[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by HFW003

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 worst), the G’s, the heat and so on.

Now compare all the to Golf for example!

Well said.

We disagree on the waiting part but on the athleticism part we are 100 percent congruent. The average driver couldn't do 20 minutes in a street car at a racing track. F1 drivers are exposed to the highest continual g-forces of any profession on the planet. And these cars are now pulling 6 g's at some tracks and it is lap after lap with some other guy dive bombing you at the same time.

As Yco stated above, why should he wait? Isn't 28 years in his profession with 14 of them at the top of F1...always in contention for the WDC and winning 7 of them enough?

Cheers, my friend-mk