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FI may be a joke, but it's actually a very good example of a sport where what's permitted and what isn't can have a massive effect either way.
I don't get your point about people still using poison gas. My point was that you don't permit the use of weapons on the basis of how advanced they are. That there are some nasty people out there indiscriminately using some pretty savage weaponry is neither here nor there.
The_Kindness_of_Trees-
I think it's also an example of a sport that has interfered far too much and the tinkering has left it a shadow of its former spectacle. It's also an example of a sport whether money talks big so the richer teams had much, much better cars that the smaller ones. In cycling at least with sponsorship from various big bike manufacturers tech-wise it should be an more even playing field, which is something F1 sought to achieve with its tinkering.
Jimmy_Fingers
F1 is not a good example to use, it's become a joke. And the Geneva Convention might ban weapons, but people out there are still going to use them, like poison gas for example.