{"id":493463,"date":"2013-11-01T00:13:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T07:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=14590"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:31","slug":"relevance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/relevance\/","title":{"rendered":"Relevance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The FIA has decided that Formula One has to be more relevant to everyday motoring, so the 2014 cars will be turbocharged hybrids. Relevance is the latest idea from the FIA, the people who gave us exploding tires to spice up F1. Here is news for Jean Todt, open-wheel racing has never been relevant to anything else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Motor racing is a sport and no sport needs justification. Archery is practiced for the satisfaction it gives; not, alas, because it keeps the French in their place. 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