Fitness of F1 Drivers

• rojak12

  28 May 07, 00:24

  http://www.f1technical.net/articles/1125
  
  Highlights:
  
  1) David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing Team) has a resting heart rate of 40 beats/minute, rising to 198 beats/minute during a two hour race, a figure - approximately the same as that of a marathon runner crossing the finishing line - which initially stunned medical researchers.
  
  2) ...no other sport that places such big demands on the neck muscles. A head and F1 helmet together weigh about 6kg. Add about 4G-Force as experienced when cornering in a Grand Prix, and the neck has to support 24kg.
  
  3) the extreme heat found in a Formula One cockpit means drivers can sweat off up to 3 kg of their body weight during the course of a race.
  
  
• stellazio

  28 May 07, 00:27

  
• curryman

  28 May 07, 00:59

  yeap...its true...thet r more than that on the list too
• dbowie

  28 May 07, 01:03

  woah. the racers must be damn fit sia.
  fat guys pls go apply to shake off excess fat
• footprints

  28 May 07, 07:17

  david coultard and mark webber are both very fit. I know David joines the British SAS for training regularly.
• the Bear

  28 May 07, 07:44

  not only that, their neck muscles are probably so developed you could not hang them
  
  imagine taking 4G turns and the acceleration/deceleration Gs in their cars for hours... that's not just for races but they do a lot of testing too..
  
  i remember one year, about 3 fellas crashed their cars in the opening lap of the Monaco GP and it was at the other side of the lap.. they all promptly got out of their wrecked cars and ran back to the pits, jumped in their spare car and started the race!
  
  they were in full leathers and did not take their helmets off!
  
  their upper body strength is amazing too as they have to wrestle with the steering wheel of the car.. those hugeass wide tyres, gripping so well will imparts a lot of force on the steering.. and now they are all riding the kerbs, the vibrations must be amazingly hard..
• rojak12

  29 May 07, 12:59

  Well, motorsports is very demanding if you take it very seriously, just like in any sports.
  
  For example, you can see people of different shape and size plays badminton.
  
  
• sand king

  29 May 07, 19:26

  They are so fit that after the race they still can walk!
  
  Imagine 5Gs for over an hour!
• Nadare

  29 May 07, 19:28

  indeed very fit
• bladez87

  29 May 07, 19:47

  best way to lose weight
• SBS9828X

  29 May 07, 20:37

  ever watched the ads on tv? Airforce pilot takes almost 4Gs for over a minute in a dogfight... F1 drivers take up to 4Gs for over an hour...