Well, let me tell you, this whole F1 thing, it’s a mess! They got these fancy cars, zoomin’ around faster than a greased pig at the county fair. And this “51G” thing? It’s somethin’ fierce, I tell ya.
So, this 51G thing in F1, it’s about how much force them drivers feel when they crash or go round them corners real fast. Like when that young fella, Max somethin’ or other, crashed that one time. Big crash, it was! Heard it on the news. They said he hit somethin’ called 51G. Imagine a big, strong hand pushin’ down on your head when you crash. That’s what it is, I reckon. That’s a lotta force. Makes my old bones ache just thinkin’ about it.
They say 51G, that’s like 51 times your own weight pushin’ on ya. So, if you’re a little fella, it’s still a lot. But if you’re a big’un, well, it’s even more. This Max fella, they say he felt like 306kg, which is more than a few sacks of taters, pushin’ down on his head and neck when he crashed. That’s more than the weight of my old cow Bessie!
Now, I ain’t no expert on these F1 cars, but I hear them drivers, they train real hard to handle all that force. They gotta be strong, like a mule pullin’ a plow. And even then, it ain’t easy. It’s a dangerous business, this F1 racin’. It’s like them bull riders. They go into it knowin’ it’s gonna be rough.
They got these special things they wear in their ears, these little ear things, that measure all this G force stuff. That’s how they know it was 51G. Fancy, ain’t it? We just used to guess how fast we was goin’ down the hill on our old sleds. Didn’t have no fancy gadgets back then.
- They say a normal person wouldn’t survive 51G.
- These F1 drivers, they’re somethin’ else.
- They’re tough cookies, that’s for sure.
This crash, it was at a place called Silverstone. Sounds like a fancy place. It was a big deal, I heard them say it was the biggest crash for that Max fella. He was racin’ against another fella, name of Lewis somethin’, I think. They was goin’ around a corner, side by side, like two hogs fightin’ over a slop bucket. And then, BAM! Max went flyin’ into the wall, goin’ at least 180 miles per hour. That’s faster than anything I ever seen!
The car is very strong, but still, 51G is a lot. Some man, I don’t remember his name, but some man crashed a long time ago, and it was over 200G. That is a lot more than 51G. 200G is a lot, a lot. That’s like a whole herd of cows sittin’ on ya! I heard he broke a lot of bones.
They say this 51G, it’s like bein’ in one of them spinny rides at the fair, but way, way worse. Like, you know them rides that make you all dizzy and sick? Imagine that, but a hundred times worse, and for a longer time, pushin’ on ya. These drivers, they do that a lot durin’ a race, but not quite 51G. When they go around them corners, they feel the push, but not as bad as 51G. They call it “lateral” somethin’. The side-to-side push, like when you are turnin’ too fast on the road.
It’s just a lot of force, all at once. It can knock you out. I heard that Max fella might’ve passed out for a bit when he crashed. It can mess you up real bad. Some people break their bones. This Max, he was lucky. He was just sore. Lucky. 51G is no joke.
So, that’s what this 51G thing is all about in F1. It’s a big force, a dangerous force. It’s a part of that fast, crazy world of racin’. These drivers, they’re brave, I’ll give ’em that. But me, I’ll stick to my rockin’ chair on the porch, thank you very much. It’s a lot safer, and a lot less G’s!
I don’t know much about these fancy things, but that 51G, that is somethin’ to behold. If you see them F1 on the TV, you remember what old lady told you about that 51G. It ain’t nothin’ to mess with.
