![]() He would have only been at 51G for a fraction of a second. You start off normal, gradually increase, apex, and then gradually decrease. Lateral G's don't displace blood in your body, but rather just add weight which your body experiences for seconds or in Max's case, a fraction of a second. ![]() In the case of F1 drivers, most crashes are something like 95% lateral G's, 5% vertical G's (don't quote me on that but it's mostly lateral). Bear in mind, vertical G's (up and down) physiologically affect the body differently to lateral G's (side to side). Negative G's where the blood flows to their head humans can only survive negative 2-3 G before passing out and being close to death from the influx of blood to the brain, eyes etc. Also, this is vertical G, where the blood drains out of their head and into their legs, which is why they wear G suits which squeeze the blood back to their head so they don't pass out. They sustain 9G's meaning, for multiple seconds, their body and the aircraft is holding at 9G. There's a big difference between peak G and sustained G.įighter pilots are limited by their machine go much higher (like 25-30+) than 9G, and that's dangerous territory for the structural integrity of the aircraft. Max fortunately was strapped into a contraption designed to handle this is well as our engineering allows. If you get launched into a concrete wall at 50g, chances are you are dead from internal bleeding and just general shock to the body, ie, broken neck, fractured skull etc. In high g impacts it's often the stopping that's lethal and more importantly how you stop. If I recall correctly the highest amount of G survived by a human being is well above 200g. With that said, pilots of older aircraft without fly-by-wire systems could and have pulled significantly more. In other words it's not the G that kills you, it's the lack of consciousness while flying a fighter aircraft. Without the correct technique, this will make you pass out pretty quickly as the blood is drained from the brain. High amounts of Gs are survivable - it's tied to the durarion of time and also which direction and of course safety measures. You can't exactly measure them differently. This banner is sponsored by Horsey McHorseface Looking for the Daily Discussion thread ? Menu Please read the full subreddit rules before submitting your comment or post. □□ Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing-RBPT, 1:07.275 Wikipedia? ![]() For accurate info on session times, please visit F1.com or visit a website like or ġ:05.619 (□□ C. Unfortunately, this means the sidebar won't be updated the way it used to be. Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USAį1-bot is no longer operational. ![]()
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