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To criticize means to compare,and it is impossible with something which I have seen

only once in my life.

So I'll compare the two sports. Both are linked with the speed of move, to get from one

place to another.

I'll try to apply the paradox of Zenon, replacing the frog by athlet, and achile by a f1 car

and we'll see if the f1 car can catch the athlet.

Running is probably the oldest sport, and f1 is the top speed of all sports.

So, after 2700 years of human development, what we've achieved ?

I'll use A for athletism, and f1 for automobilism

0. It was a study which said that Carl Lewis, the 100 meters speed runner, in the first

0.4 seconds, was quicker than a f1 car.

1, at A you can see the muscels contracting, you can almost feel the effort

at f1, if the car is near you, you cannot see it, it's like a stain of color which

apears for 2 blinks, and then disapears. I couldn't think that there is a human beeing,

that's schumacher, or to support the favorite, because there is no contact.

2. at A you participate in your way, you can encourage, think that if you can concentrate

you can give more power to the favorite, you have an active atitude. At f1 you are passive

your years are broken by the sound, you try to protect yourself, you try to see the car

it smells a little. The smell is the best thing.

3. running is more democratic, the kenians in the 60's had no shoes, but still they could

win. In f1, you have money, you can win. That's why in A you can see surprises, changes,

but in f1, it is very difficult.

4. in A they can see each other, they can confront. In f1, they are each by himself,

it is more than individualistic, it is solipsistic.

5. in A, for the 200 meters hurdles, all the stadium kept the silence, and I could feel

the energy, the wait for the start, and when they started, the adrenalin. It was like

the time delated. In f1, a huge noise, with less atmosphere.

6. in A there is competition, in f1 it is less.

7. A is a sport where it counts how you can controll your body and mind, in f1 it is

important how you controll a machine, something that it is not even an extension of the driver

8. A is 99% safe, f1 is 66% safe

So, what is the conclusion ?

after 2800 years we decreased the competition, we are more individualistic.

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