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Can we not just have no-holds-barred electric car races with remote drivers or even autonomous vehicles? You could remove most of the safety features besides those protecting the crowd and engineers. Imagine the cornering.

If remote perhaps latency would be a problem at high speeds?

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This already exists: RC cars. The only difference would be 1:1 scale instead of 1:10.

Without a driver in the car much of the drama would be removed, no drama === fewer viewers and less sponsorship.

You or might love such a racing series but Joe Bloggs likely wouldn't.

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