Formula One/Tropes N-Z: Difference between revisions

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Any time a driver shows rather unsportsmanlike conduct on camera or a team does an unfair strategy or treats his drivers unfairly.

* [[Women Drivers]]: Played straight, there have been only a handful of female drivers in F1, none too successful: the last woman to attempt to drive in F1 was Giovanna Amati who failed to qualify in the three races she attempted before being given the shove for Damon Hill. This was down to being unfamiliar with an F1 cars gear shift system and not having much test chances. This is also compounded by a bit of a [[Stay in the Kitchen]] mentality in Europe: when asked if she considered a move to F1, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick said no, citing an incident when she was driving in British racing when [[No Guy Wants an Amazon|a driver was being berated because she set faster laps than him.]] It doesn't help that F1 has a number of personalities with chauvinistic attitudes, among them Bernie Ecclestone, former Mclaren boss Ron Dennis (despite letting Indycar racer Sarah Fisher do a lap in the Mclaren car before the race in the US Grand Prix), and more famously Jenson Button, who made this tongue-in-cheek quote on GQ magazine:

** To be fair, the first part of the comment was simply noting the mechanics of 5g lateral cornering forces being [[Gainaxing|applied to a sensitive part of female anatomy]]. Given how painful jogging without a sports bra is, he may have a point. The second part of the comment isn't so easily handwaved though.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: In terms of the death of Ayrton Senna, [http://sennaversusschumacher.wordpress.com/story/ a book is being written] that examines what may have happened had Senna survived his crash, and subsequently taken the championship fight to Michael Schumacher in 1994. And it may be extended to take into account the rest of the 90s as well...