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Dating in a “normal” world is generally a horrific experience that rarely pays off with anything even remotely close to love. That’s something that you know if you were in the dating world back when the world was “normal.”
Dating while we’re all locked in our apartments or homes during quarantine to fight this coronavirus is now a totally non-existent thing, which can be nice at times but it can also make you miss the horrific experience of dating.
It also has similar results in terms of finding love because finding love right now is just as hard as finding toilet paper – you know it’s out there somewhere and you see pictures of it shared by overjoyed friends on social media but chances are you ain’t gonna get it.
At least not right now, anyways.
But that all changed for me last week when I was lucky enough to find love… and I have Netflix to thank for that. Because last week I fell absolutely head over heels in love… with Formula 1 racing.
Sure, it’s not a person. But it’s something and you can’t take this away from me!
For a while I had heard from friends and strangers on Twitter about the Netflix docuseries “Formula 1: Drive to Survive.” I had brushed it aside because I didn’t know much about the sport and had many other live sports to watch (remember those days? Man, those were the best.). I just couldn’t picture myself devoting time to watch something about racing, but then again I never thought I’d gleefully watch seven episodes about a bunch of lunatics who owned Tigers and wanted each other dead, so I figured what the heck – let’s check out this F1 thingy.
And just like that I was hooked.
If you haven’t watched this series it’s 20 episodes long and follows the past two seasons of F1. It’s all awesome behind-the-scenes stuff that leads up to a race at the end of each episode where perfectly developed storylines get paid off and then some.
The best part about this show is that they do a great job each episode of making you care about the drivers and teams and people who run the teams. I know this because during one episode I was sitting there on my couching going, “YEAH, HAAS RACING. YOU HAVE TO BE FASTER THAN THIS! YOU JUST HAVE TO BE!” even though I didn’t know Haas racing was even in F1 just a few hours before I watched the show.
If you don’t know the results ahead of time – which I didn’t – then you’ll feel some nerves and excitement leading up to the race. Then once things get underway you’ll suddenly feel like you’re watching live sports again and that you can’t wait to see how things play out.
The places where these races take place are incredible, too – from the fans in Monaco watching from the hundreds of balconies on buildings along the course to the fireworks exploding into the Singapore night, it’s all so stunningly beautiful and makes you feel like you are traveling the world instead of being locked inside your house.
If you’re like me and don’t know much about this sport then you’ll instantly be amazed by how insanely badass the drivers are and what they can pull off while driving at insane speeds. And you’ll be rooting for guys you didn’t know about that morning to try to keep their seat (a phrase I learned while watching the show but now use like I know what I’m talking about) leading up to season-ending races.
You’ll also get to know more about the legendary Lewis Hamilton. I work in sports so I had heard his name, of course, but I didn’t really know much about him. Now I know he drives for Mercedes, is really humble, treats his whole team incredibly well, and wins just about every time he gets into his car. You’ll also see that his “flu game” was just as impressive as Michael Jordan’s. OK, that may be overstated but I’m newly in love so let me overstate things!
Listen, right now there are no sports on. I’m watching Game 1 of the 1988 World Series on ESPN as I write this. We’re all hungry for sports and this F1 series filled my appetite and left me wanting more. It can do it for you, too.
I loved it so much that the other morning I Googled “F1 2020 results” to see who was winning races before the world shut down. But then I sadly learned that the season doesn’t start until March and everything has been postponed. Man, that search left me feeling so empty.
But I can’t wait until all of this is over and sports are back and F1 is back and I’m Googling ways to watch live races, because that is going to be awesome.
And yeah, I will wait for you, F1.
Because I love you.
Though I might have to share that love with Sunderland F.C., because “Sunderland ‘Til I Die” on Netflix is proving to be pretty awesome, too. But the team really stinks, which is a shame because Sunderland fans are deserve better.
Tuesday’s biggest winner: Ciara and Russell Wilson.
The power couple is having a second child together and shared a video of their gender reveal on Tuesday… and it was pretty great.
Quick hits: Breaking down Burrow… Kamara happy for McCaffrey… Anger over Colts’ logo… And more!
– My pal and coworker Steven Ruiz brilliantly broke down Joe Burrow’s game film from 2018.
– Saints RB Alvin Kamara loved hearing about Christian McCaffrey’s contract on Twitch.
– A coach is mad at the Colts for ripping off their new logo from a high school team.
– NASCAR star Joey Logano shared his thoughts on Kyle Larson’s firing.
– Did the 49ers’ save fans from spreading coronavirus by losing in the Super Bowl? This report makes it look like they did.
– The great Joe Buck continued his great play-by-play of random videos on John Krasinski’s new YouTube show.
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