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F1 is a sport but it was more of a sport years ago. Regulations are getting stricter and stricter, only one tire manufacturer, many standard parts including mos
by pmontra 3y ago
F1 is a sport but it was more of a sport years ago. Regulations are getting stricter and stricter, only one tire manufacturer, many standard parts including most of the electronics. They spend millions on optimizing tiny details because there is less and less to do in areas where they used to make huge differences year over year in the past. Basically they nerfed the sport but they are selling it very well, much better that at any time in the past, at least outside Europe and especially in the USA. So F1 is going in the direction of becoming a show. I guess that the organization running F1 would love to end up with a much quicker open wheel version of NASCAR. They'll have to get through IndyCar first, with a limited choice of chassis and engines.
- mulmen 3y agoThe difference between sport and entertainment is when the outcome is decided. In entertainment it is up front, in sport it is at the end. The strictness of the rules is irrelevant.
- xboxnolifes 3y agoI disagree. I could run a full baseball game and then ignore all parts of the game and instead decide the winning team at the end with a coin toss. I would hardly call that a sporting outcome.