Lewis Hamilton was voted the best athlete in Europe in a vote involving news agencies. The Briton won with only a point advantage over the goalkeeper of the German national football team Manuel Neuer, but spectators and fans of motorsport reacted to the results with indignation, as the world champion of the MotoGP class, Marc Marquez, was only the ninth best athlete in Europe. rally champion Sebastien Ogier is not even among the top ten.
Viewers, not just motorsport enthusiasts, blame the winner's selection for the fact that Formula One is not least a team sport, so it's unfair to say that a driver whose success or failure depends heavily on the race car and hundreds of team members is a better athlete than for example, a skier whose results depend to a greater extent on him.
If anyone from motorsport has to win, spectators say, it should be Marc Marquez, who had to fight for his achievement in every race with three other racers, while Lewis Hamilton sat in such a dominant race car that he only had to beat teammate.
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