I’m reading about their slender and low muscle mass body frame consistent with every driver to maximize performance. Will they not benefit from bigger size to sustain the g force?
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Driving those cars is absolutely nothing like driving your road car. The mental and physical requirements are orders of magnitude greater.
To start with, they will achieve 4-5 Gs more than. Ten times a lap. Number of laps varies per circuit but typically there are 40 or more laps in a race.
Presses the brake pedal takes hundreds of pounds of force to reach optimal breaking pressure. They then have to be able to modulate that pressure to avoid locking a wheel.
The heat of the vehicle, along with the required fire safety gear can lead a driver to losing more than ten pounds of water weight across a race distance.
These two factors alone cause heart rates to elevate.
Takes these factors, as well as the mental strength to process things coming at you at well over 150mph for 90-120 minutes, and the average persons body couldn’t handle it. Physical strength, mental toughness, and grit at this level requires extensive training and physical conditioning.
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