I guess Fernando Alonso is a terrible driver, since his F1 is an automatic.
You should go and tell the engineers of the following car models that all sports cars should be MT only:
Bugatti Veyron
GT-R
Ferrari 458
Lamborghini Aventador
Lexus LF-A
BMW M3
Porsche 911, Cayman, Boxter
Meserati Quattroporte
I can keep going...All the cars listed above are multiple levels above what a sports car should be. If I was given a choice between a great performing automatic or a great performing manual, I'd go for the automatic every time. I got a MT in my 5.0 because a "good" automatic was not available, but if they offered anything that is based on any SMG/DSG transmission, you bet I would have gotten it. If you buy a sports car, and you actually track it (not drag race), you would want the best performing transmission possible, and all the newest dual clutch stuff that is out there does just that. Seamless shifts with no discernible power loss in under 1/100th of a second, each and every time, and even mid corner without unsettling the suspension. How many people that track their cars can execute a proper shift like that with a manual transmission while still maintaining a racing line? I'd guess not many. Sports cars have always been about performance and about raising the bar, and the new age automatics do just that.
My 2 cents, even though nobody asked for them