Sports Pundit held an extended interview with CEO & Founder of Formula Medicine, Medical Doctor Riccardo Ceccarelli, to discuss the role played by gravitational forces in motorsport, revealing the stress experienced on racing drivers’ bodies when withstanding massive g-forces.
During our conversation, we talked over the accidents involving former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean (67G) and 2021 F1 world champion Max Verstappen (51G) – escaping without major injuries from their respective, brutal crashes.
Alongside this, Dr. Matteo Bartalucci, Formula Medicine, Head of Medical Services, shared insights into vertical acceleration, elaborating on the facts that make it the most dangerous, compared to lateral and frontal acceleration, even producing sudden blackouts.
Training the Drivers’ Bodies and Minds
“Gravitational forces play an important role in sports like F1, where significant acceleration and braking forces, in every direction, continuously determine high stress on…
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