Comments by "Tim John Un" (@timjohnun4297) on "NASCAR Fan Reacts to Can a regular person drive a Real F1 Car?" video.

I remember hearing about Valentino Rossi testing a Ferrari F1 car a few years back. He apparently did well in it but "struggled with the 110 kg of braking force required on the brake pedal". Bearing in mind, most F1 drivers weigh on average 75 kg, so they are literally pushing more than their body weight, every brake application. Imagine 78 laps of Monaco doing that!
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@xXturbo86Xx There's 2 reasons your comment is wrong: Firstly, the rules state that all braking force must come directly from the driver, no braking aids allowed. Driver aids were also banned after Senna's fatal crash in 1994, not that braking forces were ever assisted in the first place. Secondly, the braking assistance in your road car comes from manifold vacuum, from the engine. When you run your engine at wide open throttle, you develop zero manifold vacuum, so a vacuum booster on a F1 car would be totally useless, even if it was legal. The driver would also lose the feel of the front wheels, to detect locking up etc. These reasons apply to a lot of classes of motorsport, too, not just F1
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@tomsexton8256 yes, you’re right. And even just the Wind resistance is enough for a G or 2 for just lifting off the throttle, according to Brundle. I remember him saying sometimes his visor would get wet inside, it was his tear ducts “Leaking” from the G forces
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