Whatever makes you sleep better =)
Like I said if throttle control is sooo important like you say, why don't they make it part of the broadcasts? If it was such a challenge to modulate the throttle for traction surely they would have the foresight to see that it would make the broadcasts more interesting.
Wiki for F1 G forces:
"The turning force at low speeds (below 70 to about 100 km/h) mostly comes from the so-called 'mechanical grip' of the tyres themselves. At such low speeds the car can turn at 2.0
g. At 210 km/h (130 mph) already the turning acceleration is 3.0
g, as evidenced by the famous esses (turns 3 and 4) at the Suzuka circuit. Higher-speed corners such as Blanchimont (
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps) and Copse (
Silverstone Circuit) are taken at above
5.0g, and 6.0g has been recorded at Suzuka's 130-R corner
[9]. Which goes back to having to sustain these forces, and many other forces throughout a race constantly, no 2 hour wait between like you would see during a drag racing event.
A top fuel dragster will pull about 5g off the line
"
As stated above, the force of G is equivalent to an acceleration of 32.14 feet per second per second. Therefore Kim Reymond experienced circa 5.11 G when he blasted off the line on the afternoon of 6 September 2003."
This is only within the first 60', which lasts less than a second.
http://www.theaccelerationarch ... res/anatomy/of_a_run.html
Obviously there is some error from the G force being calculated instead of measured, but it's a general consensus that a top fuel dragster will pull a maximum of 5 to 6g off the line through the first 60'.
G forces are from acceleration, acceleration of anything slows down the faster you go unless you are able to increase the power to compensate for losses and drag So there is no possible way top fuelers sustain 5g throughout the whole 5 seconds. To give you an idea during the last 1/2 of the run they average 1.25G's based on a calculation used on previous site.
I donno about you but I am pretty confident that I can tense all my muscles and not breathe for a few seconds a day to complete a launch. BTW it takes the brain .5 seconds to react to anything so the launch is virtually completed before the brain can even think about modulating the throttle if something goes wrong.
All they have to do now is keep the throttle down and the car in the right direction. You don't even have to shift, the power is delivered through a series of clutches that are timed by the mechanics in the garage to engage during the run to allow the engine to reach maximum power without having to bring too much power to the wheels, causing the car to break traction.
This is only coupling in the physical aspects, there are mental aspects that wheel-to-wheel racing has that drag racing does not that have not even been touched on.
I have said my 2p believe what you want to believe and no amount of facts will sway anyones thinking. I will say I enjoy drag racing and I myself go drag racing every year. I also try to goto a roadcourse too, but thats a bit more expensive, not to mention more wear on the car.
The "Danica in drag racing"
