Formula 1 Has No Personality?

This rather short blog comes as Formula 1 has had little impact again on the BBC Sport Personality Of The Year (SPOTY).

For overseas readers, SPOTY awards are given out by the BBC at the end of any year to sports stars and people in the comunnity who have been found to have a profound effect on the world of sport.

The current awards are:

"Sports Personality Of The  Year Award" (the top award)

"Overseas Sports Personality Of The  Year Award"

"Sports Personality Team Of The Year Award"

"Sports Personality Of The  Year Lifetime Achievement Award"

"Sports Personality Of The  Year Coach Award"

"Sports Personality Of The  Year Helen Rollason Award" (awarded to someone who has shown outstanding achievement in the face of adversity)

"Young Sports Personality Of The  Year"

"Sports Personality Of The  Year Unsung Hero Award"

All but the Sports Personality Of The  Year Award are chosen by a select body of people. Only British sports stars are elected for the top award and this is voted by the people. I'm not going to lie to you, I'm going on a full on rant at the bottom of this but I'll give a quick lesson on Formula  1's history in the ceremony.

The first driver to receive an award was Sir Stirling Moss who won the Sports Personality Of The  Year Award in 1961. Jim Clark came 3rd in 1963 with Sir Jackie Stewart winning in 1973. James Hunt was then the last to gather an award with a 2nd place in 1976 until Nigel Mansell won his first in 1986. He then went on to win again in 1992, the most gathered by a Formula 1 driver until Damon Hill achieved the same feat in 1994 and 1996. British Formula 1 then took a bit of a break until Lewis Hamilton entered the scene. His close championship in 2007 and then his title in 2008 earned him a nomination in both years where he received 2nd place in the award. Jenson Button has then been the last British driver to receive and award with his 2nd place in 2009.

This year in particular was rather unfair. Yes I get it the Olympics and Paraolympics means a lot of things to a lot of people. It is not the be all and end all. Formula 1 had it's greatest ever season. 8 different race winners, title fought right down to the wire, the last of Michael Schumacher and Kimi was a funny guy as per usual. But our sports nominations this season? I couldn't honestly tell you. I didn't watch the award show because I knew exactly what would happen. Somebody with a gold medal would win. I had no idea it would be a cyclist twat AGAIN but I'll get to that later. As far as I recall Sebastian Vettel has nominated for Overseas winner but that was handed to the Lightning Bolt (Usain Bolt).

Formula 1 has received the most wins than any sport apart from athletics. There is no way to compete with athletic sports stars. There's so much emphasis placed on the Olympics, and any year with the Olympics is going to be a biased one. That however is acceptable and I understand that. But here is my disgust. Cyclists. These people are the worst human beings in history. Any idiot can peddle a bike up and down a mountain, most of it is down hill anyway. Cycling is not a sport, it is a hobby. Why would you want to watch men on a bike without an engine? Here's a quote I always refer to when discussing cyclists and this ends all arguments:

"Real men ride women."

I have no respect for cyclists. They are awful people and as far as I'm concerned, Darren Clarke, Jessica Ennis and whoever else has been cheated out of 1st place by a chain monkey are the real winners. I can't take cyclists seriously so if any of you have anything to say, pay your road tax and then come and talk to me. Until then get off the road and stop slowing the rest of us law abiding citizens down.