The required minimum level of athleticism among drivers has only increased over time, but "borderline superhumans" is a weird exaggeration. > Make cockpits til

The required minimum level of athleticism among drivers has only increased over time, but "borderline superhumans" is a weird exaggeration. > Make cockpits tilt inwards. Sideways-g becomes down-g. The drivers who experience the greatest effect of g forces, really pushing the limits of what's practical for the human body throughout the duration of a race, are the ones racing on ovals (not F1 drivers). Those tracks are already vectoring the g force downward rather than to the side. For F1, most of their physical challenges come with the forces they experience during braking, and the effect of those forces on the neck. Doing something weird with the cant of the seat could theoretically change that pulling-the-head forward or to the side force into a pulling-the-head downward force, but if you think about what's really needed to do that (you're going to rotate the seat backwards ninety degrees? so the driver is looking at the sky when he's braking?) you can see the problem.