It's fair to say that the idea of a fully autonomous race raised more than a few eyebrows. In the automotive space, attempts at autonomous driving have been more hit than miss– driverless cabs going awry, "full self-driving" falling short of the mark–and while many people say they're looking forward to a world where they can sit back and do nothing in their autonopod, the tech needed to make it work can seem a million miles away, or incredibly expensive. Or both.
For motorsport fans, arches flew up because the fun is supporting both teams and drivers. The McLaren MP4/4 is a legendary car, but would it have been quite as historic had it not been driven by Senna? Would Subaru be quite the legendary company it is without Colin McRae?
