I read this in todays gossip column: It got me thinking about where motorsport events should be part of the Olympics in the future. The guy mentions "the most important thing must be the man, not the machine" but is this a valid reason to prevent professional racing drivers competing in the Olympics? As long as drivers have the same "machine", it becomes a true test of skill for the driver. The organisers could have different types of events, maybe a touring car one, open wheel, etc and host the races at the country's national circuit. You could also have different types of events - like a sprint race, time attack, endurance, etc. Is this a feasible idea or am I talking bollocks?
What about a go kart race. equal karts of course. F1 is a sport in the end and also a test of fitness. Sure its in a car but what about the Horses? Do horses get medals?
In a word No the olympics is supposed to pit man against man in other words it is supposed to be an individual event. For that matter I don't think any team sport should be allowed such as football or hockey
Maybe there are too many outside influences for it to be an Olympic SPort? The olympics are mainly about human endurance and effort. To bring in a mechanical element goes against the spirit of the Olympics. But this is the modern age so anything is possible if the sponsors want it...............
Winter Olympics are slightly different.............I guess they could do make the Andros Trophy part of the winter olympics!
You can never really have "equal" in motorsport, drivers have different approaches to driving a car. It wouldn't be fair to just design 1 car around everybody since at least a certain group of drivers would be more comfortable with it while the rest take 1-2 years getting used to it since it not being to their liking. The whole point in motorsport is to get the maximum out of everything, even Lewis said this when talking about who would be the best if given all the same cars.
It's the most stupid idea i've heard for a while. the olympics is all about man vs man, not 1 machine vs another. Thats like the british swim team entering in a pedalo.
So what about: kayaking, bmxing, mountain biking, cycling, equestrian, rowing, luge, bobsleigh, etc, etc. To be honest F1 follows the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" more than some 'Olympic' sports such as football, tennis, soon golf, table tennis, sync swimming, etc.
hose dumb useless sports named all requrie one thing: manpower. F1 cars haev big little engines tha they use to move, not a team of people running around in the engine compartment thingy area, maynbe newey has a small mice powered kers sytstem in the works. Gives the horses of the normal kers, but without the weight i think. Maybe, but i cannot be tooo sure.
What? Well lets start withpropulsion shall we. One is powered by the sprinting speed of its occupants and gravity, the other by a hydrocarbon guzzling engine. What else, number of occupants? Safety? One runs on wheels the other on blades. To replicate a bobsled in the summer olympics would require a huge downhill soapbox gokart race
Machines are never equal. Even the same machine evolves over time. As for your last question, Forza; far be it for me to say! (Yes! but it's a fun thread)
I don't think F1 could be an Olympic sport, but motorsport potentially could. F1 doesn't work because the difference in performance of each car is huge, and teams don't compete in F1 as countries. If run in a similar manner to A1, maybe it could work? I'd like to see the F1 Technical Working Group, or similar, given the task of designing a single seater racer which allows great variation in set up. I wouldn't want strategy to be too big an issue, so maybe a series of sprint, or maybe 20 lap races, where fuel loads are agreed, and the tyres will last the distance. I think the biggest issue beyond that would be cost. If a independent manufacturer produced the cars and sold them to each nation, the cost is still exorbitant compared to many (all?) olympic sports, so a serious sponsor would be needed. If keeping it close to F1 isn't an issue though (Rally drivers, DTM drivers, etc could compete fairly), then maybe karting is the solution? How many drivers currently on the grid didn't begin their careers in karting?
