> > I have, and of course it must be really hard, I didn't mean > that it is an easy thing to do... > ...but I think that there are too many things between the > driver's ability and the final result that I can't really see > it as a true sport. > And then there is the flags and anthems thing...when they do > not represent any country but the team that pays them...Or > would have Button hesistated a single second if he had to > help his team mate Barichelloagains the also British > Hamilton? I don't think so... >
Button got a bit of help from Hamilton today. There's an article here about Button which touches on this question of the balance between the driver and the technology: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8312844.stm> But pretty much every sport relies on technology at the highest levels. All the top level sports people have large amounts of money and science backing them. I don't think you can pick on F1 alone for this. We have another world champion today, Beth Tweddle in gymnastics. But as talented as she doubtless is, if London wasn't holding the Olympics in 2012 I don't think she would be the champion today. Similar considerations apply to our cyclists. But for all that, the individuals themselves have to put superman amounts of effort and dedication for long years into their sport. I don't think it behoves the armchair sportspeople among us to knock them for taking advantage of favourable conditions. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
