And people who want a contest of how willing to die your driver is can already just watch motorcycle racing.

More specifically, Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. 250 dead pilots and counting.

Wow!

> Since 1937, the only year in which races were held but no fatalities occurred was 1982.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Isle_of_Man_TT_Mountai...

I would love to see those rules removed along with the drivers. I expect it would be amazing to see the self-driving version of these races.

It was tried with Roborace, but was unsuccessful. The racing was unimpressive and unprofitable.

Even with humans driving remotely, it's not very profitable. Drone racing is about as successful as RC racing has become. People don't take sports seriously without humans being directly involved.

Self-driving race car crashes straight into a wall from the starting line during the world's first autonomous race series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4fdUx6d4QM

Exactly. Modern F-1 is like watching a footrace where nobody is allowed to exceed a heart rate of 150bpm, i.e., boring as hell.

F1, cycling, soccer, NASCAR, cricket, …

They all have their fans and their critics who think it’s a boring sport.

I don’t follow F1, but based on a bunch of people in my Twitter feed, they finished one of the most exciting seasons in years.

And if their heart rate drops below 149bpm they get sacked. Boring is subjective but you're watching it wrong if you didn't find the last championship exciting.