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[Jeordie]

Which corners produce the highest amount of g-force in Formula One?

Lateral
Eau Rouge
Blanchimont
Copse
Maggots/Becketts/Chapel
130R
Laranjinha
Turn 8

Braking
Shanghai Hairpin

[TurboF1]

Which corners produce the highest amount of g-force in Formula One?

Lateral
Eau Rouge
Blanchimont
Copse
Maggots/Becketts/Chapel
130R
Laranjinha
Turn 8

Braking
Shanghai Hairpin

Dunlop curve is pretty brutal too.

Turn 8 at istanbul, high gs for 5 seconds

[Baddoer]

Catalunya Turns 3, 9
Tilkedroms:
Yas Marina Turns 2-3
Austin Turns 17-18
Yeongam Turns 8-9
New Delhi Turn 10

Edited by Baddoer, 15 August 2013 - 23:02.

[pingu666]

wouldnt alot of silverstone be high g?

[hotstickyslick]

Peraltada in Mexico, and the final two turns at Barcelona before the current mickey mouse chicane.

Edited by hotstickyslick, 16 August 2013 - 00:25.

[noikeee]

Swap Eau Rouge's "lateral" for "vertical"!

[froggy22]

maybe add turn 1 at Monza to the list for g force under braking

[bauss]

Korea turn 1 too...uphill hard breaking

[scheivlak]

Peraltada in Mexico

“If you want to know what 4.7 G is, just imagine yourself lying on the floor with 3.7 Nigel Mansells on top of you” - James Hunt 1990, Mexican GP

[d246]

maybe add turn 1 at Monza to the list for g force under braking

Too low a downforce track for it to be up there.

[DampMongoose]

As mentioned before Monza will never be up there with the others suggested...the second Lesmo is the highest lateral G at Monza with 3.8 which is low compared with most other circuits these days! Copse and Blanchimont are about 5g and 130R a bit higher than that!

[froggy22]

Too low a downforce track for it to be up there.

Yeah, I was thinking that, downforce does play a part in the braking, but I would say the deceleration might make up for it. Monza has the highest top speed on the calender and its quite a slow corner. Quite a big stop I'd say, I don't know the figures but they must be doing at least 210 mph before hitting the brakes.

[DampMongoose]

Yeah, I was thinking that, downforce does play a part in the braking, but I would say the deceleration might make up for it. Monza has the highest top speed on the calender and its quite a slow corner. Quite a big stop I'd say, I don't know the figures but they must be doing at least 210 mph before hitting the brakes.

According to Brembo's website, because of the low downforce it isn't even in the top 7 highest G braking areas in F1 they vary between 5.76 up to 6.08 G at Shanghai. Despite being the joint second highest deceleration of 250km/h (Abu Dhabi being the highest), but the lack of downforce means that the braking zone into the 1st chicane at Monza is 148m long compared to 129m at Abu Dhabi even though the amount of deceleration is virtually identical!

Edited by DampMongoose, 16 August 2013 - 14:21.

[DrProzac]

It's simple - the deceleration is grip limited. Less downforce -> less grip -> less braking force that can be applied before locking up the wheels -> smaller deceleration (G forces if you like).

[BrawnGeePee]

Indy Speedway F1 Layout, Turn 13: Ralf Schumacher crashed there with an enormous 78g impact!

[crbassassin]

I'd like to see some figures for the corners listed.

[Kingshark]

“If you want to know what 4.7 G is, just imagine yourself lying on the floor with 3.7 Nigel Mansells on top of you” - James Hunt 1990, Mexican GP

Sig worthy material.

Edited by Kingshark, 17 August 2013 - 00:39.