62 replies to this topic

[maximilian]

I'd watch it!  Especially if they use Formula E cars.

[F1matt]

Olympics are for athletes, racing drivers are not athletes, they might choose to be fit but it is hardly compulsory.

[BRG]

Are horse riders athletes?  Are dinghy sailors athletes? 

[sabjit]

In road racing they can just jump on another bike.

 

In track cycling, its game over.

[Fastcake]

Olympics are for athletes, racing drivers are not athletes, they might choose to be fit but it is hardly compulsory.

 

I'd like to see a non-fit driver try to compete.

[August]

One day I was thinking an IndyCar race in Boston (if the race is still around in 2024) during the 2024 Olympics could be the Olympics' motorsport event.

 

Well, I don't have to think about that anymore as the Boston bid got dropped today.

[Szoelloe]

NO. Especially the current F1, but not any other form or format of motor racing. It's a stupid idea, and would simply smear the Olympic notion. Saying that, no motor racing will never be an official Olympic event.

[Risil]

Motor racing was a demonstration sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. I particularly like that one of the categories was for fire trucks, won by the American Gilbert Brown in an Ahrens-Fox.

 

https://en.wikipedia...Summer_Olympics

 

How can we bring this back?

[Stugg93]

Personally I think it should be in the Olympics. I think they would have to have standardised parts, and maybe even set-up to allow for fair racing. Personally, I'm of the opinion that the Olympics should have as many sports within it as possible. Notable current omissions are Karate, Squash and Baseball, and I think Motorsport would add hugely to the spectacle if done correctly. 

[Hamandeggs]

If they are given identical cars ,then its ok with me, wouldn't like to see it as a team related event.

[Ikebana]

If they are dedicated series to the Olympics then why not. I find the whole Olympics thing pretty boring, at least now I'd have a reason to watch it.

[Tenmantaylor]

A hamstring going is pretty similar to a human hamstring going, imo, and both are partly genetic but also partly prep/training over the preceding decade by the rider/athlete - but change it to the gears in a bike or something on a boat and I'd take your point.

Apart from we don't shoot humans when they get injured during sporting events.

[chunder27]

The Olympics for me is about amateur ir at the very least the illusion of amateur sport.

 

In theory anyone can do track and field, swim, dive, ride a horse, shoot a rifle, launch an arrow, weightlift.

 

But motorsport at most levels is purely about money. Yes you need a horse to ride and a bow to arch and a gun to skeet, but car racing just seems too far from amateur.

 

The car does some of the work, a larger percentage than most sports maybe.

 

Perhaps the only real motorsport you could have in Olympics is karting. But even that at top levels is insanely expensive.

 

I think in reality any sport where the state of your machinery largely can decide the outcome of your medal is doomed. Human input in motorsport is not a precursor to victory, it certainly helps, but it is nothing compared to a runner, cyclist, swimmer or weighlifter.

Edited by chunder27, 28 July 2015 - 11:33.