re: Are F1 drivers athletes?

What they do does not require athleticism. But it surely helps.

Also by modern day height and weight standards you need to be fit/athletic just to climb into a car like that.

You need less gay friends.

They are more like elite fighter pilots.

Once upon a time these guys experienced 5 and 6 Gs during high speed corners and braking.

And they do that for 50-70 laps, sometimes in extreme heat.

Are elite fighter pilots athletes?

I'm not sure I care about the distinction. But it takes very special people to compete at this level.

No. I can pee down my leg while driving too

Hell yes they are athletes

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I can pee down my leg while driving too

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Both of Alex Zanardi's legs are somewhere in this flying debris field. That sissy lived.

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He lost nearly 4 pints of blood and survived. He's a tough sonofobitch and also had an angel on his shoulder.

Why the eye roll? It's driving.

With 5G's of force, intense hand-eye coordination, intense mental and physical strain, and not to mention having to be in peak physical and cardio shape to be able to do it through a whole race.

Yep, it's the same as driving. GTFOH.

Not to mention hitting pretty much the exact same lines on the track every lap at those speeds. Verstappen is insane in his ability to do that. All this while managing tires that are made to degrade.