Moto GP

[Olaf Hart]

Did anyone catch the race at Mugello last night?
The last half, Lorenzo vs Marquez was epic.
Lost count of the number of times they swapped the lead, the only motorsport that is a true sport IMHO.

[SloopJonB]

Hemingway said the only sports were bull fighting, mountain climbing and automobile racing - all the rest were games.

Presumably that was because of the chance of being killed in those three.

By that measure, bike racing certainly qualifies. I rode in my youth so I feel qualified to say - Those guys are freakin' nuts.

[Tucky]

The Isle of Mann TT is on right now, if you need an example of freakin nuts. I agree that motorcycles have a degree of sport that shows up less at high levels of car racing.

[BeauV]

I think Hemmingway's definition was based, in part, on a pretty serious lack of athletic skill. I have trouble defining something as a sport if one can participate at a high level without breaking a sweat, even if it's dangerous. I fear that Hemingway, probably my favorite author, would have considered Russian Roulette a "sports".

[SloopJonB]

You can't compete in those sports without breaking a sweat. A Grand Prix car can corner so hard that any of us would nearly end up with a broken neck. You have to be incredibly fit just to hold your head up - literally.

Personally, just watching Moto GP makes me sweat.

[Jamie]

You can't compete in those sports without breaking a sweat. A Grand Prix car can corner so hard that any of us would nearly end up with a broken neck. You have to be incredibly fit just to hold your head up - literally.

Personally, just watching Moto GP makes me sweat.

That's very true. One reason that Schumacher was able to dominate so long in F1 was his incredible fitness...being able to take the g's and consistently reproduce his performance lap after lap after lap.....

[LarryHoward]

You can't compete in those sports without breaking a sweat. A Grand Prix car can corner so hard that any of us would nearly end up with a broken neck. You have to be incredibly fit just to hold your head up - literally.

Personally, just watching Moto GP makes me sweat.

No kidding. I have plenty of +7.5 G time and the + and - longitudinal G that goes with cat shots and traps. 4+ lateral in an F1 is something I'd like to try but 70 laps with 12-14 turns per lap is a workout in itself.