embarassing returns to sport...

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited June 2010 in The bottom bracket
1. Micheal Scumacher

what a disgrace he was today
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Rocky Balboa. :cry:
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Robert Green :?:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    is that a sport?
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    is that a sport?

    Do you realise how fit you have to be to be a grand prix racing driver. :wink::lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Me. Returning to cycling at the age of 32 having not ridden for 20 years.
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Thirty two, I said THIRTY TWO you're hardly old enough to have been away. :)
    Tail end Charlie

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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    edited June 2010
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    is that a sport?

    Do you realise how fit you have to be to be a grand prix racing driver. :wink::lol:


    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    Me,doing ten mile TT's last year,after 25 years away from racing.
    approx 20% slower than before,& was on old skool gear then ,as well :shock:
    so many cols,so little time!
  • tailwindhome
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  • nwallace
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    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:

    Tried it?
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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    nwallace wrote:
    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:

    Tried it?

    no- its for blerts
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    is that a sport?

    Do you realise how fit you have to be to be a grand prix racing driver. :wink::lol:

    yeah but 20% of people who watch grand prix also take part :P
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    nwallace wrote:
    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:

    Tried it?

    no- its for blerts

    Get a bunch together and find a local karting center, you'll soon find out that it's not all about the car.
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  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    nwallace wrote:
    nwallace wrote:
    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:

    Tried it?

    no- its for blerts

    Get a bunch together and find a local karting center, you'll soon find out that it's not all about the car.

    agreed,

    and do an hours endurance race as well

    if its all about the car how come everytime I do karting I come first or my mate who also loves cars and driving comes first if I am second ... every single time ... been 30+ times, my trophy shelf groans the weight of cheap plaastic tat
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    nwallace wrote:
    nwallace wrote:
    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:

    Tried it?

    no- its for blerts

    Get a bunch together and find a local karting center, you'll soon find out that it's not all about the car.

    aye, just like horse racings not about the horse
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    nwallace wrote:

    Get a bunch together and find a local karting center, you'll soon find out that it's not all about the car.

    no, it's about weight too...
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    is that a sport?
    It must be, it's in the sports section in all the newspapers.

    And the TV companies put it in their sports programmes.

    And that fat b@stard Ernest Hemmingway knew nothing about sport, before anyone quotes his "wisdom".
  • rokkala
    rokkala Posts: 649
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    Embarassing attempts to spell a name, anyone?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The worst sporting comeback was by Bjorn Borg in 1991. He was 34 and been retired for 8 years. He returned with wooden rackets too. He entered 12 tournaments over two years and lost in the first round of every single one of them.
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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Nigel Mansell. Should have let his son's drive first at Le Mans weekend gone.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    nwallace wrote:
    nwallace wrote:
    doesnt make it a sport though- sport is about skill as well- the deciding factor in car racing is usually the car

    its dead boring as well so following the rules of the anti football whingers i declare it off limits :lol:

    Tried it?

    no- its for blerts

    Get a bunch together and find a local karting center, you'll soon find out that it's not all about the car.

    Yep, that makes sense comparing karting (where everyone drives basically the same kart) to Formula 1 where the main aim is to engineer a car that goes faster than all the others within a framework of rules. :?

    As NapD said, weight is a key in karting given drivers of a reasonably similar skill level (as you would expect F1 drivers to have).

    Disagree that F1 is boring now though, I'm not a fan but some of the racing this season has been excellent (there's even been overtaking! :shock: )
  • 1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today

    is that a sport?



    Football's only a game.
    Motor racing is sport.

    Also, golf isn't sport, it's a game
    Fishing isn't sport.


    ...

    :twisted:

    (sits back and waits for angry retaliation from golfists and anglerisers) ...
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  • Ben6899
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    I fish and agree that it isn't a sport; it's a hobby or a means to an end.

    F1 is a sport.
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  • Mark Spitz's hugely unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 1992 olympics, aged 41...
    Michael Jordan's (2nd) comeback in 2001...

    And dare I mention the great Muhammed Ali coming out of retirement in 1980...
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  • Mad Roadie
    Mad Roadie Posts: 710
    1. Micheal Scumacher

    what a disgrace he was today
    agree - he has come back for the money (gods knows why) and in reality, to find out others are better than him

    what a bad loser and some dangerous driving - lets hope he walks before the end of the season, I suppose the day a Lotus out qualifies him would seal it - come on mike Gasgoine - do your stuff

    and as long as he is there it keeps a younger star out of F! what price Anthony Davidson - who was brilliant at Le Mans on saturday, taking over - yes please
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    F1, like darts or snooker, cannot be considered a sport.
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    I don't know if there's an official definition, but I consider the difference between a game and a sport is that with a sport physical fitness gives you an advantage. Therefore darts is a game, but F1 is a sport. You can be as skillful a driver as any in the world, but if you aren't fit your head will fall off after about 5 laps. And whoever said that F1 doesn't involve skill is a fool of the highest order. No offence :wink:
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  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    I'll call F1 a sport when the drivers have to pedal their cars.
  • Bunneh
    Bunneh Posts: 1,329
    I remember seeing Hamster trying a low end formula car and he really struggled. Oh and no, golf's not a sport it's walking which is like going shopping :P Oh wait, the accuracy of hitting the ball...er, that's like throwing a can into a bin...er yeah, that's it; mmmm that said most scroats can't get rubbish into a bin...

    I'm just rambling now aren't I?