Formula 1 -- Why is it the sport???

I know I have already made some comments on this in my previous posts but want to elaborate on it. Any sport has its share of enthusiasts. There are so many fanatics so many critics... A sports person's job is no joke. The face criticism to the maximum. If they don't perform or even if they are not performing to the previous standards they themselves have set they are written off by the people. Well coming to the point, take a sport like cricket. Well looking on television may be easy but then practically doing those things on the field are no joke. You see a fielder diving but the ball speeding towards the boundary. But when you look close the ball is no where near the fielder. Fielding in the hot sun for more than 3 hours and also batting for long hours is no joke. Just try running for half an hour. You'll how how pathetic you are. The role of technology here is limited. The use of cameras and stump mics are the main fields and the remaining things are just for the media. Yes, they use technology during coaching but other than that it mainly depends on the skill of the players. Take other sports like athletics etc. All those solely depend on the people involved. Football, baseball, basketball everything depends on the players ONLY. Now coming to the topic... For a person who sees a race suddenly on the TV, the first thought that would come to his mind is that what a waste people driving a car around the same track so many times... Let us start from the role of a driver. Yes the driver is important. He solely has the skill to drive the maximum out of the car. All cars are approximately the same except for time difference in tenths of a seconds. When a good driver is having a good car you can naturally see their performance. Look at Lewis Hamilton now... The same thing a driver with a poor car. Michael when he started with Jordan qualified only 7th on his 1st race but then that itself was a great achievement coming 7th with a Jordan. A driver has to know when to push the car and when not to. He has to take split second decisions while he is driving at 300k and it is no joke. All the controls jam packed in a steering wheel. Also imagine in driving in conditions with heavy rains. You don't even know where the track is with the water spraying. In the 1 1/2 hours that they drive they lose nearly 1-2kg body weight with a lot of fluid loss. It is no simple task facing the g forces. Well it doesn't end with the drivers part. The preparation starts long before the season even more than a year. It is a continuous process. The technicians at the company factory working very hard so as to gain hundredths of a second. Each and every single component has a significance behind it. They work tirelessly doing simulations and wind tunnel testing and so much depends on the aerodynamic efficiency of the car. They design parts which they implement in the car and then there is the testing of the car evaluating it for its performance and also trying for newer developments. Then on the track before the race the preparations done. Getting ready 2 cars within a week especially when there are consecutive races is no joke. You pack everything go to the other place and again start assembling according to the track configurations. Transit is no joke as nearly 7 fully loaded large sized container trucks are required to transport. They have even special planes. For every race they need all race technicians mechanics and support staff. Even a small error with the mechanic may cause a problem. When once a fueler was injured in the pit lane they had to call in for a substitute. His performance could not match that of the standard fueler. Each individual has a race. Technology is a part and parcel of the race. Split second timing everything is done with pinpoint precession. Even the tyre engineers have a large role to play as it is the source of contact between the entire car and the surface. They gather data giving information to the teams on the performance etc. Every single factor has a significant role. We can go on saying all those intricacies.. it is never ending. Each person giving their 100% and working tirelessly all for gaining a few hundredths of a second... That alone is a fact gining a thought upon...