[The Professor]

F1 season up and running. The world is back to normal!

Good to see some F1 related posts on here again. I know I am not a very prolific poster myself, but I do enjoy reading the posts on here. I also read posts on the tabloid F1 forums but they are so full of irrational people and the "pro driver / anti driver" love / hate arguments get a bit tedious after a while. I think the headline articles on sites like Planet F1 are designed to spread rumour and encourage arguments so the site(s) get more advertising revenue from clicks. The Sky F1 site was exactly like that until they mysteriously closed the comments down, sometimes there was some amusing banter and decent characters but mostly it was tedious arguments. It seems the people involved in the flame wars on these sites can't see that they are making other people rich through their pointless bickering.

I enjoy reading on here as the place has a friendly air about it and I have yet to see a pop up banner or advertisement. I have seen people disagree occasionally but it seems to be good natured and there is a lot more humour and tolerance. I would say it feels more like a an online "club" or chatting in a pub than a web forum. Maybe it is because the site does not publish journalistic articles but I am surprised there aren't more F1 fans posting here. Anyway, I like it and though I would share my view.