Is F1 a sport?

[havoc]

JonRB said:

A10ARF said:

Totally agree.....just can't stop watching the bl*ody thing even when it's just another dull procesion of fast ' mobile advertising hoardings ' !

I know. It's sad, isn't it?

I'll be watching on Sunday, as usual.

I won't be watching it on Sunday, as usual.

[JonRB]

havoc said:

I won't be watching it on Sunday, as usual.

Bully for you.

[ph123]

I'm sure you can come up with cogent arguments for whether it's sport or big business.
For me IMHO it is sport - that attracts huge money. All that money needs loads of management.
But where ultimately a human is pitted against another human in a physical trial, it's a sport.
Just like tennis, football, golf, etc, the peripherals take a lot of focus nowadays, the politics of which affects the 'names' - which sells newspapers.
Interestingly, I can't think of a 'sportsman' who's ever said, yes, I'm in this for the money.