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Originally Posted by Bigdaddytwon
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I agree that F1 teams and drivers know what they are getting into and take that risk willingly. But as speeds increase it takes ever more expensive precautions to protect the fans in case of a crash. This requires adding more elaborate and expensive features to the track which further separate the spectators from the race.
Also its possible today to engineer a car which can completely outperform the limits of its driver (indy car drivers started passing out a few years ago due to G loading). So there is an upper limit on how fast a human operated vehicle can accelerate before the drivers just can't take it anymore. Higher G-loading may be acceptable in top fuel, but those are very short runs so the effects are minimized. Unless drivers find a new pinnacle of athletisicim (lord knows the're in far better shape than most of us) they will continue to be a limiting factor in the performance of the vehicle.
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track safety though is only really relative to high speeds. The top speeds of F1 cars hasn't really changed much, its just the acceleration getting there. The only real danger for fans is bits of cars flying off which no one can really do anything about and its not really relative to speed once you get past 60 or so.
As for acceleration.... what about F1 G suits?
