F1 Deprivation

F1 deprivation syndrome (Systemic dementia Minardi) is a serious illness induced by lack of Formula One, occurring in the off-season.

Symptoms and diagnosis

Around mid-November every year, literally millions of F1 fans will experience F1 deprivation in one form or another. For some it is only mild, a niggling irritation in the back of the head, yet for others it can manifest itself into a deadly obsession that results in the sufferer attempting to apply F1 knowledge and terminology into everyday life. As you can imagine, chaos ensues from such wild behaviour and the sufferer can typically expect to experience alienation from society as the regular population rejects him, in addition to frequent outbursts of deranged chanting and screaming, typically uttering words or phrases related to the sport.

2011/2012 off-season saw the worst outbreak of F1 Deprivation on record, resulting in me writing this useless page. Forum member known as eurobrun is affected really badly.

For user BaconLettuceNinja (now Ataxia), he got it to the extent that he grew RMN GRSJN-style facial hair, and used F1 terminology into his DT exam. He got an A on that paper, despite a questionable level of revision.

It is possible that Joey Zyla's attack in January 2013 may have been caused by F1 Deprivation.