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The largest forces are under braking. For example at Monza, a famous racetrack in Italy, the average peak deceleration force per lap is around 5.6Gs. The brakin
by jperras 8y ago
The largest forces are under braking. For example at Monza, a famous racetrack in Italy, the average peak deceleration force per lap is around 5.6Gs. The braking zone before the Parabolica corner has a peak deceleration force of 6.7Gs. And they do this for over 50 laps.
Hell, the deceleration that an F1 car experiences simply due to engine braking is already more than what you would feel if you slammed on the brakes in your sedan going 100kph.
For turns, the forces are less, but they're still incredible. At Suzuka there's a very famous corner that is known as 130R (it has a 130m radius) and taken at about 305kph (190mph), and produces sustained 3.5Gs of lateral force.
Sources:
* https://www.brembo.com/en/company/news/formula-1-monza-2018-brembo-brakes https://www.brembo.com/en/company/news/formula-1-monza-2018-...
* https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/f1-toughest-track-ever https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/f1-toughest-track-ever