Lack of something in F1

[Dyno247365]

Is it true that most drivers don't have university degrees? I heard Nico Rosberg had a University degree.

[Dyno247365]

Ohh so no one wants to touch the subject huh? It doesn't hurt to be smarter you know.

[DinanM3_S2]

Originally Posted by Dyno247365

Ohh so no one wants to touch the subject huh? It doesn't hurt to be smarter you know.

A little patience...

Most F1 level drivers these days really are better off not going to college. It is very similar to what we saw in the NBA before the age minimum. Other then an engineering degree, I can't really think of a college degree that would help a driver in F1 and an engineering degree is too time consuming to allow someone to spend most of their time doing the training that an F1 driver goes through.

Also, one of the keys for young drivers is to take advantage of opportunities that are put in front of them. If Schumacher hadn't taken Eddie Jordan's offer in 1991, he might have never got a shot at F1, same thing with Alonso. A seat in F1 is hard enough to come by once, (ask Sebastian Bourdais) its even more difficult to get that same offer twice.

There is a prevelant philosophyin F1 teams to develop younger drivers so that they might one day be among the top competitors in the sport. Williams is working on Rosberg, Flavio developed Alonso through Minardi and Renault, and both Renault and McLaren just hired younger drivers. So if you don't join young, you might as well give up.

[SabreKhan]

Plus, why go to college if you can make a zillion dollars driving a racecar? The point of going to college is to obtain a skill or some knowledge that makes you more marketable in the real world than a regular high school graduate. If you already have such a skill, why waste time and money on college? After high school, you can self-educate on pretty much anything out there. Also, college will still be there when they're retired from driving if they still want to go. I have a good friend who parleyed that philosophy into a pro baseball career, then a history degree and a teaching job.

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by SabreKhan

Plus, why go to college if you can make a zillion dollars driving a racecar? The point of going to college is to obtain a skill or some knowledge that makes you more marketable in the real world than a regular high school graduate. If you already have such a skill, why waste time and money on college? After high school, you can self-educate on pretty much anything out there. Also, college will still be there when they're retired from driving if they still want to go. I have a good friend who parleyed that philosophy into a pro baseball career, then a history degree and a teaching job.

You're absolutely right, that's a good thing that adults can go to college long after their high school years.

So if you don't join young, you might as well give up

That's the wrong way to think, because if there's great people around you, your handicap is overshadowed by your motivation and resourcefulness to get better. On speaking of F1, yes learning as a kid and racing through those years is the best way, but did every driver in F1 do that? If not, let's put them in the spotlight for this thread.