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Message: [QUOTE="Enja, post: 29529, member: 165"] I've thought for a while that the "pinnacle" of motorsport is something intangible rather than something that can be easily categorised or displayed. It's about more than the class or series of competition and certainly more about the drivers competing in it. F1 may claim to have the "24 best drivers in the world" but in truth, they are probably not. Well, we know several that are [b]definitely[/b] not! I don't really believe there [i]is[/i] a pinnacle of motorsport in the sense of a category, car or driving competition. F1 may be the biggest, certainly the most heavily promoted, some may argue the [i]best[/i], but I don't think that entitles it to a name of "pinnacle". Some sports that I follow have a "pinnacle", and I guess because of the ladder-structure of motorsport people are enticed to have a bottom, a middle and most importantly, a top. Pinnacles in a sporting sense are to me more about achievement than residual existence. If F1 ceased to exist something would take the public's perceptions elsewhere, perhaps to WRC, or Indy Car, or whatever it would be that got it's foot in the door. So for me, the personal and team achievements themselves [i]become[/i] the pinnacle(s) of any sport. I would say Ayrton Senna's pole lap at Monaco in '90 was the pinnacle of motorsport [i]at that given time.[/i] Schumacher's streak of WDCs was the [i]pinnacle[/i] of motorsport. Now, I would argue that Sebastien Loeb's dominance of WRC is the pinnacle of motorsport. In other sports, New Orleans' Super Bowl win last year was the NFL equivalent of a pinnacle. Whoever wins the Ryder Cup this week will achieve the pinnacle of golf. I'm not entirely sure where I'm going but what I'm ultimately trying to say is this : Although the precedent of F1 being "the pinnacle" is still around, you have to understand the subtleties and differences of all different motorsports and appreciate them for what they are. As such I don't think any true "pinnacle" of motorsport can be achieved through the way in which we are quick to diagnose them. Now, if Mr. Raikkonen goes on to win a WRC title and the 24h of Le Mans, he [i]himself[/i] would become the pinnacle of motorsport.. long shot right now, I know. ;) [/QUOTE]

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