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Pirelli wary of ‘blackout point'
Formula 1 drivers could be closing in on the 'blackout point' due to an increase in G-forces with this year's car. This season Formula 1 has upped the downforce and the pace and all that has led to an increase in G-forces. According to Pirelli motorsport chief Paul Hembery, the drivers are now reaching 5G in the corners. He told N: 'It is quite shocking. Even now, you are talking 5G corners… a road car, top Ferrari, Lambo, [would be] 1.2 or 1.3G. These are getting to levels now that, I don't know…. 'Maybe some clever doctors will tell us that we're getting close to blackout point, I don't know what it is. But certainly when I was looking at Turn 3 it was quite impressive. 'I'm...
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