Can you sleep inside an F1 Car?

No.

 

It depends on how drunk you are.

 

Unfortunately the seat does not recline far enough......

 

Kimi seems to think so:

https://twitter.com/HistoricF1GP/status/483257678014468097/photo/1

 

This. Having just come back from sleeping 2 nights in a row (annual desert race, part of the Dakar challenge) sleeping upright of a toyota landcruiser; having to be drunk enough not to care anymore is the only option.

 

You should ask Badoer this one

 

While I can't speak directly on the F-1 cockpit, I will say that the seats in most modern race cars are amazingly comfortable assuming it fits you properly.

Most seats are poured to perfectly fit the driver. I had one made for my smaller open wheel formula car, and I've fallen asleep on the grid before a race. Sleeping 8 hours is another story and I doubt it, but short naps for sure.

 

Was that taken at Goodwood FOS this weekend?
I was there and I know that after Kimi could be arsed to drive his F1 car up the hill following John Sturtees, he just sat in the car at he top of the hill. All of the other F1 drivers and stars jump out of there cars and sign autographs and greet people who had been waiting for hours in one spot just for Kimi and he just sat there. Some might think that was good old Kimi, but had that been any other driver.
Oh yea Rosburg was supposed to be there on Saturday but was no were to be seen. So Lewis was the star of the show, after all it was the Mercedes celebration at the Goodwood FOS. He meet and greet the fans with a usual smile and enthusiasm.

 

Sure you can...just look at Hamilton at Canada 08!

 

pictures ... or it did not happen

 

Yeah it was .

Apparently John Surtees had Kimi in stitches for hours when they where chatting .

 

i'll put some on when people have uploaded something during the week. Pics are likely not pretty...We got so drunk we burned someones bed down. lol.

 

At many times over the years, cameras have caught F1 drivers having decent catnaps in their cockpits before waking up and getting down to business.

 

Maldonado appears to be able to do it at speed!

 

Can it physically be done? I suppose, but why on earth would anyone want to sleep in a carbon fiber cocoon?


Mark

 

may I suggest:
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close enough...

 

Even better....

Finally, a car bed for adults - Autoblog

You may want the room for a second person, you know, if you ever want to even think of getting laid.



Mark
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'cause it is much more hip than sleeping in a tin-foil hat to keep out those alien or NSA radio signals.

 

Ooooo....I like that!!!!!

 

Yes, I think I see a slight smirk at the corner of Kimi's mouth.
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Without the steering on, I think the's space..comfortable space. With the steering on, and you have to raise your arms to control it, then i think it's not enough space.

For catnaps...why not

 

Kimi Raikkonen and John Surtees - Ferrari F1 champions at Festival of Speed together! - YouTube

 

How Today?s F1 Cars Are So Amazingly Safe (And Horribly Uncomfortable) | Autopia | WIRED

LH talks about the comfort and sleepability of F1 cars. Headline bangs on about discomfort, but what does one expect from the computer press....