felipinho

• and to finish off, just a selection of hilarious fernando alonso moments

anyway, we’re peaky blinders. if they come for us, we’ll cut them a smile each.