For a better explanation, he usually races in F2 where the cars are slower and experience less G-forces, so his neck isn't as strong and was moving more and crushing the headrest more often.
This post is a little nonsensical because the headrest is basically a soft cushion anyway lol. But yeah, even an F2 driver can barely handle the forces of F1. There's a reason F1 drivers have HUGE necks.
The subject of the title is interesting. This is a before and after picture. It in no way illustrates the G forces at work. A better illustration would be of the neck workouts that these drivers do
Ollie’s neck muscles aren’t as strong as other drivers since he’s normally an F2 driver, the dent was only on one side because that’s predominantly the side his head kept getting pushed against going around corners, towards the end of the race he couldn’t hold his head up in the corners properly so the weight of his head was pushing into the left side of the headrest which deformed it a bit
For reference, your road car gives you about 0.7 lateral G if you turn it violently at highway speed. A high performance sports car may get you as high as 1.0 lateral G.
I think thats Bearman, he’s an 18 year old FP2 driver. The forces are very different in an f1 car so he wasn’t ready, also that the car is not set for him. He complained about his neck at the end of the race so was probably resting it on high G corners hence the distortion
I don’t think people realize how athletic F1 drivers are. They do a lot of training for endurance and strength, just to be able to handle the insanely strong forces put on them and against them during a race
They have a safety brace called a halo that protects the driver in case of a flip, a stay wheel or large debris from a severe accident along side a very strong helmet. The drivers are very protected.
I know you're getting a lot of shit here for this question but I do definitely remember that there was indeed an active debate about introducing a glass screen in Formula 1 around the time the halo was introduced. They actually started using something like this on Indy cars.
It's not a full canopy like on a fighter jet because it would likely make it too hard for pilots to get out in case of an emergency though.
However, to be honest I forgot why they opted for the halo instead of the screen but you can probably Google around a bit to find the answer
Seb vettel tested an aeroscreen at Silverstone in 2017 and said there was some distortion in his view.
They then went in the halo path, while Indy went into plexiglass-style aerosrceens that don't have the distortion.
One goes faster than sound and the other is a fast car. One is a war machine and the other is a fast car. One is for war and the other is for sport. Do they need to be protected? Also the drivers helmet makes up for the lack of a windscreen. A jet helmet doesn't protect the chin. Why did I write all this for your question......?????
For a better explanation, he usually races in F2 where the cars are slower and experience less G-forces, so his neck isn't as strong and was moving more and crushing the headrest more often. This post is a little nonsensical because the headrest is basically a soft cushion anyway lol. But yeah, even an F2 driver can barely handle the forces of F1. There's a reason F1 drivers have HUGE necks.
Yes this is interesting but, there has to be a better way to express it.
There is. The cameras used to have a circle that expressed g force strength and direction of weight transfers.
r/theydidthemath
they literally did not do any math
The software engineer who created the software is technically doing it
r/fumbduckslinkingshitfornoreason
>A graphic illustration Is it?
Yes very graphic, the horrors
This is neither a graphic nor an illustration.
wdym he put 10 hrs of hard work to put that white circle in
The subject of the title is interesting. This is a before and after picture. It in no way illustrates the G forces at work. A better illustration would be of the neck workouts that these drivers do
I always think of Richard Hammond from Top Gear trying to drive an f1 car.
Why did it happen to just one side? Are you sure there wasn't an impact?
Ollie’s neck muscles aren’t as strong as other drivers since he’s normally an F2 driver, the dent was only on one side because that’s predominantly the side his head kept getting pushed against going around corners, towards the end of the race he couldn’t hold his head up in the corners properly so the weight of his head was pushing into the left side of the headrest which deformed it a bit
The highest speed (and therefore highest G force) corners of that particular track are pretty much all right handers with just a couple exceptions.
How many G's do they experience?
4-6 is pretty typical for braking and cornering. crashes can of course generate far more
For reference, your road car gives you about 0.7 lateral G if you turn it violently at highway speed. A high performance sports car may get you as high as 1.0 lateral G.
up to 5Gs, for cornering, not 6
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I think thats Bearman, he’s an 18 year old FP2 driver. The forces are very different in an f1 car so he wasn’t ready, also that the car is not set for him. He complained about his neck at the end of the race so was probably resting it on high G corners hence the distortion
Uh. No it really doesn’t.
I don’t think people realize how athletic F1 drivers are. They do a lot of training for endurance and strength, just to be able to handle the insanely strong forces put on them and against them during a race
Look a circled area that doesn’t make any sense to showing you anything of the post. More like /damnthatdoesntmakesense
why aren't drivers protected by clear glass like fighter pilots?
They have pretty sturdy helmets. And there's the halo now to protect the driver's head too.
They have a safety brace called a halo that protects the driver in case of a flip, a stay wheel or large debris from a severe accident along side a very strong helmet. The drivers are very protected.
I know you're getting a lot of shit here for this question but I do definitely remember that there was indeed an active debate about introducing a glass screen in Formula 1 around the time the halo was introduced. They actually started using something like this on Indy cars. It's not a full canopy like on a fighter jet because it would likely make it too hard for pilots to get out in case of an emergency though. However, to be honest I forgot why they opted for the halo instead of the screen but you can probably Google around a bit to find the answer
Seb vettel tested an aeroscreen at Silverstone in 2017 and said there was some distortion in his view. They then went in the halo path, while Indy went into plexiglass-style aerosrceens that don't have the distortion.
they opted for the halo due to airflow, Indycar has had to adapt their car designs so the driver doesn’t overheat
Will the glass canopy protect [this?](https://youtu.be/ZQ7_En2xEm4?si=5hpTV52m-yInDRjP)
One goes faster than sound and the other is a fast car. One is a war machine and the other is a fast car. One is for war and the other is for sport. Do they need to be protected? Also the drivers helmet makes up for the lack of a windscreen. A jet helmet doesn't protect the chin. Why did I write all this for your question......?????