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Post by RyRy on Aug 4, 2015 1:59:20 GMT
Well, this would certainly be interesting... there was rumours a few months ago that kind of vanished but they've resurfaced again. The original rumours were that the FIA were trying to get Auto Racing into the olympics with some 100% identical spec race cars doing an event similar to Race of Champions but with less categories and no teams. The entrants would have to compete in 4 different categories: - F1/FE race - Endurance Race (4~ hours) - Karting race. The above 3 had qualifying/knockout stage of 5 laps for each driver and then the top 15 drivers would go through to the final race where points would be handed out in their race type points structure. - Rally race The rally race had different rules, 1 practice run for each driver and then one after another they'd set their one and only time. (Track would be much smaller and simpler than real rally races because there would be no co-driver giving directions All their scores would be added up from each category to determine the overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The recent rumors are that it would be a spec race of Formula E cars, shiftinglanes.com/2015/08/auto-racing-in-the-olympics-ioc-mulling-over-adding-formula-e-to-the-games/ which in my opinion doesn't sound as good as the previous rumours but if it did happen it would still give much more exposure for all of Motorsport. Kimi Raikkonen and Robert Kubica would be two drivers to watch carefully as they'd be pretty damn good at all of the races.
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Post by Wß on Aug 4, 2015 13:15:04 GMT
I think it's ridiculous. IMO the Olympics were best when they showcased sports not showcased elsewhere. Basketball, tennis, soccer, might as well have Olympic golf. If it's a big ticket sport, it doesn't belong.
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Post by Wß on Aug 4, 2015 14:38:50 GMT
Little clarification on the comment above. It's not a cranky old man syndrome etc. It's simply that for many decades an athlete, a person willing to commit to an Olympic sport, knew there wouldn't be the money nor celebrity that comes from being a gold medalist in the javelin or a gold medalist speed skater or track cyclist. You just did it for the sake and for the love of the sport.
In exchange for that dedication, there was a cachet that mainstream sports athletes would never have; That was to say that you were an Olympian. Representing your country as an Olympian and being the unquestioned best in the world at what you committed your life to doing, should you win that gold medal.
It was a conscious decision made. Many of the athlete int he Olympics could have become a running back in football or gone into another much more lucrative sport. But they didn't because of the cachet that came with being an Olympian. I think for the sake of entertainment, the Olympics (just like decoupling the winter and summer games) have been watered down into the mainstream/
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Post by Wß on Aug 5, 2015 2:23:59 GMT
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