Sorr if something like this has been covered before... I didn't notice anything.
With the whole starting of the Winter Olympics tonight, I am in the Olympic frame of mind and so was thinking about the games in general and the summer olympics. I was just wondering with A1 now on the go and that being represented by different countries would it be possible to ever see Motor racing in the olympic games with an A1 race with each of the countries?
I think it would be pretty cool indeed.
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A1 At The Olympics?
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, Feb 10 2006 10:21 AM
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Posted 13 February 2006 - 07:06 AM
I would jump at the chance to see motor racing in the Olympics. I think it would be great as there is no greater honour for a sportsperson than to represent their country, especially at an Olympic Games. We could have big names from all over the motorsport world compete in equal machinery for the honour of Olympic gold, it would be great.
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 01:01 PM
I dont think the olympic comitee consider motorsport as a "Sport"???
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 01:13 PM
My thoughts also. In keeping with the Olympic ideal of athletic excellence though, they may relent and allow pedal cars and synchronised spinning.
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 01:16 PM
monza gorilla, on Feb 14 2006, 03:13 PM, said:
My thoughts also. In keeping with the Olympic ideal of athletic excellence though, they may relent and allow pedal cars and synchronised spinning.
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Posted 15 February 2006 - 06:43 AM
"You just don't mess with Jacques Villeneuve" - Murray Walker, 1997 Hungarian GP.
"When Jacques was with us, he was a very aggressive driver, fiercely competitive, mentally hard as nails. Very quick with it, very gifted. A bright fellow, undoubtedly, very intelligent. He was an absolutely born racing driver - look at the way he'd bang wheels with Michael, pass people on the outside, that kind of thing" -Sir Frank Williams on Jacques Villeneuve
"This year, with BMW, JV's going very well, and I'm pleased for him. Whether or not he'll get a drive next year I don't know, but I hope he does, he's an unusual, and very strong addition to the F1 community. A character." - Sir Frank Williams again on Jacques Villeneuve
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Posted 15 February 2006 - 08:22 AM
Brilliant!!Motor racing has as much of a place as horseriding I'd say. A nice spec racing series would be good.
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Posted 17 February 2006 - 10:07 AM
Wez, on Feb 14 2006, 01:01 PM, said:
I dont think the olympic comitee consider motorsport as a "Sport"???
True but thats unfortunate, because although an engine powers the machine, a driver has to control it and win with it and you cannot do that at the highest level without being athletic and fit. Therefore I would classify people in motor-racing as sportsmen.
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 09:41 PM
Moose11, on Feb 17 2006, 10:07 AM, said:
True but thats unfortunate, because although an engine powers the machine, a driver has to control it and win with it and you cannot do that at the highest level without being athletic and fit. Therefore I would classify people in motor-racing as sportsmen.
Of course they are. If this is really what the olympic committee thinks they must be stupid. In all likelihood they are not as fit as marathon runners but as someone else said neither are horseriders or shooters (17 events!). I suspect F1 drivers are as fit as most sportsmen - but I wonder what other, more sporting posters think? I thought in the past the argument was that the differences in the cars determine the results (which is true in F1, unfortunately imo) and that these differences are hard to eliminate. This is a strange view too, given the money and technology available now.
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 03:22 PM
I´d love the idea!
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 07:40 AM
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I thought in the past the argument was that the differences in the cars determine the results (which is true in F1, unfortunately imo) and that these differences are hard to eliminate
That's what I thought as well, but I don't see why they couldn't just borrow the cars used in A1GP.
"You just don't mess with Jacques Villeneuve" - Murray Walker, 1997 Hungarian GP.
"When Jacques was with us, he was a very aggressive driver, fiercely competitive, mentally hard as nails. Very quick with it, very gifted. A bright fellow, undoubtedly, very intelligent. He was an absolutely born racing driver - look at the way he'd bang wheels with Michael, pass people on the outside, that kind of thing" -Sir Frank Williams on Jacques Villeneuve
"This year, with BMW, JV's going very well, and I'm pleased for him. Whether or not he'll get a drive next year I don't know, but I hope he does, he's an unusual, and very strong addition to the F1 community. A character." - Sir Frank Williams again on Jacques Villeneuve
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 07:23 PM
nojvnof1, on Feb 25 2006, 07:40 AM, said:
That's what I thought as well, but I don't see why they couldn't just borrow the cars used in A1GP.
Yeah but I think they worry that with tiny differences between the top drivers that there will always be bigger differences between the cars, or between the engineers who help them set them up. F1 drivers always say they notice differences when they switch to the T-car for instance. Of course you could probably put even more effort into making all the cars identical but presumably the olympic committee was worried that some differences will always exist. You would have thought they could manage it really though, with the money and technology they have now.
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Posted 27 May 2006 - 10:56 PM
If cycling is an olympic sport, why not some extreme basic form of motorsport?
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