Sport surprise

I was having a cursory glace at the idiot box before. I was a bit surprised to see this thing called the A1 Grand Prix. It's the 'world cup' of motor sport. Cars that look like F1 (sort of) cars are driven by drivers representing a seemingly totally global distribution of countries. The cars all seem to be technically equal. There is a thing called a 'speed boost' that each car has three of per race. It makes the whole thing seem like playing a computer game. Much like another life threating motorsport to be. I guess my interest was piqued because currently NZ are 4th! I suspect that the motor world views this whole thing as the retarded cousin of F1. I think it is better to have a real contest between the drivers, however.