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Are F1 Drivers Athletes? Performance Coaches Share Why Racers Are in a Category of Their Own.

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2 min read Ready to get into the best shape of your life? Get free weekly workouts and no-nonsense training insights delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here and let the gains begin. F1 DRIVERS AREN’T exactly taking on the physical challenges you’ll find in popular sports like football or basketball. These guys aren’t avoiding tackles or increasing their sprint speed. Instead, F1 athleticism requires unique conditioning to avoid the fatigue that comes from sitting in a car engaged with high-level cognitive challenges for more than an hour, withstanding G force from short, sharp turns, and avoiding whiplash as much as possible (and prepping the neck to handle it). “When you look at an onboard [the view of the driver’s head from the back of the cockpit], that's when you really see it,” performance coach Sam Village told MH . “Some corners they'll be hitting the equivalent load of 30, 40, 45 kilos (about 66, 88, 99 pounds) [in G forces].…

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