F1 Brake pedal pressures. Why so high ?
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From this article :
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2015/6...
"Believe it or not the driver has to apply over 930kg of pedal load per lap in Canada - an incredible 65,590kg over the course of the 70-lap race - and it’s all down to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s unique blend of high-speed straights and tight bends."
Not sure if the figures quoted are correct ? and I get drivers need "feel" through the brake pedal, and that having brakes that could lock the wheels/tyres solid at 200mph isn't an option, but why are drivers required to utilise such high brake pedal pressures ? Is it a function of the carbon/carbon brakes ?
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2015/6...
"Believe it or not the driver has to apply over 930kg of pedal load per lap in Canada - an incredible 65,590kg over the course of the 70-lap race - and it’s all down to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s unique blend of high-speed straights and tight bends."
Not sure if the figures quoted are correct ? and I get drivers need "feel" through the brake pedal, and that having brakes that could lock the wheels/tyres solid at 200mph isn't an option, but why are drivers required to utilise such high brake pedal pressures ? Is it a function of the carbon/carbon brakes ?
stevesingo said:
I think some poetic licence is being applied and some use of units have been mis-applied.
950kg per lap, CGV looks to have 6 big stops, so 150kgs per stop (the figure I've heard bandied about) so not perhaps not that unbelievable ?But 150kgs force applied every stop seems an unnecessarily high work load for drivers (irrespective of their fitness) hence the original question
Edited by Slippydiff on Sunday 18th September 22:03
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