| nextgreatchamp said: Well first lets define sport: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. -dictionary.com It does mention racing but i'm thinking they might mean racing on foot. However it does say requiring skill which i do think F1 racers do have skill but its not their physical bodies that are enhancing the performance of their cars. They might like to weigh less, so they can go faster but i doubt exercising daily is a must. Chess? definitely not a sport. it requires strategy. If you include chess as a sport than you might as well name every other board game as one too. I think that the key word(s) would be "Physical Activity". I just dont consider F1 racing a sport. |
F1 actually requires a high level of fitness.
- The Lateral G-forces exerted on a driver can be as much as 4.5 G, which means about 25 kg on the neck
- The Longitudinal G-forces exerted on a driver can be as much as 4.5
- Acceleration: to 1G, braking up to 4.5G, cornering up to 3G
- For instance, a F1 car can brake from 185kph to stand still in 3.5seconds and 80 metres (rate of deceleration 4G)
- The heart rate can reach 170 - 190 BPM for example on the starting grid
- During a Grand Prix, the pulse rate of a Formula 1 driver hovers around 160 beats per minute, and has peaks of over 200. The pulse rate of a healthy young man is typically in the region of 60 beats per minute.
- Blood pressure can increase up to 50% whilst racing
http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/2672/392/
