The Spoiler Mania

These days are taking place the various presentations of the 2022 cars by the 10 teams present in Formula 1 at the moment.

As tradition now these events, do not reveal the shapes of the cars designed, but are limited in most cases to make it likely but highly modified so as to hide the most interesting solutions. Some even go even higher, Red Bull for example presents the "new" RB18 that is nothing more than the show car produced by FIA & FOM.

More and more often fans, mostly those of long-standing being mindful of presentations of another level in the past, complain about this new trend, feeling robbed of a feeling that for many means the end of the winter break and the official start of the new season. In 2022, most of all, the wait for the forms that the cars designed under the new regulations would have had, left the fans in trepidation.

The disappointments were present but there were moments of real wonder as the reveal of the new AMR222, a phenomenon equally uncomfortable has made way however in this month of trepidation, spoilers or as often cone called in the Anglo-Saxon world the so-called leaks, images or small details were stolen shortly before the official images go online.

In this February 2022 we have seen all, Alpha Tauri that publishes on Twitter, through its pilot Pierre Gasly, the computerized images even before the presentation LIVE on YouTube. We have seen Ferrari that following an exclusive private event to the sponsor, does not guarantee adequate secrecy and as last year reveals its car first.

This phenomenon, surely grown because of the frenzy that Social Media have brought into our lives, is definitely magnified but you can't ignore the myriad of Formula 1 or Motorsport-themed users and Pages that share up to exhaustion any given frame for trust.

In the Ferrari issue for 2022 has also been added an Italian sports newspaper that in spite of any confirmation of truthfulness publishes an article and related image on its own online edition and later on the printed edition before the fixed day for the presentation.

No one can force anyone to restrict their freedom of speech but I think it is appropriate in certain situations and knowing the current events of presentations and the myriad of criticisms that fans daily address to them, to have the sensitivity not to spread stolen images, so as to keep the general expectation high, with placid thanks from the directly interested teams and the sponsors that from these LIVE get a remarkable turn of image.

If everyone already knows everything who would ever tune in to look at something known.