Why The Average Human Couldn't Drive An F1 Car | WIRED

[@WIRED]

Some minor corrections we wish to highlight: In error we combined two Belgian Grand Prix collisions, a near-fatal one from 2012 and one from 2022. Lewis Hamilton did experience 45G of force during the 2022 collision with Fernando Alonso, however. We erroneously depict the Pit lane entry a few metres early. The correct entry is after the “club” turn before the start/finish line. We incorrectly state an average human's reaction speed is 500m/s. This is incorrect as it depicts ‘choice reaction speed’ rather than ‘simple reaction speed’. The average human’s simple reaction speed actually ranges from 231 to 391m/s (Source: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00131/full)

[@Vindall12]

Feel free to edit the random shade you threw at lando and the other 'simulator' drivers not "having grip feel like lewis" lando is arguably one of the best wet weather drivers on the grid which almost exclusively is based on the ability to feel tire grip when there is quite literally none as they're driving on wet tracks....

[@12mixes55]

glad your team is fixing the few amount of mistakes in the video

[@bossykalewa]

Hahahaha

[@damncritics]

I think you guys meant to type ms and not m/s. They are two very different units of measurement....

[@ayayahuasca]

why not use max's crash in silverstone as an example? i believe he experienced 50G during the collision with.. oh nvm

[@anthonyfrederick3214]

The average human can’t even drive a regular car.

[@CrazyTrain1031]

LOL truths

[@amandubey5287]

​@@The_Ostrichyou drive an automatic right

[@GamblingDedicated]

​@@The_Ostrichnot even close, my dude. Idiots on the wheel are a global issue.

[@Thorny_Fox]

​@@GamblingDedicated Maybe in your country, not in everyones.

[@Soggywafffles]

Lololololol

[@Recklezzhuman]

This is the perfect explanation for those saying Formula 1 is not a physical sport

[@Sweet_Karma]

People often say this sort of things about a ton of sports. Those who can't do often have the most negative things to say and that goes for sports, art, business etc.

[@Recklezzhuman]

@@Sweet_Karma exactly 🤝

[@dallesamllhals9161]

..still boring - nowadays...ain't it?

[@123_divyanshsingh_parmar8]

​ @afkhaya22 you must be talking about your spendalone birthday clips, cause for f1 fans its thrilling

[@darthwater999]

@@dallesamllhals9161 it depends, I like strategy so not boring at all for me

[@DarkKnight-uz3os]

My respect for Fernando Alonso increased tenfold after watching this, he’s 42 and got better reflexes than most of the young drivers

[@huge.muianus]

wdym, he's 21 🙄, he is the rookie of the year

[@rimestasis]

He still at his prime

[@gonzalez239]

Bro Is the goat

[@tetokesenye397]

Muscle memory might play a part. I'm not sure though.

[@simsalabimre]

Plus he's able to watch the race while driving 😂not all drivers are

[@SBA_poiko]

The larger neck muscles of an F1 driver prevents fatigue over a race distance. Yes it can help a little bit over a crash, but the HANS device is what ultimately stops whiplash and other serious injuries.

[@FrankyPi]

Yeah that was weird of them claiming their necks is what stops injuries when crashing, no neck can resist impulses with several dozen Gs or more, they have strong necks for sustained forces of up to 5 to 7 G in corners and braking, but a crash is very different.

[@Beskar_Sleeper]

@@gma2039facts. This is a clickbait. I love F1 and the fact that there’s only 19 slots in the world says a lot. I however don’t believe a lot of this guys flow of the mouth.

[@Ensensu2]

Why haven't those HANS devices made it to consumer cars?

[@SBA_poiko]

@@Ensensu2 everyday cars don't experience such high deceleration. They don't need it. Plus it requires a helmet, the HANS device has two mounting points on a helmet.

[@MorsDengse]

Please dont ruin the interwebs with facts.

[@deepakdongre7712]

I've driven a go-kart at a leisurely 40 kph and i was worried my neck would snap and land in the grass mid corner. These guys are a different breed.

[@pain.497]

I crashed at 20mph into a ditch in my go kart cuz my sandal got stuck in the gas pedal. Surprisingly my neck was ok, but my upper back was injured. I was wearing seat belts in a cross pattern at the time.

[@kraanialepsy]

driven a rental kart through "high speed corner" for like 40 kmph, the g-force is a lot more than daily car turning. I don't even know how they flat out through Pouhon and take 5-6g of force.

[@borednow]

same, ive driven a normal car at 120 km/h and made turns on a small street between farmlands without slowing down without any problems or feeling scared but then driving a kart at 40 km/h felt so much scarier and dangerous... i dont get it...

[@lewisw29]

40 is quite alright for me surprisingly and I am rather new, but I would imagine anything faster than 70 I would not finish three laps

[@Tom-wr6mq]

@@lewisw29 mate i do not know what karts you are driving but you are going up to 80 or 90kph flat out in regular rental karts, and well over 100kph in competition karts. Obviously less in corners, but i think you underestimate how quick karts are

[@_maxgray]

Super confused by the implication that only "younger drivers" drive sims. They literally all do as part of training, including Lewis. The difference between Lando and Lewis is not based on who uses sims.

[@palalabu]

yeah and they imply that younger drivers only rely on sim, and that their "lack of understanding" on tires is not bc the difference in experience they have. i mean lewis has been driving for over a decade, it's lando's 5th year.

[@meneermankepoot]

Feels like this video had parts in them just to praise lewis lmao

[@toomuchdebt5669]

@@meneermankepoot The guy literally worked with Lewis for a few years what do you expect.

[@meneermankepoot]

@toomuchdebt5669 i have only started watching f1 semi consistently the last year or so. Its does not seem to me that hamilton is very liked, that includes by his own team

[@user-hb9bf3kn3n]

@@meneermankepootstop listening to conspiracy theories

[@radry100]

As Niki Lauda once said: Everyone can drive a F1 car, a regular person is just a few seconds slower.

[@alasdairduncan3]

Eh? The video goes a lot further than that.

[@adamsteinhardt6393]

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Niki Lauda told us ‘take a monkey, place him into the cockpit and he is able to drive the car.’ Thirty years later, Sebastian told us ‘I had to start my car like a computer, it’s very complicated.’ And Nico Rosberg said that during the race - I don’t remember what race - he pressed the wrong button on the wheel. Question for you both: is Formula One driving today too complicated with twenty and more buttons on the wheel, are you too much under effort, under pressure? What are your wishes for the future concerning the technical programme during the race? Less buttons, more? Or less and more communication with your engineers?

[@somu9821]

@@adamsteinhardt6393 Can you repeat the question

[@scotthulsebos6457]

@@adamsteinhardt6393 I've read this out loud in my head with the accent hahahahahahah

[@vladislavdimitrov4646]

@@scotthulsebos6457 because of the "Gentlemen"?

[@GeneralKenobi69420]

I recently went go-karting for the first time and it was unexpectedly one of the most physically demanding activities I've ever done. At the end I couldn't feel my forearms... and that was after like 10 minutes. I can't imagine the intensity of not only racing in a car that has 50x the power for hours on end, but to actually be THE BEST at it. Mad respect tbh

[@williamtaittinger4529]

you are weak. pathetically weak, in fact. that is why your country will fall for more aggressive, more masculine, tho low IQ'ed men.

[@idriveastationwagon1534]

We did three 15 minute races at a k1 speed place, arms felt like I was lifting weights. Not all sports are about throwing a ball but people don’t want to have that talk.

[@johnlucas6683]

Well, you can keep practicing and developing/training the muscles for the specific task. But still, good point.

[@loisen]

After driving go kart my back hurt for 2 weeks.

[@मराठी.माणूस]

i drove about just 10 laps of small karting circuit. for the rest of the day half side of my body (the one being thrown outside) was aching badly.

[@rus.t]

They missed one other reason why I couldn't drive an F1 car: I can't afford it.

[@vineetbiswal5188]

It's clear the editors don't know much about formula 1. This video isn't very accurate but it's still well made and easily digestible for people who aren't into formula 1.

[@harveysawyer9027]

Ye they did show a lot of F2 images when specifically referencing F1, but the video is still well structured and well explained.

[@reborndiajack9612]

@@harveysawyer9027and pit lane lol that was a doozy

[@alexj.5207]

@@harveysawyer9027 they arent allowed to show f1 footage

[@Klovar]

Anything to get more people interested in this amazing sport I've come on after watching drive to survive, 2022 season is the very first season i watched all of the races live, and now I'm hooked. Got F1 TV pro, and am (trying to) going to the Las Vegas GP, ❤❤❤

[@j.s3300]

Duh

[@limecoke3]

Most importantly, you also need to be born into a wealthy family. I don’t remember having a Formula program at my high school.

[@doowappable]

Well that goes for any car sports, or basicly just any sports that has expensive gear

[@KainedbutAble123]

Hamilton’s family were not wealthy. His dad worked four jobs to buy him a kart and support his racing.

[@big-anvil]

@@StacksSats I think you're conflating Nikita Mazapin and Lance Stroll. Mazapin's Dad is a Russian Oligarch who invested heavily in Haas to let his son race. He was a terrible driver and was only allowed to race because Haas had large financial issues, and he was sacked when the war started. Stroll's dad owns Aston Martin and lets his son race. Stoll is below average, but not terrible. But everyone knows hes only there becasuse of his dad.

[@hkr667]

@@KainedbutAble123 His family was still quite rich compared to most people. I get the whole "we were poor" story, that does well in media, but if you can afford a kart and to go to races, then you have the money for it. Truly poor people struggle to have food to eat, they don't buy a kart no matter how much they love racing. Let alone have a car and money for gas to go there.

[@EthanRom]

That goes for a lot of professions. Any advanced industry requires a lot of money

[@rodneycooperjr3223]

Even though I have never driven a racecar professionally, I always considered it a very grueling sport. Anyone that's ever driven a hundred miles on a regular road trip should understand that, at the very least, it's hard to concentrate after a while. To take it a step further, anyone that's raced go karts can tell you that it requires agility and quick decision making, and when the race is over, you're tired and sweaty.

[@alexj.5207]

Even doing like 15 minute race on a video game I start to lose concentration

[@HoJSimpson]

@@alexj.5207 I once drove the 24H of Nürburgring in Gran Tourismo with full force feedback in real time. We where 5 drivers And we all did 2 hour stints.That was without joking super exhausting. Also don't underestimate the sounds also, I could still hear the Transmission of that Porsche half a day later lol.

[@williamjonathan9723]

@@HoJSimpsonthat was dope

[@FatCandyProduction]

Good points throughout the video. But you fail to mention that whilst doing all the things mentioned in this video they also change and control brake balance to every corner. Re-gen levels in almost every corner. Boost through the kers system, multiple DRS zones. Tyre wear control, fuel savings and keeping track of team stratagies and even making pit call decisions. Then also giving constant feedback to your engineer and trying to stay calm when someone tries to cut you off on the edge of what the rulebook allows.. Oh and track limits.... At 5+ g forces. For 90 minutes. Whilst losing around 4kg of bodyweight.

[@simsalabimre]

And obviously the pressure of being quick

[@AzurezApex]

I like it when people can think about all different factors that can affect the outcome. +1

[@PBMS123]

they might adjust BB throughout a lap, but rarely through every corner. The change in BB is usually in response to loss in grip levels of the tyres, the same goes with brake migration. Re-gen levels are based on the strategy, not corner, and this is usually set by the engineer in the ear, telling them what to set.

[@mogznwaz]

I’ll never forget when Ayrton Senna’s gears jammed and he had to drive a whole race in like 3rd gear - when he finished, his neck, his whole body, was so tense he was in agony and he could barely move.

[@cann1bal965]

6th gear I believe, not 3rd

[@rafaelfermin4619]

Ok nice vid but you have a little of misinformation in the crash between Lewis and Nando. That near fatal crash was in 2012, not last year and was provoked by Grosjean. Last year they did made contact but it was in a low speed corner and the result was that Lewis got airborne for a sec but he was back in four wheels unscathed. In other words, it was like a hitting a bump. Minor detail but a medium like Wired shouldn’t make mistake like this

[@crushx]

i think she may have been confused with their collision at the end of the kemmel straight at spa last season which was quite the hefty hit also

[@sepo4672]

they got the pitstop entry wrong aswell and many other things

[@coin5207]

She wasn't confused, she just didn't know what she was talking about.

[@EllaGP22]

@@coin5207The voiceover person did not write the video

[@coin5207]

@@EllaGP22 this changes what I said how?

[@MichaelG1986]

To be fair, a "normal person" could drive a Formula 1 car, but not anywhere near its capabilities or over a race distance. There's a KZbin video of F1 announcer David Croft driving a Lotus F1 car around the Paul Ricard circuit. He did OK for a few laps.

[@robot7200]

Finally a comment with the same thought I had! Can’t believe no one else is pointing it out!

[@alexj.5207]

Hes raced before though

[@MichaelG1986]

@@alexj.5207 To my knowledge David Croft has never raced.

[@dequasont1063]

He was an actual driver though right? Im not sure

[@dequasont1063]

Nevermind

[@nexh062]

This sounds hard but the video didn't even talked about strategy changes, changing break balance every corner, racecraft that the drivers start to learn since 5, maintaining pace, talking with the team while driving at 300 kph and many more things. F1 drivers are aliens.

[@granttong8316]

They also don’t mention the mental pressure of driving and being in f1, there’s hundreds of people in a team all counting you and also the pressure of being only 1 of 20 drivers in the world is immense and there’s no other sport with that kinda of pressure.

[@toomuchdebt5669]

Gasley and Albon were under severe pressure at redbull

[@rhoclouds]

i wouldnt say that. there are other sports with teams backing you too. its up for debate but its also true that in f1 you race for a team more than a country which could be considered less pressure than a sport in which your country counts on you. its definitely one of the most mentally heavy sports though alongside tennis, swimming, dance/gymnastics, and football though!

[@canesugar911]

Alot of sports have those pressures. Much more immense because the entire country (not just a team) in counting of the athlete.

[@islandinthesky]

@@canesugar911 number of pro football (soccer) players: 128,900. number of pro football (us) players: 1696, number of pro nba players: 450.....number of pro F1 drivers: 20 max.

[@williamtaittinger4529]

you are weak. in mind AND body. pathetically weak, in fact. that is why your country will fall for more aggressive, more masculine, tho low IQ'ed men.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

For those who don't know, the driver (Zhou) seen in the upside down car which ended up in the catch fence was, obviously, taken immediately to the medical centre (they have a minimum, but extremely high standard of equipment globally for any circuit which can hold an F1 race. The medical car carrying a highly-skilled doctor, driven by a racing driver, follows the cars on lap one because it's the most likely one to have a big accident, and the doc can be onsite in seconds. Look up the Grosjean crash in Bahrain to see the doc entering the flames. Don't worry, happy ending!). A short while later, Zhou was walking back to his pit garage. Other than being a bit shaken and undoubtedly being a bit bruised, he was perfectly okay. Had there been any doubt about his state, he'd have been helicoptered to the nearest trauma unit. They _never_ take a driver's word for it that they're okay, they get seriously tested! Had it been a non-F1 driver going through all that, at best he'd have been hospitalised.

[@victor9]

This "drive to survive" levels of accuracy.

[@Pl4r_Svn]

One might think that a reputable news agency would also use correct images and captions. For example, one lane that is there for the marshals has been labeled as the pitlane and only 30 seconds or so later you see the actual one. Of course these are small mistakes and it's not a dramatic mistake either, but such things can easily be avoided by investigating a bit more into the subject

[@rodrickgamwo9149]

I see why F1 is a sport now. I didn't realize that it probably takes a lot of strength to drive these cars. Crazy.

[@basmca1]

0:58 You really put a V8 musclecar sound over an F1 car?

[@mroozendaal]

The cognitive capabilities of a chess grand master? That is just a ridiculous comparison and frankly not even close to the truth. Oké an F1 should be relatively intelligent, but their main skill is to drive fast.

[@meneermankepoot]

Guess theyre stuck in 3 digit elo world lololol

[@stripstick]

Right! They’re really disrespecting a lot of crafts just to make driving fast cars seem “impossible”.

[@gummy5862]

We’re gonna pretend that “endurance of a marathon runner” was valid? 😂 A lot of these dudes don’t even look like they workout.

[@Kevinschart]

​@@TheBatCat-46but apparently they're smart enough to put people on the moon. This whole video was obnoxious

[@jordanwardle11]

​@@gummy5862if they workout too much, they will be too heavy. Each sport has it's workouts

[@jopo7996]

I'm a regular guy, and I could easily drive an F1 car. Although, it would be a very expensive 10 seconds for the owners.

[@bluedott7956]

Yeah at 20 mph, and you prob dont even know how to turn it on.

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

We aren’t talking f1 the video game but then again regular people join the military and fly jets

[@DonDon45-i5h]

@@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE You realize they get training right

[@goodoldgrim]

Average human reaction time is between 200 and 300ms. 500ms reaction would be incredibly slow and indicative of some health issue.

[@alexj.5207]

yeah I kinda have a slow reaction time and when i tested it was 397 ms

[@goodoldgrim]

@@chinglesscheddar Did they test the F1 driver reactions by randomly surprising them on the street or smth? Another point of comparison the video used was sprinters, who train to react fast to one super specific stimulus.

[@thaizzz]

@@alexj.5207 if you tested through human benchmark site, it is quite possible that your reaction time might be quite a bit lower than that. The refresh rate of the images of the monitor matters quite a lot in the test.

[@thaizzz]

@@goodoldgrim there's two types of reaction times. The "prepared" and the "unprepared". Being aware of something that is about to happen lowers your reaction time by a lot. If you are at the start line waiting to start the race you might as well be hitting your lowest reaction time possible. This drivers are also quite experienced, which means that even in unprecedented situations the awareness is still kinda there. So yeah, 300ms for when weird stuff happens is a good guess.

[@andrw.720]

I’m pretty sure a sprinter reacting to a start gun or drivers to lights out are pretty prepared lol😅

[@nielshilkman]

5:00 That isn't the pit entry. In fact, it is after Stowe.

[@zytaxrr4192]

I think this is the old pit entry

[@lozy497]

Fernando Alonso still being one of the best drivers on the grid with 42 years of age with all the preparation an F1 driver needs is just insane.

[@1999_reborn]

“Cognitive capacity of a chess grandmaster” sounds like a stretch

[@frodobaggins9932]

What had Zhou's crash to do with not being able to brake, wtf?

[@zytaxrr4192]

the funny thing is that the first corner is flat anyway

[@IAmLeutrimTopalli]

I think they just used the picture out of context

[@walethegreat]

they used zhous crash because of how fast the car spun. your average human in that kind of crash would have severe whiplash or even death. they used it to show how strong your neck has to be in order to withstand the g forces during the crash.

[@iamnotluisokay]

theres a device on the neck and shoulders used to prevent whiplash

[@Iceman-gm1fu]

"sprinters are Only a fraction of a second faster" at that level 40 ms is massive

[@weedPLUSmeEQUALShigh]

yeah lol and 200ms isnt really that impressive thats my average. this guy must be as slow as he seems. no way is the average human 500-600 ffs unless we're testing babies, the very old and people in comas to bring the stats up. buddy here is glazing. these guy need a strong neck and good fitness sure but its the skill of driving that sets them apart (obviously the money to get the skill too, no ones saying having rich parents isnt helping these guys) stop saying theyre insane athletes lol

[@tombystander]

I would love to see a comparison of f1 drivers necks vs MMA fighters/wrestlers.

[@pavise6333]

One name that comes to mind is Kurt Angle

[@WarayF1]

If not roid users (WWE/show wrestling) and true athletes then F1 drivers would have bigger necks, you just need to look at their photos and compare.

[@Strafuzz]

Fighters don’t need to fit into an F1 car so there are less constraints. Neck width versus body mass would be a better comparison between F1 and MMA fighters.

[@weedPLUSmeEQUALShigh]

@@WarayF1 theyre not that crazy bud stop glazing. go hit you compound movements and youre neck will be just as big without all the banded neck stuff. not saying it will be as strong in the way that they need it to be (obviously they train the way they do for a reason) but its not impressive that they dont have pencil necks. lewis hamilton has a 18 inch neck, that's it, granted he's a tiny bloke but i had the same at 18.

[@willcookmakeup]

F1 is no joke. I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to drive a LP640 and a few older Ferrari models, and even those made me feel exhausted after. I couldn't even imagine what driving on track with one of those beasts would be like. I'd probably pass out honestly

[@Zoe-u1r]

Ayrton Senna understood when he first started his F1 career that he needed to train in order to build up some muscles because a formula one car can zap your physical energy and put intense strain on your internal organs. It was said at the end of the Senna film that there hasn't been a fatality in F1 since Ayrton's death but that is not true and after watching this video,it only confirms what I've known for many years - Motor racing will never be 100% safe. Rip every F1 legend who left his mark on the sport ❤

[@HoldFastFilms]

If it came to neck alone, Corpsegrinder would be undefeated world champion.

[@Michaelengelmann]

Your literally trained to be an F1 driver like any other professional sport, it takes time. Mostly when you’re a kid (a wealthy kid)

[@coldhardtruth333]

Hamilton was poor

[@Michaelengelmann]

@@coldhardtruth333 and? Most arent. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ark14700]

It's not like race cars can be sold at your local sports store

[@Romans8-9]

Not really. The Schumacher bros. had humble upbringings. Not every wealthy family is into kart racing for their kids.

[@Michaelengelmann]

@@Romans8-9 wow, there’s outliers? 😱 and I didn’t say “all” I said “most”

[@V10_Addict]

ill never forget the first time i set foot in a low-end formula style car, driving around a track in a car that was barely capable of 120mph. there was one carousel-style turn on the track that i was taking at maybe like, 50-70mph, and ill never forget how by the second half of that corner, i was already getting light-headed and my vision was blurring to a point where i could barely even see the exit of the turn. i have so much respect for professional drivers after that, especially considering how much worse the gforces are in a crash. F1 drivers are practically superhuman!

[@Space-1255]

I couldn't begin to imagine myself in an F1 car my neck's getting sore just hearing about their training exercises

[@xxfloppypillowxx]

I wonder how they measure the reaction time because 160ms is mid reaction time for first person shooters players who are just doing a pure reaction time task (aka click as soon as you see green) some players can get as low as 120ms average.

[@isaacmurray2641]

There's no way it takes the average person a full half second to react (according to Google it's closer to 250ms). Also, I'd say Husain Bolt launching his entire body in 160ms isn't comparable to an F1 driver launching a car in 200. Don't get me wrong, They're world class athletes too. But reacting and full body movement are two different things

[@shakiraryan387]

that reacting includes the clutch, getting on the throttle, controlling things like wheel spin and making sure you're poised to defend or attack though

[@thisfool89]

​@@shakiraryan387um no they said react to the light. Half a second to react to the light is a nearly dead person. You can go to any open to the public drag race and find untrained amateurs and weekend warriors with .2 and .3 reaction times.

[@meneermankepoot]

Scrolling through the comments, so many things wrong with this video its pretty hilarious

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

Some sprinters have sub 100

[@liltimmy109]

@@yellowcactustvz4929almost all of them lol

[@dinev9]

The only way to convince me is to put me in one of those. But seeing that they are not commercially available, we will never know how great of a pilot I could have been.

[@AKPremier]

5:18 waaaaat because Lando Norris plays video games he doesn't know when to pit???? As if he hasn't been racing open wheel for years

[@dido5317]

Yes literally every driver on the grid currently has at least 3-4 years of open wheel knowledge in junior categories of in f1 plus there are sensors on the car and stuff that is reported to the engineers about tire wear and teams usually decide on a strategy and the time to pit before the race (unless of course the weather changes or they change the strategy mid race). The problem isn’t knowing when to put for new tires but it is conserving your current tires until the pit window and teams also use practice to test out tire wear and fuel consumption around a track to know whether or not to over fuel a little and stuff like that. And drivers don’t just use listening, they can also feel the tire degradation as they race longer and they can feel themselves losing grip and engineers compare lap times to other drivers to see what the pace is like on new vs old tires or different compound tires and stuff.

[@AKPremier]

@@dido5317 exactly, I get this video is mainly for people unfamiliar with motorsport but come on, they show him playing F1 game also, as if the sims teams have aren't way more accurate and high quality

[@brianakelley123]

Clear the editors didn’t know much about f1 as for all the errors but videos like this already exist and at better quality. Glad the desire to make an f1 video was there, not sure if this was rushed to get done before silverstone but would have liked a better video ultimately

[@meneermankepoot]

About the braking, doesnt your body get pushed forward into the car when you brake, making it easier for you to fully slam the brakes and instead make it harder to initially release your foot off of the brake pedal?

[@pranavps851]

That's what seatbelts are for. Drivers don't move an inch.

[@meneermankepoot]

I dont think seatbelts are relevant to my question. Their legs arent seatbelted, they would still be pushed forward making it easier to slam the brakes, or am i missing something?

[@vberl9573]

You are helped a little bit by the force but you still need to be able to push the pedal in with around 1000N of force. You wont get 100 kilos of force on the pedal just front the weight of your leg when slowing the car down. It will help a few percent

[@PPedroFernandes]

The mix of anger and laughter whenever someone tells me "drivers aren't real athletes" is indescribable

[@thisfool89]

I mean they obviously are athletes but I'm sure you could agree to try to compare an F1 drivers athletic ability to a professional fighter or marathon runer is ridiculous.

[@megapet777]

@@thisfool89 To be fair f1 driver is probably 2x more likely to survive a car crash than marathon runner. I'd consider that quite fit.

[@thisfool89]

@@megapet777 that's a pretty obscure factoid. Where did you find that nugget?

[@megapet777]

@@thisfool89 Well just by having thick neck you are much more likely to survive a car crash and overall having more muscle mass on your frame helps, but the neck muscles are crucial. And the elite marathon runners are very light, they have barely any muscle mass so their bodies can't really cope with the forces such as car crash.

[@thisfool89]

@@megapet777 well I figured that the neck thickness might play a roll in that. But that doesn't narcissary mean they are more fit than a marathon runer. If I can bench 100lbs more then marathon runners but I can't run more then 10 miles is it fair to say I am more fit than a marathon runner?

[@bensantos3882]

Naturally an Asian immediately gets into a car accident. Got to love these truthful tropes in real life.

[@cocosulx9282]

💀💀💀

[@makii4772]

Dude when i was riding a roller coaster i was struggling to keep my head in place these guys are actually built different

[@cmel7841]

Im pretty sure most humans with a drivers license could figure out how to "drive" an F1 car at 1-2 Kph, we just would crash much faster than that.

[@milkgrapes6420]

Why would anyone say that F1 or racing for that matter isn't a physical sport? You are literally moving at a high enough speed to die. You have to be built for that

[@scrillthebeast2066]

0:34 when a race track has more muscle than you😢

[@themousebouse]

Lmao the comment about the inner ear and the tires... they have hundreds of sensors , cameras, and eyes on the car monitoring everything. No doubt the drivers can feel their tires but its a combination of all their senses.. never ever heard the inner ear comment and iv watched f1 for 20 years

[@xuyash]

they just got paid by f1 to promote and hype the sport to general audience, f1 wants to be a main stream sport like football and cricket.

[@williamcharles7340]

The secret is the average formula one driver's head is half the size of a real human's head so the G forces don't have the same effect in the corners.

[@VanishPenguin]

I am a capable, athletic, casual Go-Kart racer. My breathing increases imensely and neck is numb at the end of a competitive session. I can only imagine what these guys go through

[@MarkVictorArnold]

Why is every b-roll still of “braking” showing a car spinning? Clearly not edited by anyone who has actually watched Racing of any kind.

[@John-k6f9k]

People like to put their heroes on pedestals so there's a tendency to exaggerate the difficulty of the sport. Saying you need the cognitive abilities of chess grandmaster in F1 is just ridiculous. Fitness, reflexes and stamina are all important but these qualities aren't exclusive to f1

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

It is an extreme sport in terms of stamina, focus and some of the muscles you need this is for sure. Imagine driving for over 1 hour in a 50°C cockpit, with an heart rate of 160 (average) and 3 to 6 g pushing against your neck, leg, arm and body. You also need exceptional spatial awareness and immense reflexes.

[@proper_miles]

I often wonder how many of the physical challenges are self imposed by the intentional lack of assistance in an F1 car. For example, how many laps could an average healthy person do in a F1 car, and how fast, before feeling savers fatigue, versus something else extreme but with assistance, like an Aston Martin Valkyrie or AMG Project 1? In those cars, they have seats with large bolsters around your helmet to support your neck, they have modern assisted braking systems available, they have air conditioning, etc. If someone would normally tap out around 3 laps, do the aides in assisted cars make those 3 laps more like 20? Not trying to make any point, just pondering how much of the strain is purely speed related versus a lack of assistance. If you watch the Valkyrie videos with Nico Hulkenberg, the passengers still have a hard time managing the ride (although it’s always tougher as a passenger), but it would be cool to really measure the difference.

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

No more than 1 lap lol.

[@Ben-dl9sp]

This is a silly video. F1 racers have trained their necks up to that size. If average joe trained hard they could train their necks up to similar strength. Whether they could control an F1 car is another question though.

[@wondroustransition1622]

Of course it had to be Jenson Button holding the record at button pushing lol

[@OniiHvH]

500 to 600 milliseconds? Average human reaction time is around 260 ms, wtf is this guy talking about?

[@Sr_Sinful]

The reaction time numbers are completely incorrect. So much in this video is wrong unfortunately.

[@salsspar2132]

wow they are true athletes indeed. No clue that is what they go through. I was soo ignorant. Just woah. I respect this sport so much more now

[@jaymondal2466]

Tom Cruise drove one at a pretty good pace given it was his first time - but Tom Cruise is no average human for sure

[@coldhardtruth333]

Well he had to practice for while..

[@rumblefish9]

A trained person can drive an F1 car, the difference is they can't drive the whole length on a race. Tom Cruise wouldn't be able to handle an entire race with all the stresses. One or two laps is doable, 70 laps is not.

[@definitelynosebreather]

What a special and specific body type to be an elite F1 driver (light, strong necks and legs, fast reaction time..)

[@sakhile6460]

if you guys want to talk about reaction speed and reflexes you should mention esports pro gamers

[@stripstick]

Exactlyyyyy! These basic requirements of F1 driving is nothing compared to real physically or mentally demanding sports. Including the reaction speed and decision making of top Fortnite and Apex pros.

[@joosep3668]

@@stripstick are you calling an esports gamer more athletic than a formula 1 driver?

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

​@@joosep3668He's joking lol

[@Drbob369]

Getting used to fatal crashes is really exceptional

[@mandelleli]

Welcome to F1 American Media, it's nice to finally have you 😅❤ *GO* 4️⃣4️⃣ GO LEWIS ❤

[@somedude4805]

The g-forces involved with cornering at speed in an F1 car are enough to snap necks like twigs. You have to be a BEAST to handle these cars, especially to win in them.

[@vracaze]

0:15 and a bank account of a billionaire

[@snappymustang]

Fax! 🗿

[@alhikmahkhairirizal1]

When i was a teenager i started karting and compete for around 2-3 years, it was physically demanding. Nowadays i only karting for fun. Massive respect for F1 or any formula racer, it was hard to compete with a high level like that

[@theefatima]

2:20 the track said 💪🏻

[@karishajohnson6537]

Imagine all the failures that had to happen to know all of this.

[@zeusluby1290]

I had no idea F1 racing was so physically demanding. As an older gent, I’m glad to know my present state of fitness would be sufficient for the occupation.

[@kwamemeloy1070]

Too bulky in my opinion. Too much muscle adds weight to the car is unwanted.

[@Kevinschart]

It's not sufficient. If you're not training sports specific you aren't ready. I don't care how much muscle you have. Nice try at making this about you and your little weight lifting

[@zeusluby1290]

@@Kevinschart You don’t have enough information about the specifics of my routine to intelligently weigh in on this matter. If you were sharper you’d at least have done a bit of research before trying to post a slick comment. All good though. Hit me if you need some fitness advice.

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

​@@zeusluby1290Lol, delusion.

[@zartic4life]

I'm definately in the sub 200 range but it's usually for catching dishes that slip out of my hands.

[@theeuglyduckling9476]

Don't forget about luck, talent and money.

[@calebmhorvath]

the people that say it looks easy are the people that have never actually taken their car around sketchy turns at high speeds, or just driven really fast in general. and i'm not saying they should obv, it's not smart but it gives you more perspective into the sheer forces these guys are enduring while taking those fast turns and rapidly accelerating and decelerating. it takes sooo much more effort and intent to maneuver a car going 100 vs 60

[@geradvindicating9514]

Money is the only thing that’s not letting me drive an f1

[@Nightwalk444]

uhh what? An average human reaction time is 250 ms. Also, neck can be trained. That's what wrestlers do, the bad side is that thicker the neck, higher chance at sleep apnea.

[@jasonstarrising]

LMAO ikr I'm just some gamer and average 120ms on human benchmark. 500 to 600 is crazy

[@zeichofreed79]

It's basically Jet engine on land, wonder why

[@realericsmith]

I agree with most of this except for tire wire degradation perception. There are sensors on the car that tell the team, and the driver can sense how the car drives if the tires are worn. They don’t need “inner air balance” superpowers as this seems to suggest. There are other intuitive measures that give them clues.

[@Cyberdingzhen]

why they putting zhou's incident up with "not able to brake"??? do they even know what they are talking about?

[@lukeswa.n]

Nope. They got the average weight of f1 drivers wrong as well saying its less than 70kg when Google says the FIA minimum is 80

[@FrankyPi]

@@lukeswa.n Minimum of 80 kg is for the rule of ballast that was introduced a few years ago. Before that, drivers weight wasn't compensated with anything, so lighter drivers had an advantage, now every driver must have ballast for the total weight of the driver and ballast to be 80 kg, eliminating unfair advantage of lighter drivers.

[@MegaMarmotYT]

I used to think that formula 1 was just driving cars fast but its really like running a 3 mile run and being in a fighter jet dog fight, and competative swimming at the same time. all while being mentally stable and trying not to crash and be aware of your surroundings.

[@valleyshrew]

"The average reaction time is 500-600ms." It's actually more like 250ms, google it yourself to confirm if you want. What other facts in this video are wrong?

[@mustafashulqamy1844]

3:29 With all due respect, the forces F1 drivers experience are in no way at all comparable in the slightest bit to the forces fighter pilots experience. Fighter pilots experience vertical G-forces; in high amounts (9+) could cause G-Lock (passing out for a while) if you're untrained or inexperienced/not acclimated. A vertical g-force means weighing more than you actually do (depending on the magnitude). So imagine 9 G, you would weigh 9 times your current body weight, which is like 9 of yourself sitting on top of your head. No F1 driver in F1 history or even drag-racing ever experienced G-Lock.

[@janetf23]

After having experienced Nürburgring on a motorcycle in 1976, my overactive imagination gives me palpitations at the prospect of driving Formula 1😳

[@silesia9527]

Nah i dont like this video

[@W1ATR]

I could drive one, maybe not full potential but I can definitely cruise.

[@azodlaramo4249]

I think this discussion been had about a thousand times and it always annoys me because it always mislead people into thinking F1 car is hard to drive while in truth it’s probably easier than a manual transmission regular car. I think yes, average person can drive an F1 car over a lap with an uncompetitive laptime, but an average person wouldn’t stand a chance over a race let alone grand prix weekends due to the point this video is stating.

[@F1Fanatic76]

They are hard to drive. Like they said in the video you need a LOT of physical force to push the brake pedal down just to stop the thing. Plus those cars use a paddle for the clutch. There is no third pedal by the gas and brake. They definitely take practice. No one is jumping into an F1 car and doing well in 10 minutes.

[@33LB]

it's amazing how this sport requires lightning-fast reflexes and peak physical fitness, yet, watching it for 10 minutes puts the average person to sleep out of sheer boredom.

[@rinaldiankingz]

I giggled when they point at pitlane😂

[@stevenjoy3537]

Not to mention radio communications, others on track fighting for the same space and around 20 buttons/switches

[@EdMcF1]

Sorry but no way do F1 drivers have anything like the cognitive abilities of a chess grandmaster, nowhere near. The calculations that they engage in, and the memory of openings are make the comparison absurd. Yes they have to process a lot of information very quickly, but they have teams to support them in real time, unlike chess players.

[@picrureperfect8476]

It’s not that you couldn’t drive an F1 car it’s that you wouldn’t be able to push at all and would be exhausted after 2-3 laps

[@tophat2115]

You could drive it, casually around the track but not against other F1 drivers in a race. Cruising around at 80-90 K would be something must able bodied people could manage but not driving at 320-360 K for hours at a time while moving around other cars doing the same.

[@BAM173jkl]

the amount of force required to push the breaks is immense, even pushing as hard as possible you're not likely to achieve even 50% break pressure. and driving slowly means you sacrifice optimal tire temperature, as well as adequate downforce so you'll more than likely spin as soon as you try and put any power down at all. Richard Hammond tried driving an old Renault around Silverstone and couldn't make it through the first corner even while cruising

[@malakaiesp]

And F1 engine overheats at low speeds so you wouldn't get much driving either.

[@Braun30]

Drove a McLaren F1 car many years ago. Mechanics had to move the car, they asked me to steer it while they pushed. It had normal tires on it. Monza, 1976.

[@arnoldmbuthia2687]

Why does Verstappen look so thin? Hamilton has significant muscle as so does Gasly, but Verstappen...

[@boxoffisa]

The word “average” in this context got me thinking. I wonder if there is something I do better than F1 drivers which makes them average to me. That is crazy. It makes it look like formulae one drivers are born different rather than trained.

[@Vinicius_Berger]

3:01 Why didn't you use, you know, NORMAL human measurements for this part? Throughout the whole video you used measurements normal people know what it means, but here you dropped the ball.

[@davida8407]

Love the Nascar sound effects at the beginning

[@jacobanderson5109]

was looking for this comment

[@tinuzz2]

This video is not about driving an F1 car, it's about being an F1 driver. The title had me going like "What can possibly be so difficult about an F1 car that an average human couldn't get it in motion?" but that remains a mystery.

[@MrXaniss]

Fitness, the g forces are ridiculous, you the car would knock you about, you wouldn't be able to drive it, they hit close to 6G through some corners, the average car going round as fast as it can would get like 0.5G

[@shellyshellnguyen]

I took that same reflects test at my Dave and Busters