F1 is an organised, competitive activity therefore it is a sport.

It requires skill, like you said, but also mental strength, stamina, determination, consistency and judgement.

Using your argument, all sports can be classed as skills. Footballers run round a field kicking a ball. Golfers hit a ball with a stick into holes. Tennis players run from side to side hitting balls over a net. Jockeys ride horses round tracks as fast as they can etc etc etc.

F1 drivers need to be very fit and healthy....!!!

I don't think it's a sport.

For me, sport is when participants use equipment to play the game, but the equipment (if any) does not rule the sport. Additionally, there has to be a level of exertion there, too. The "winning" must be achieved by skill or exertion on the part of the particpant.

"Motorsports" in general are not sport for me. Saying that, neither is darts, pool, snooker which are just pub games.

When the equipment used is more important than the "sportsman" in achieving results, then it stops classifying as a sport IMO.

For me sport is defined as an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. Formula 1 fits into those categories snugly

Alas my competitive tiddlywinks days are just about over.

Hold on a minute! Did Kimi just win the championship? Or what the hell just happened? Just shows how much I follow these events nowadays. I feel I must express my humblest apologies I have neglected all of you by not showering you with patriotic gloating. So here's a late:

IN YOUR FACE! HAHAA!!! YOU BUNCH OF LOSERS!

There, hope you feel better now.

Chances are that it will all end up in court just like everythin else this season.

For Yani a nice description of your people about five lines in

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Study+Finland+loses+150000+creative+people+each+year/1101979116654

I must say it is nice to see myself included in the select group of 17% of the "creative class". That just means I'm even more fantastic than I thought.

That's the other 83%. Read the rest of the article will you. It also says

Quote:

The creative class includes people such as artists, IT experts, and researchers, who are the engines of economic growth and employment. According to RISC Monitor, the creative class is typified by a desire for change, flexibility, and independence. Members of the creative class take an open view of other cultures, have an empathetic outlook toward other people, and a positive attitude toward technology. The creative class needs an oxygen-rich growth environment: workplaces which emphasise flexibility, experimentation, and tolerance of differences.

That all sits squarely with me. So how does it feel to have your "brilliant" little quip backfire on you?

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