Formula 1 monocoque

[eduardoschumi]

Ojalá los autos de calle fueran tan segúros como los monoplazas de Formula 1 actuales,porque si fuese así,habrían ménos fallecidos por accidentes automovilisticos a nivel mundial.Saludos désde Castro,Chiloé,Chile.

[mihax209]

if theres an earthquake i want to be in this!!!

[sonor1981]

i think at some point in formula one all new set of tracks is needed some season or tracks that havnt been used in years

[throxnet]

They should just cover the cockpit just like jet plane, then eject the seat when accident happen.

[BrandzF1]

@throxnet serious? ahahahaha

[nunocosta16]

@throxnet the decrease in drag created by the covered cockpit probably wouldn't compensate the weight created by the ejection seat and all its components

[remag094]

@throxnet you must have very bright fatasy :D

lol :D if you eject from ground level, the parachute wouldnt deploy fully and you have to have amazing reaction to see a crash comming and eject in time... IMPOSSIBLE

[xelvemagicx]

@throxnet they should have guns too...

[throxnet]

@xelvemagicx no kidding, they are testing the cockpit window now.

[xelvemagicx]

@throxnet i know but the fia and all teams have decided against the use of them, the ejector seat is retarded though the driver knows to stay still in a large impact even if they feel well in themselves they have to stay there and the seat is full detachable from the car in case of this

[mcrubar]

@throxnet

The problem is that if that would happen while the car is already catapulting or spinning in the air, the driver would be hurled for example at a wall.

But I think your idea isn't a bad, maybe it is possible to do it if the software of the car sees a better chance in doing it

[tocmo0nlord]

@throxnet once the ejected seat falls down to the track the odds of death increase greatly. not because of the fall but due to the other vehicles that are still racing

[Slashbag69]

@throxnet What if the car flips and lands on its roof like Mark Webber did in Valencia in 2010?

[TheSharkGordy]

man ich verstehn nico net wegen dem engländer der drüber labert :P

[op3l]

Awesome, i've been wanting to find a crash test video of a F1 car for some time... This is absolutely great.

[jraybay]

Is very cool the way the carbon fibre together is so strong. by itself it not strong but when formula 1 weave it and put the resin on it is very strong. That is cool :D .

[rotterdam1953]

Amazing to see the distance the driver is propelled towards the steering wheel, despite being strapped in so tightly.

[jraybay]

that was just a dummy without the HANS device so is gonna look dramatic lol.

[corotor12345]

@rotterdam1953

That's because a solid, stiff seatbelt will only harm the driver. Imagine what happens inside your body when you crash at that speed. Unless the seatbelt allows a little bit of stretching, your organs are going to burst and your bones are going to crack. SO part of the dissipating-the-energy technique is to also allow for an appropriate amount of flexibility and forgiveness in the seatbelt. =)

[rotterdam1953]

@corotor12345 Thank you for the info.

[corotor12345]

@rotterdam1953

You're welcome man. I know you didn't ask for it, but I try to be as useful as possible, even when uncalled for. So yeah, hope that cleared up why the seatbelt will allow for the driver's head and torso to move forward. Also take into consideration the Hans device, and it's effect on the neck... with that strapped on, you can worry a lot less about leaning forwards, and a lot more about stress in the neck. =)

[rotterdam1953]

@corotor12345, Modern F1's safety is beginning to be taken for granted. Kubica's Canadian shunt some years ago showed how much progress has been made - even if his feet were almost sticking ot the front! I recently compared the F1 cars of 25 years ago - all aluminium! No wonder guys were breaking their ankles and more with every brush with the armco. The sad thing is that drivers have to perish before matters are improved.

[carGT222]

@rotterdam1953 the only reason your going to have a big chance to die in an f1 crash is if your head hits hard on something. Even when RBR driver mark webber crashed on lotus he didn't get any injury. Overall the cockpit can save you from 300 kmh crashes but when you do crash 300 there's a big chance your head will get hit by something. Safety inSenna's time are way more dangerous even the chances of you crashing. But i hate to see the +250 kg because of the fuel ive seen f1 deaths from burning

[simonwilliams88]

@carGT222 Yeah your right there, some dark times in the early days up to the 80's. Although it's shame they have to lug around the extra fuel, I don't think we'll have any fuel cell breaches. They make them out of rubberised carbon kevlar, nice and elastic/ductile so it has no chance of shattering and hard enough to be impenetrable due to the kevlar weave

[Jamesw829]

@rotterdam1953

Formula cars that had tubes (Indycar) or the monocoque (F1/ Europe) made from aluminum was all that bad. At the same time, they weren't all the great for safety either. The biggest problem with the older aluminum design wasn't the aluminum. Many many types of Formula cars even sports cars had aluminum tubes, the fact that with both F1 and Indycars the drivers were seated too far forward. in most cases the drivers legs extended forward of the front wheels leaving them exposed.

[arnodc5]

Id love to see this vid in a higher quality!

[FreshTuber]

cool