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F1 is the best form of technology applied to a sport. If you like impressive machinery take a look at Lewis Hamilton hitting 5 to 6.5 Gs multiple times in an 82.188 second lap at the Australian GP in 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJRh9FG83d0

That s-curve at turn 11 starting at the ~53 sec mark (video above) with 6.5 lateral G-force is taken at 300km/h, down to 250 at the apex. This is the same lap with the speedometer instead of g-force meter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mtjC9DozXs (turn 11 at the ~59 sec mark)

parent DVassallo 7 years ago

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