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I’m with Jim on this. I, and I know no one really gives a shit about what I think, believe these types of awards should be bestowed once the person has retired from whatever endeavour put them in line for the award.

I disagree however on these guys, and others like MotoGP and WSBK riders for example, not being supreme athletes!I’ve been fortunate enough to have been able to drive a number of race cars and have ridden HP bikes on racetracks for years, and the stamina required even at my level is tremendous. When you think a F1 race runs for around 45 minutes, imagine taking the severe acceleration and deceleration (which is worse), the G’s, the heat and so on.

Now compare all the to Golf for example!