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Neither NASCAR or F1 are the hardest form of motorsport: that crown defo goes to motorcycle racing. MotoGP has the same speeds and forces of F1, but you're hanging off the edge of a bike on the limits of traction. Turning a wheel and shifting does not take nearly as much out of you as leaning into turns, controlling the wheelies without traction control, and all the things (clutch, shifting) that car drivers do as well. The Isle of Man TT is the most demanding and dangerous of all: 1000cc superbikes pushing 200 bhp running on 37 miles of public roads well over 100 mph. Until this year it was 6 laps, about 2 hours of full throttle. Not to mention is you make a mistake, it will probably be fatal. That, my friends, is pure balls, pure skill, and the undoubted toughest form of racing.
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