15 Cool Facts About Formula 1

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Mar 5, 2011 | 12:56 PM

Barrister

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15 Cool Facts About Formula 1

Mar 5, 2011 | 01:01 PM

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Boggles the mind..especially #'s 10 and 13.

Mar 5, 2011 | 01:07 PM

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Some of those are crazy!

Mar 5, 2011 | 01:10 PM

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13 would be cool to capture on film

Mar 5, 2011 | 01:19 PM

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Great post. The extremes on their body is intense. I wonder how it compares to a fighter jet? (I'll admit I am completely ignorant to fighter jets, so if it is no comparison, my bad)

Mar 5, 2011 | 01:36 PM

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Great post. The extremes on their body is intense. I wonder how it compares to a fighter jet? (I'll admit I am completely ignorant to fighter jets, so if it is no comparison, my bad)

Fighter pilots can experience up to 9g, so quite a big difference. The most g's are experience by the aerobatic plane pilots, though, where they can reach 10-12 g's during some maneuvers.

Very cool list, Nabisco.

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Mar 5, 2011 | 02:41 PM

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Here's another:

In Michael Schumacher's last interview with Evo Magazine he stated that his average hearbeat under green at a race last year was 186bpm and that was considered calm.

Mar 5, 2011 | 03:22 PM

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13 would be cool to capture on film

Agreed. Wheres that 10,000 fps HD cam that BBC has?

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Here's another:

In Michael Schumacher's last interview with Evo Magazine he stated that his average hearbeat under green at a race last year was 186bpm and that was considered calm.

I've heard/read about him saying that when racing his heartbeat barely rises over its normal level.