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I'm very confused what you're arguing for now. You appeared to be critical as to why games were stopping but now seem to be supportive of it because Formula One don't stop races?
We're comparing oranges and apples here. Football is (usually) four stands with all spectators looking at one pitch for the action in a densely-packed, contained environment. Formula One has spectators in various stands throughout the track spread out over a much wider area where they'll see a brief moment of the cars going fast and then periods of nothing occurring until they race around again. The stands the spectators are in - for safety reasons above anything else - are set some way back from the action. Not having been to a race, I would presume each stand would have medical personnel on standby for anyone who fell ill which is pretty standard for any large scale event.
If someone had a, say, heart attack at a racetrack, you could easily attend to them without disrupting other fans, needing to call on the constructor's doctors (who could be a few km away) or having to take the stricken person away anywhere near the track itself. It's not easy to call a pause on a race and in most instances where something serious occurs, a safety car is deployed.
I think the better parallel to compare stoppages to would be another sport watched in four stands with eyes trained to the action on a pitch in middle in rugby. Lo and behold ...
Biljon hails medics after Jersey match
Jersey Reds boss Harvey Biljon praises the work of medical teams who came to the aid of a fan who collapsed during his side's 40-31 Championship win at Hartpury.
www.bbc.co.uk
