F1 Drivers most fit in the world?

[BigBoote66]

@snailboy

I read that, and I took it to mean that the racers would already have to be in excellent shape to withstand the stress. I suppose only the original poster can verify for certain what he meant.

Yeah, that’s what I meant. I was not intending to imply that merely having a high heart rate produced fitness, but that extraordinary fitness was required to endure the race.

My actual question seems to have been obscured a bit, which is: Is there any definitive information about the average/max heart rates for F1 drivers, and possibly how does this compare to other endurance sports, like long distance cycling, marathons, iron man, etc.

-BbT

[picunurse]

@BigBoote66

Yeah, that’s what I meant. I was not intending to imply that merely having a high heart rate produced fitness, but that extraordinary fitness was required to endure the race.

My actual question seems to have been obscured a bit, which is: Is there any definitive information about the average/max heart rates for F1 drivers, and possibly how does this compare to other endurance sports, like long distance cycling, marathons, iron man, etc.

-BbT

I don’t know that you’d find that, but my WAG is F-1 drivers, have more to pay attention to, so they are subjected to much more stress than other endurance sports. That could easily drive their rate even higher than say, a cycler. One of the articles I linked to eariler, addressed the psychological stress they endure.
Soory I misunderstood the original question.
Sometimes I extrapolate a bit too much :smack: