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re: Are F1 drivers athletes?
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:02 pm to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:02 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Assuming any poster in this thread could even get an F1 car around the track once at full-speed, you would be hard pressed to do a second lap. The mental focus and physical strength and stamina required to drive one of those things is elite level.
I almost added in my post earlier that nobody on this site except maybe Obtuse1 (who races, but I bet he would understand the gap and say he couldn't) could even get an F1 car to start properly.
This post was edited on 2/3/24 at 3:12 pm
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Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:09 pm to SlowFlowPro
Great video. Those cars are just insane. I saw one up close once at Charles DeGaulle airport. They are supremely impressive.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:09 pm to lsuoilengr
This is a troll, right?
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:10 pm to SlowFlowPro
I've taken some fast street cars around a track, and that's a workout. I can't begin to imagine driving an F1 car, much less racing it. Sim racing an F1 car takes immense amount of mental power. Now add in the physical forces and 19 other cars. No way.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:13 pm to BottomlandBrew
Yes
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:14 pm to lsuoilengr
Threads like this are great. Autists vs mouth breathers on the OT debate over something neither can comprehend
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:14 pm to BottomlandBrew
Arguing against shows a person has zero idea what driving these cars involves.
Professional downhill skiers just stand on two sticks and let gravity do its thing.
Professional downhill skiers just stand on two sticks and let gravity do its thing.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:17 pm to lsuoilengr
Absolutely are athletes
Have you seen the forces that they endure or the cardio that is required to stay sharp during those races?
Have you seen the forces that they endure or the cardio that is required to stay sharp during those races?
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:23 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:25 pm to redstick13
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Probably so just because of their elite reaction times
The same logic makes gamers athletes, which they are not.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:26 pm to lsuoilengr
Maybe not athletes, but they're in better shape than 99.6% of the OT
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:29 pm to MoarKilometers
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The same logic makes gamers athletes, which they are not.
There hasn't been a single gamer yet to win a F1 race. There's the one gamer who did some F3 stuff but he's not even top of the heap in F3.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:29 pm to lsuoilengr
Yes. Those cars are brutal on your body.
I did the Barber F4 school and even that was rough after a few days.
I did the Barber F4 school and even that was rough after a few days.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:31 pm to MoarKilometers
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The same logic makes gamers athletes, which they are not.
Hmm. Why not?
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:32 pm to redstick13
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There hasn't been a single gamer yet to win a F1 race. There's the one gamer who did some F3 stuff but he's not even top of the heap in F3.
I think he meant gamers in general.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:32 pm to LSURoss
There isn't anything to debate.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:34 pm to billjamin
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Barber
Looking forward to that in March.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:38 pm to lsuoilengr
ATHLETE: a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
SPORT: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Though F1 drivers are more than likely in top shape, they are not competing in a sport or physical exercise.
One may make the argument that being a driver is physical exertion, but I don’t believe it falls under that category.
SPORT: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Though F1 drivers are more than likely in top shape, they are not competing in a sport or physical exercise.
One may make the argument that being a driver is physical exertion, but I don’t believe it falls under that category.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:39 pm to SixthAndBarone
MW disagrees with your definition.
ETA:
This makes you retarded.
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: a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina
ETA:
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Though F1 drivers are more than likely in top shape, they are not competing in a sport
This makes you retarded.
This post was edited on 2/3/24 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:39 pm to lsuoilengr
Yes
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