Video: Bruno Senna records a lap of Spa one-handed

Cool. Wrong way down Eau Rouge.

 

So Lotus builds a good show car...

 

Eau Rouge in reverse has got to feel epic!!

 

....and would have to have a completely different dynamic. Can you imagine that many negative G's going into such a sharp left-hand corner? Would the immense downforce of an F1 car allow them to take it flat out or would they have to lift?

 

I think you will probably throw up taking Eau Rouge in reverse at high speeds!

 

I still don;t get how he can upshift and downshift just with his left hand..

 

hahhaaa. +1. he may be holding his phone w/ 4 fingers and upshifting w/ the remaining one?

 

Pretty sure the current gearbox upshifts by itself and downshifts are manual with the left hand, so driving an F1 car one-handed is easy!

Totally epic, awesome. Pick on the Lotus all you want but it's more car than 99.9999% of us will ever drive.

 

In high downforce settings I believe an F1 can "stick" on the roof at around 70 mph. Depending on downforce configuration the car should be able to do it just fine. The stomache of the driver on the other hand....

I would love to try it!!

 

I've read that elsewhere...wasn't sure how true it was. Amazing.

I would too....talk about fun. I would probably have to have a puke valve on my helmet though

 

You mean just for this stunt? Normal F1 cars these days have 4 paddles. 2 for the clutch, one for upshifts and the last one for downshifts.

 

I remember reading about a driver who was incredibly skilled at racing simulators and was quite impressive in translating that to an actual indycar, but had to stop because his body truly couldn't handle it, pretty amazing.

 

I remember the first time I ever felt 2 - 3G's in a corner, it scared me! Not necessarily the speed at which the corner was taken, but the fact that I couldn't breathe. I wasn't expecting that! For the first month or so I had to plan my breathing on a corner by corner basis. Just watching F1 races it's easy to forget the forces and stresses that the drivers are dealing with, not just the cars! I think it's truly amazing the level of fitness that F1 drivers have to achieve!!

 

Yup....good memory:

http://kotaku.com/#!5700609/can-a-video-game-make-you-into-an-elite-race-driver

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/geek-rebooted-2010-11-26?imageNo=0

 

I'm pretty sure you're mistaken......

They had full auto shifting a few years back, but IIRC when the FIA banned that, it was banned for both up & downshifts.

Cheers,
Ian

 

it's already been done

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7wi3wEQYdo[/ame]

if an SLS can do it so can an F1, hehehe. I'm surprised Mythbusters hasn't tested this theory yet...

 

the ''great one'' can do anything ,,could he be from an other planet?

 

actually they can up and down shift with either hand, instead of pulling back like in a road ferrari they can push the paddles forward to up/downshift depending on which side.

so if he was using his right hand to hold the phone he could upshift by pushing the left hand paddle forward

 

BTW: what ever happened to his F1 career?

He was able to ride a year on his name but not more.

 

Thanks for the video, they really do sit very low!