“In order to be a great Formula 1 driver, you need to have the cognitive capabilities of a chess grandmaster, the strength, stamina, and reactions of a fighter, and then you also have to have the endurance of a marathon runner.” Former F1 performance coach Clayton Green breaks down precisely why they average person would be unable to drive a Formula One car—and why the professionals are such unique athletes.

Some minor corrections we wish to highlight:

In error we combined two Belgian Grand Prix collisions, a nearfatal 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: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...)

Director: Anna O'Donohue
Director of Photography: Lloyd Willacy
Editor: Shandor Garrison
Expert: Clayton Green
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Kameryn Hamilton
Sr. Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Audio Engineer: Tom LeBeau
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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