Beards in F1

BSchneiderFan · 28 Nov 2016, 14:44 (Ref:3691780)

More and more F1 drivers are sporting beards these days. Is there any reason for this? I'd have thought they'd be very itchy under the balaclava. Of course, shaving isn't a problem Verstappen has had to tackle yet...

Greem · 28 Nov 2016, 14:52 (Ref:3691782)

Beards are more prevalent than they used to be. It's a hipster thing (or at least it started out that way).

I've had one since before they were cool, and I dare say I'll still have it when they cease to be so. I come in and out of fashion so regularly it hurts

djinvicta · 28 Nov 2016, 15:24 (Ref:3691786)

I've had one since I was 16, now 61. Just could never be arsed to shave..

S griffin · 28 Nov 2016, 21:10 (Ref:3691879)

Idk there were quite a few in the 70s, notably Wattie, Wilds and Ertl

crmalcolm · 29 Nov 2016, 07:51 (Ref:3691975)

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Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

More and more F1 drivers are sporting beards these days. Is there any reason for this? I'd have thought they'd be very itchy under the balaclava. Of course, shaving isn't a problem Verstappen has had to tackle yet...

I would have thought that shaving would cause more discomfort with the sweat irritating freshly shaved skin?

aridshelter · 29 Nov 2016, 08:16 (Ref:3691984)

I thought the F1 teams were all over marginal weight savings. Surely it would help literally shave a few hundredths off their laptimes.

chunder · 29 Nov 2016, 08:19 (Ref:3691985)

The reason is that it is what modern men do sadly.

Most people are sheep and follow the herd, watch a car ad on tv, in most of them the bloke has a beard, as that is what marketing people think a modern man looks like.

It is also a grasp at being masculine in the very much more pro feminine world compared to our youth!!

**bella** · 29 Nov 2016, 10:49 (Ref:3692025)

yes, poor oppressed men, it's a terribly pro-female world out there...

Mike Harte · 29 Nov 2016, 11:15 (Ref:3692033)

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yes, poor oppressed men, it's a terribly pro-female world out there...

Bella, you've got to cut him some slack; poor chap does come from Stevenage, after all!

And before you mention Hamilton, he really comes from a mansion in Tewin, a few miles outside Stevenage.

**bella** · 29 Nov 2016, 11:26 (Ref:3692035)

hey, fellow resident of herts here, stevenage isn't that bad. the a1 is within easy reach and from there you can get away very quickly

Mike Harte · 29 Nov 2016, 12:02 (Ref:3692045)

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hey, fellow resident of herts here, stevenage isn't that bad. the a1 is within easy reach and from there you can get away very quickly

Too true! Having had my offices there for about twenty years, I always said that the best thing about Stevenage was that I could escape from it at night. And I also lived in Herts for about 40 years, before I retired.

djinvicta · 29 Nov 2016, 14:04 (Ref:3692078)

What's up with Stevenage? Never been there. Are all the women bearded there too?

JeremySmith · 29 Nov 2016, 15:37 (Ref:3692112)

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Originally Posted by bella

yes, poor oppressed men, it's a terribly pro-female world out there...

LMAO.. hahaha.. still laughing 😀😀

Mike Harte · 29 Nov 2016, 15:41 (Ref:3692115)

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Originally Posted by djinvicta

What's up with Stevenage? Never been there. Are all the women bearded there too?

If it was only that, it wouldn't be that bad!

S griffin · 29 Nov 2016, 22:05 (Ref:3692219)

I've been there a few times and the town centre is full of chavs. Of course Lewis also lived in my town I've always lived, Hatfield

chunder · 30 Nov 2016, 09:26 (Ref:3692309)

I have moved to Luton, so please have some sympathy, bigger house and the area I'm in is nice, but it makes Stevenage look like Berkhamstead! Stevenage was a decent enough place, doesn't pretend to be anything else and Old Town is quite nice.

Hatfield is a truly hideous place!

As for beards, just watch the telly and adverts, apparently all men have beards. We all know people in interracial relationships and our friend circle is a sea of different creeds and colours!

There is a clear trend for beards and a lot of women like it, when they never did before. And it is simple, it's because men became less masculine for some reason. They didn't of course, but we are all told they did by advertising ad PR. And a lot of women bought into it too and prefer men with beards when years ago they all hated it. Both are a sort of victim to trends and marketing.

Beards apparently are the answer lol! And tatts. Being single and on the odd dating site, believe me a lot of women now won't date men without beards and tatts, its utterly vacuous and honestly hilarious! And it didn't exist 7 or 8 years ago!!

S griffin · 30 Nov 2016, 13:02 (Ref:3692345)

Hatfield is getting better, especially towards the business park. We now have a Wetherspoons, and of course the Galleria I still love going into, although TBF there isn't much to do. St Albans is better, more pubs and Watford is the best for nightlife

Greem · 30 Nov 2016, 13:26 (Ref:3692352)

Has the new season started yet?

chillibowl · 30 Nov 2016, 15:40 (Ref:3692411)

well its November so this thread is rather fitting. not sure if you guys in the UK have the Movember Foundation out there or not but its essentially a movement which encourages men to grow facial hair, usually mustaches, during the month of November in order to raise awareness/collect donations for men's health issues/cancer.

anyways seeing as we have not much else to talk about during the off season maybe we should get a poll going on which f1 personality has the best facial hair?

my vote will go to Graham Hill...the ultimate in gentlemanly fashion. as awesome today as it was then!

BSchneiderFan · 30 Nov 2016, 16:30 (Ref:3692426)

Harald Ertl is difficult to beat.

chillibowl · 30 Nov 2016, 16:49 (Ref:3692432)

had to look him up...that is an epic beard/moustache combo!

**bella** · 30 Nov 2016, 17:59 (Ref:3692452)

is it one of the head chaps from mercedes who also has a magnificent tache?

chillibowl · 30 Nov 2016, 19:08 (Ref:3692465)

yes, Dieter Zetsche(?) has a mighty mighty stache as does Chase Carey of Liberty Media.

GORDON STREETER · 30 Nov 2016, 19:25 (Ref:3692469)

I've had a beard since the 60s and only been without it once in the 70s when Sue's mother decided to trim it for me, she made such a mess of it that I shaved it off. Sue didn't like me clean shaven and said "please grow it" I've probably saved a few hundred quid without shaving and having haircuts since !

wnut · 30 Nov 2016, 21:33 (Ref:3692511)

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Harald Ertl is difficult to beat.

He was who I was about to suggest too!
Pretty well on his own planet when it came to facial hair.