Formula 1: How fit does a driver need to be? - BBC Sport

[@iamyourgreatgreatgreatgrea6291]

Love this!! Also, the balance of having an exceptionally strong body in whole yet no part is too "big" or "heavy" is just unbelievable and so lovely! Getting a "happy rush" out of hearing that MS was the gamechanger of fitness in F1 as he's always been and still is my F1 hero!

[@minners71]

Pretty sure Niki Lauda was the first to start looking after his fitness and diet.

[@iamyourgreatgreatgreatgrea6291]

​@@minners71 Not saying that's false, but all I've read and heard is that Michael was the one who revolutionized driver's fitness, at least in F1. Though if that's false, then it would come as no surprise to me if Niki was the first, both were incredibly drivers and probably individuals too either way.

[@jonathanchen4109]

aryton is the first in driver fitness

[@PoisonousPen]

Jonathan Chen Not quite.....It was Niki Lauda

[@psd993]

Sorry, but schumi was miles ahead of anyone until that point. On a bicycle he could go toe to toe with olympic cyclists at one point.

[@CL-fg5ne]

Ayrton tried but wasn't nearly as serious about it as Michael was

[@allenvrabac4827]

Informative. Only that he said that F1 was as physical as in the 80's, 90's as it is now which is simply not true.

[@maxomatlp8672]

I dont really think non f1 drivers are really able to judge this statement.

[@allenvrabac4827]

@@maxomatlp8672 i base it off of comments by drivers and former drivers that have driven both modern and classic F1 cars.

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

@@maxomatlp8672 tbh same for most other things people say and assume, yet that doesn't stop them :')

[@russotusso1695]

Depends, back then you needed more strength in your arms and legs, nowadays you need more strength in your neck due to higher Gs

[@gtrman3709]

2 days strength training 5 days cardio and race inspired exercises

[@nilaydidolkar]

Unreal

[@jos7ify]

Why they have to be light?

[@ezypezy8747]

jos7ify The less weight added to the f1 car the better. Weight slows down and in a sport where a 1/10 of a second can be a pole change, you have to eliminate all factors slowing your lap times down

[@guanweihe7614]

A part from the very basic weighting more equals less acceleration, downforce is more efficient the less weight it has to stand, explained very simply a car with 800 kg of downforce and weighting 400kg will be able to take turns at higher speed than a car with 800 kg of downforce at 700 kg

[@fleecemaster]

Although, I have to point out that all the cars are brought up to the same weight with ballast (a weight added to the base of the car) so there are no advantages in terms of acceleration etc in Formula 1. But, in Formula 1 the advantage you get is having more ballast to play with. Ballast can be added to the front/rear of the car etc to help fine-tune the steering and brake balance. That's the real advantage you get in F1 of having a light driver. Hope that helps! :)

[@LolLoser-ku5cy]

Light=fast

[@Davecampos15]

That's bullshit Schumacher wasn't a game changer for driver fitness, Senna was 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@jrsk11hypegreen79]

Dave Campos it was lauda

[@arjuhama]

It started out with Jochen Neerpasch of BMW Motorsport's DTM racing team in 1973, where he stated that a "Prepared car needs a prepared driver." He then set up training camps for the drivers to improve stamina and concentration. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvaaYKumKuBhpY

[@sambyf2445]

Peng

[@samijosephyahya3388]

Nascar is very intense and they don't always train like this

[@YaBoi-ru9yc]

Sami Joseph Yahya this is about two words: formula one. Besides NASCAR is pretty dead, not saying it's bad though.

[@hammyjammy]

Nascar training is similar but f1 training is more intense to handle the Gs of braking and cornering

[@LolLoser-ku5cy]

Turning left isn't as hard as turning right and left

[@AdhiNarayananYR]

It’s cute that you’re comparing F1 with nascar

[@acupofbleach8975]

Esteban Ocon has fucking tiny armd and legs and not much muscle either. I think he can't do any of that.

[@renardsoro3829]

He probably has insane core strength, though. Plus his neck is pretty muscular, which is one of the most important parts.

[@acupofbleach8975]

Renard Soro yeah i dont know about that but shouldn't they be bigger if he's driving f1? and muscles grow when they're used a lot and hard, right? I dont study muscles or anything so i dont know that much about muscle types or anything.

[@penisman4144]

@@acupofbleach8975 you look at f1 drivers and they aren’t built like a brick house. just because they have to stay as light as possible so they can’t be big.