Dan Wheldon dies in a massive pileup in the IndyCar 300 race, Las Vegas

Well, I was saying that earlier, but they said that's not what racing is about. ;_;

Formula 1 level racing is pretty expensive, meaning they need actual sponsors, fans, etc. If they went virtual, they wouldn't need the big money and you may as well just do it yourself in a videogame... For about $400 you can get 80% of the way there, if you have $100,000 you could get a setup that's nearly indistinguishable from reality (a few racing teams have this, cause it's cheaper than practice in the real car).