(disclaimer: I barely watch F1 race)
I’m always puzzled when I hear people refer to a racer as very skilled or very talented, what skills could they possibly need? Isn’t the aim of the race to reach the finish line first? Shouldn’t you just get a really fast car and let it do most of the work, while you try not to crash?
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There are quite high G-forces acting one the drivers when they accelerate, break or turn corners. You need a certain amount of fitness to be able to deal with those.
You also obviously need good reaction times.
Basically you need to be able to play a video game perfectly while strapped into an extreme roller-coaster.
It might not seem like much, because they all use cars that are similarly good and are all the top drivers that are available.
However if you have ever seen a normal person try to drive anything even close to a racing car around a track you will see that this is not as easy as it might seem.
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