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I will never understand F1 fans. So many engineering hours and so much gas wasted just to drive in a circle a bit faster than the other guy. It's not even remotely applicable to any real task due to the myriad of arbitrary rules. At least football players are physically fit.

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The F1 guys are probably as fit as a top footballer. They're dealing with black out levels of lateral G forces whilst slamming on the brakes within a fraction of a second of loser times or crashing out.

The MotoGP guys are far more fit - they have to use their bodies as counter ballast to make the curves. That's why MotoGP races are so short, they're at the limit of human endurance.

Look up any of these guys' gym routines

> The F1 guys are probably as fit as a top footballer. They're dealing with black out levels of lateral G forces whilst slamming on the brakes within a fraction of a second of loser times or crashing out.

I don't think it ever got to that point in F1, but CART (now IndyCar, but that's a different discussion) had to cancel a race because drivers were blacking out due to sustained G forces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5dsuYZCZJ0

This. Just spend an hour go-kart racing and see how you feel. It's not just the physical exhaustion, but even more the mental fatigue that you have to fight against when driving at high speeds. Then multiply that by a hundred.

Hah, sitting in a car is still not impressive

Pfft, look up my gym routine, bet I bench more than you

And then it is not even trying to go around as fast as possible... As that would be too risky in current day world.

Well, I can't say outright that we should remove most of the rules and limits on things like doping and so on...

And you don't get to see what makes teams win, the engineering.

Yeah, the people who did the engineering don't get medals.

They do, actually.

There are two championships:

- The Drivers Championship (given to the driver that scored the most points in a season)

- The Constructors Championship (given to the team that scored the most points, but it's really rewarding the team/engineers for essentially building the best car)

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