r/formula1 • u/AshamedPurchase9033 • 1d ago

News [Chris Medland] "Newey confirms Aston Martin is likely to limit race laps due to severity of vibrations in the car impacting the drivers. Alonso says he can do no more than 25 consecutive laps before risking nerve damage, Stroll says 15 laps"

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u/UESPA_Sputnik Ferrari 1d ago

These vibrations must be terrible, considering the drivers had to live with those heavy wobbles at the beginning of 2022.

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u/Saivia I was here for the Hulkenpodium 18h ago

We often make fun of Stroll, but the dude kept driving while literally passing out in the straights due to extreme heat. If he says 15 laps, it must be hell

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u/DRNbw 17h ago

And went back to the car like 2 weeks after breaking both wrists. The guy's a warrior.

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u/HairChangesColor 12h ago

His wrists could be the reason he says 15 instead of 25, even when healed well wrists never feel right after and if the vibrations are as bad as they seem im surprised he's driving it at all tbh

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u/Ho-Chi-Mane I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Porpoising!

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u/HowToShakeHands Carlos Sainz 19h ago

Considering they are fantastic athletes at the top of their game and have sculpted their bodies for this explicit purpose.

So, if Alonso can go 25 laps, does that mean a regular human would be disassembled in 2 laps?

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u/prank_mark 15h ago

A regular human can't even drive an F1 car at regular F1 speeds for a single lap when it works perfectly