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I respectfully disagree but maybe I'm wrong. F1 was my favorite sport from 93-2009. Perhaps in the 80's F1 was the hardest sport but I don't know. Hamilton said on Top Gear that in the 80s you had to be crazy and have to have more respect for the guys that did it back then. The cars weren't as fast through the corners as modern F1 but they were much harder to drive and more dangerous. Manual gearbox, little downforce, little in the way of safety. Back then, F1 was about mechanics and driver's skill. Today it's more about the ECU and extreme aero. The cars are computers today. For a while now, I would say MMA is the hardest sport. Watch Sports Scientist Andy Galpin test Conor McGregor. He said Conor is elite of the elite in terms of athletics. Same goes for many other MMA fighters. MMA is blood, sweat, tears, injuries, inches & miliseconds in a game of physical combat chess. The mental strength and toll it takes to step into a cage and fight an elite trained killer in front of thousands in the arena and millions on TV. Fighters take loses so hard. The highest of highs and lowest of lows. Lots of MMA documentaries I'd recommend but this one is really good. ruclips.net/video/6XliF1wHRm4/видео.html
I took out a friend of mine to a trackday. He was one of those saying drivers are not athletes. After 1 lap he wss completely convinced they are superhumans. He didnt even drive a meter himself
If your buddies ever say that, take them Go Karting. Thats what i always do, and after 10 minutes of driving, and me lapping them numerous times, they are completely exhausted and cannot even begin to comprehend what it would take to drive an F1 car.
@@SamuelSantos_ ikr, even though im a gym nut and have been for years, i can only take 15 minutes of go karting before my forearms explode, its nuts! I have even tried special forearm workouts just for the sake of karting, but nothing can really prepare you for the task. The best way to train would be to drive multiple times a week i guess, but of course, such luxury is not feasible for most of us..
@@npanic628 LOL I just imagined a guy doing a mad routine of forearm and the gym, day after day, adding more weight, getting really into it. Weeks later people would start to ask "why?" and you just say: "I´m gonna rock at karting next month dude". Funny image.
@@BMF1Show I completely agree on that, however F1 is way harder on the body due to the extreme and way higher g-forces when braking and cornering while sitting in a forced position
Yeah for sure. 4 tyres obviously provide more cornering grip than 2 and those speeds are higher than in MotoGP. But in a straight line the bikes are competitive!
As an American formula 1 fan I couldn’t agree with this more. It is not noticed in the u.s. personally, drive to survive opens me up to the sport and people don’t even know it exists.
Cool to hear from you! Ya i feel the same way here in Canada and made this video more for the North American crowd that don't get it. Drive to survive has helped grow the sport more than i thought it would!
I don't give a damm it's hardest sport or not but for sure is the most mind-blowing exiting sport in the world. It's just too awesome You cannot compare airforce pilots to ground soldiers. Like comparing apples to oranges..
It's not about apples and oranges it's about humans .weather it's an air force piolet or formula 1 racer the go through the pain of physics equally .one is flying for the love of nation and other for just the love of the sport .in the end they do it because they love and THEY ARE THE SAME
I have been saying this for years! Thankyou! However id have to go on a limb and say that Moto GP is even harder. In the sense of hitting speeds of 230 mph at places like mugello and having the confidence to smash the brakes at those speeds and go from 220 to 40 on 2 wheels in a matter of a couple hundred meters. I totally get the G force aspect of your argument. But four wheels is riding in rails compared to a hell bike with a power to weight ratio that literally makes no sense, trust and believe a rider like marquez is an alien .
Yeah those are good points that I agree with, I'd still say F1 tops the list but this is why this agrument is so interesting. And then if you look at TT riders, well that's just on another planet of toughness and difficulty.
I do admire Moto GP and a number of Moto GP champions have made a successful switch to F1 such as theGreat Mike Hailwood. However one can not ignore the G force factor and the fact that cornering is so much faster in a F1 car. I long for the days when a F1 race had to be a minimum of 200 miles in length or 2 hours in duration whichever came first. There were no pit stops ! The car was fueled-up and you stopped after the checkered flag. It were not uncommon for a lap record to be set during a race ! That is faster than in Qualifying!!!
@@frazebean5117 I would have to disagree there, so much less forces going through your body on a bike, even at silly speeds, compared with an F1 car. Nothing on land comes close to the consistant loads over an hour and a half+ race.
Agreed. If I do 20 laps in a go-kart my core and neck is tired. I cannot imagine the G-s they pull for sometimes 2 hours on end. Although F1 drivers do not regularly have bruises/cuts like e.g. Rugby players, the precision they have to consistently deliver at each corner, braking/.turning-in point is unreal.
I agree with your point, but you feel the stress on your neck? The stress for me in karting is always on my head, like the higher part (round the head at forehead height). I never get much stress on my neck.
Most truly talented drivers have sponsors who pay their driver academy bills. There are drivers on the grid with filthy rich parents like Lando Norris or Lance Strolls, but not all.
It used to be majority of the talent. I think I've seen an article somewhere with Seb and how he was explaining that him and probably Lewis were one of the last ones from the generation where talent was still more important than money. And then I've seen a photo compilation of this f1 paddock photographer (kymilman or smth similar is his name on insta) about the fathers of current f1 drivers. And I might be wrong, but apart from Seb's, Lewis' and maybe Valterri's fathers, the rest of the grid's fathers were all businessmen of some sort. Some were bigger, some were smaller, some had driver parents (Jos, Carlos, Jan), but all of them either had a fair bit of money or had other channels to bring their kids into f1. So yeah, money these days plays the biggest role. Of course, you still need immense talent to be in f1, but if you're next Lewis or Michael, but don't have rich and/or famous parents - sorry bby, you ain't gonna drive in f1. And it is quite sad :/
F1 driver's brains can be compared to a very expensive computer, with a very fast processor chip, not a very fast hard-drive (although it would require one of those too). Sorry to be so pedantic!
Finally, someone who is making a video about this! People just describe F1 drivers as 'rich people who drive cool looking cars in circles' They don't consider them as athletes
dude u r soo right, finally someone who really understands this. people of often think of f1 as simple drivers who drive in cricles. there is soo much more to this sport. if everyone just sees the world of f1 in depth like the technology, the fitness needed and all that, they would literally become a f1 for life. but the junior series like f2 and f3 is also the same just extremely young drivers with cars that are just a bit more slower. motogp too is no less
I once drove a go kart round a track for an hour once I was fucked when I was done everything felt weird. I can totally understand why F1 would be the hardest sport in the world.
Had to quit Karting for medical reasons. Did 1 practice at start of 2020. Did the last 90 minutes of a 3 hours without a break. Felt it for 2 days. I don't even want to think what a F1 would do to my neck ! Have used my own car on the track in Montreal and was really shocked at the shaking my car got from the kerbs !!
I love F1, but the hardest is MMA. These guys are literal machines, have most of the times an insane cardio, incredible reflexes, the techniques fighters can use are more or less infinite and the degree of risk of injuries is between the highest of every sport. the injuries are really common, like every high ranked fighter had an injury that stopped him at some time in their career. the ratio of death luckily is lower than boxing.
Thank you for this video...next time anyone argues with me about f1 drivers not being athletes...I shall present this masterpiece of a video...thanks mate!!
Dont underestimate NASCAR...it’s not F1 level but very close. Races are longer, everything is louder and heavier, and the concentration levels needed to drive between a pack of 30 cars at 200 mph continually is immense
Yeah i would agree with that too. People always say all they do is turn left but it is so much more difficult than that, most people wouldn't make it through one corner!
Nascar is very difficult. I wouldn't put it down. And those cars go up to 220mph which is more than 330kph and that's speed of sound. Imagine going around the oval at average speed of 300kph for 2 hours. Certainly not easy.
Sold. Halfway through the video and hitting subscribe. I felt like I knew about most of these things, but the detail you went in to was enlightening. Thank you, great work.
North American F1 fan here, ive been to a couple NFL games they were fun, been to a bunch of baseball games they were okay, been to a nascar race, it was boring but cool to see the cars in person, been to basketball and hockey games again they were fun, BUT been to an F1 weekend in Montreal and IT WAS AMAZING, waiting for covid to end so I can go back!
It wasn’t until the end of the video when you mentioned it that I realized there were only four points made. Bravo sir! Excellent video and excellent points. Anyone who disagrees had better come with some seriously good arguments.
I completely agree with you, if I could add something I'd also say that in F1 your team isn't a "safe space". In most sports if someone is on your team you can count on his/her help to win, but in F1 your teammate is actually your fiercest rival and the person you will always be compared to. So all in all F1 is and isn't a team sport at the same time
Most motorsports are like that, not just F1. Also, cycling has this as well. Plus football, where there are several players for the same positions. Maybe it is not fair to just compare 2 of the dozens teammembers of 1 team (the pitcrew, including mechanics, engineers and stratetists) to other sports. Watch a pitstop by the RedBull team and you will know. 4 new wheels in less then 2 seconds. Teams win or lose races with pitstops. As with choice of tyres.
@@lucde_ville4743 yeah I can totally see your point, the team members also deserve more credit obviously. I unfortunately can't really tell for other motorsports because I don't have the opportunity to watch them, so yeah I didn't consider that. What I meant to say is that the direct comparison with your teammate in F1 can "make or break" your carreer and that adds a lot of pressure to an already really demanding sport. Just look at the "Max Verstappen-effect" at Red Bull in the last couple years. I really couldn't see that happening in football... (but I'm also not a huge football fan so I might be wrong heheh)
I love F1 but trying fighting in boxing, kickboxing or MMA. Feel yourself get beat up and tired and the panic of knowing you're about to get knocked out in front of your friends and family.
An important element is the lifestyle. 22-23 racing weekend around the world, through timezones, adjusting biorythm every month. Not to mention the media, management and sponsorship duties.
What makes Formula 1 so difficult is not only about the car, hybrid technologies, the racecraft and so on. It's a lot more. What these non-F1 viewers don't see is what happen off the track. These drivers also make plenty of sacrifices, even just to earn one of these 20 seats, from their time far from their family, insane amount of physical and mental fitness they work on, the amount of money that they spent on their career, and even the level of competition they went through in junior formulas, and if they stumble on a gold mine, recruited by the Young Driver academies from either Red Bull, Ferrari even Mercedes. Which these are the reason I give them props for what they've been through. Thank You for this video :) * And also the danger elements, I almost tossed it away.
Having worked around F1 in the 1970s.I have no doubt that the Isle of Man TT plus other top road races are more demanding.You may find a lot of F1 drivers agree.Flat out for 230 miles is not something most F1 drivers experience.The bikes are also capable of 200mph.plus speeds at some ROAD CIRCUITS.Sadly it is a very dangerous sport . GOFF POPE.
I think that with the added pressure of the vast amounts of money involved, yes F1 is the hardest sport in the world. But that aside, MotoGP would be one step above F1 and the WRC would be one step above that. WRC is truly insane. Can you imagine driving at the absolute limit for 200 miles over three days, along tree or cliff lined stages, covered in loose gravel or snow, with the smallest mistake sending you in to a huge life threatening accident at any moment?! By far the most under appreciated sport.
You can't really say that any one sport is the hardest in the world. many sports at their highest skill level are extremely difficult and can't be compared to each other. Try and compare rockclimbing to F1 driving, or big wave surfing to wingsuiting.
I agree the sustained concentration and mental awareness is key. No respite for an hour and forty minutes or so during a race. Laser focus. When I was a kid, I used to watch a programme in the UK called “superstars” where athletes from different sports would compete. Was always amazed how well the F1 drivers performed.
I have been an F1 fan for a decade now. But Rally driving along with Isle of Man TT is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. The lack of safety is just unbelievable.
Its also probably the hardest sport to get into, having to spend anywhere from 100's of thousands of dollars to a couple million and living in multiple countries only to not make it out of F2.
@@cecilracing53 100% if you don't get enough sponsorship that is a much more reasonable price, although for another 10-50 million and enough points on your license you can buy a seat in a team like Williams. Pretty sure latifi pays somewhere between 10-50m, or at least used to.
@@cecilracing53 also i beleive that bottas's seat at Williams was payed for briefly by a sponsor and the price was around 15 million but idk what currency.
@@twofacechas3 yeah it’s a lot of money you can get in with pure talent but that’s stupid hard. Any professional motorsport is stupid hard to get into if you think F1 is hard to get into, look at the top level of professional karting. Yeah it’s less money but far more ruthless to drivers because the racing is far closer and in order to win you can’t be close to everyone you have to be faster than everyone consistently and that’s talking very small margins. It’s also far more dangerous statistically.
@@cecilracing53 some people in karting are also fighting for a chance at bigger leagues as well so that's another set of opponents that will make it that much harder.
I was saying this to my mate the other day. Not just F1, but motorsport as a whole. Its a mentally draining, physically gruelling active sport thats not just driving around in circles. Truly the hardest sport to date
I’ve never seen anything so right in my life before. However I would say the WEC is up there because you get drivers in only fractionally slower cars but do the same thing for 6 hours to a whole day
I believe this is the reason Alonso is still able to perform at this level in F1 even at this age. Driving in LMP1 really pushed his endurance to the limit and because of that he's still able to drive at such a level.
I agree with you; even if I didn’t, I would say the same: you made an amazing analysis, this is the way things must be done. Thanks and greetings from Mexico!
you have good arguments. But you can take any of those points and argue that MotoGP is more extreme. 1. Physically even though the cornering forces aren't as high the riders have to muscle the bike around with their muscles wich can mead to arm pump etc. and their weight is even more important than in f1. 2. in MotoGP the field is so tight that riders are in a fight for position with usually multiple competitors for the entire race distance and need to be very carefull about when to overtake and how and when to use the tires. In that they aren't aided via radio in F1 where your engineer can keep you informed about your rivals and help with decisions. MotoGP riders only have pitboards wich usually tell them gaps in front and behind. 3. I think its not hard to explain why the danger factor in a sport where you reach similar sometimes higher top speeds than in F1 but without the safety cell is much higher. When you crash in MotoGP youre on the ground at brakeneck speeds and need to look out not to be hit by your own bike. Riders are injured regularly. 4. Competition in MotoGP is comparable to F1 there are a few more seats available and the money needed to get there is not as much but when you make it to a top team in F1 youre pretty much guaranteed to finish most races on the top part of the grid get a few podiums and if you perform good you might get a win. If you sit in a merc even a mediocre driver for the high expectations of f1 can win. In MotoGP the customer Teams usually run the same equipment as factory teams. The result of a race is much more down to the driver. In the 2019 season multiple World champion Jorge Lorenz proved that by not getting a single Top 10 result on the same bike that Marc Marquez showed a never before seen dominance. Out of 19 races 12 Wins 6 second places and 1 DNF crashing in the lead due to technical problems. Also the 2020 season showed that nearly all Manufacturers are win capable. In the absence of the champion (due to being injured-> point 3) there was a hard battle for all the championships by multiple manufacturers with a unpredictable outcome q.e.d. MotoGP is the hardest sport in the world
yep. that MotoGP bike is heavy af. and also theres like Isle of Man TT, and Motorcross and a lot more that are more risky than F1. imma be real here, i like F1, i found the sport really entertaining, and definitely is a hard sport, but those sports above is way riskier than F1
Aahh ! How deftly you dismissed the extreme G forces in F1 by equating it to muscling around a Bike ! Sorry but that is a bogus comparison. You just can not wrap your head around cornering at 5 Gs ! Thats why F1 cars are about 30 seconds faster per lap than a bike. Look I love bikes, I raced road bicycles in my youth and had a number of fast motorcycles but a F1 car is from another planet and the handful of Men who are gifted enough to race them are without a doubt a notch above all others in this great world of Motor Racing.
@@nz6065 To be fair f1 drivers rarely lose races because of physical pain caused by driving while it’s common in MotoGP. Plenty of MotoGP riders this season have surgery after races to combat arm pump. You can train your neck and other parts of your body to resist g forces but it’s not the same with arm pump.
I think big motorsports are certainly the toughest sports on average, but I’m unsure if F1 is the hardest. You can watch Group B Rally or Isle of Man TT and see that everything you just described is even tougher in terms of risk to self, so the question becomes, which of your 4 reasons you outlined is the most tough aspect? It’s certainly easier to get into Isle Of Man TT, but it’s FAR more deadly, and yet requires less of a peak physical fitness (no offence John McGuinness lol) where you can still be a huge success without being young and in absolute peak physical form.. At the same time there is less pressure in the riders in terms of from their team (not as much development goes into their bikes as MotoGP or certainly not as much as F1), but the pressure during overtaking slower riders during the TT without killing both of you must be OVERWHELMING..
I wouldn't say it's harder. What about race pace, lap after lap, being consistent on the limits? But I would say that it's more fair as they compete against time and not each other on track. Race is more fun to watch though.
Luka Zavisic id agree with that to be honest, but I disagree that a race is more exiting. Firstly that is entirely academic it depends on what one finds exciting, but for me after the pack is dispersed races like f1 lose my interest, compare that to rally I could watch for ages just seeing the cars slide about, bouncing off the limiter and being sent off jumps. Ultimately motorsport has become less visually appealing, the group b era was more entertaining than today’s rally, and the same with old f1. Motorsport has changed, even if it appears similar
@@barnabyg6808 I agree with you and have same opinion about f1. In fact I never liked f1. But It is worth mentioning Le Mans, Super GT, GT3, Touring Cars. These are among my favourites with Rally too of course.
Luka Zavisic ah yes those are great, it’s a different story with endurance racing or really any homologation racing to see how strategies work out compared with one shitty f1 race where the greatest excitement comes with three drops of rain
F1, MotoGP and Isle of Man TT racing are in my opinion the hardest sports to compete in. Even as someone who knows very little about motorbikes, I also think that Isle of Man TT drivers are possibly the bravest athletes in the world.
Give me a break, F1 drivers are fucking rich kids parading (not racing) around in overrated cars which provide no real racing entertainement most of the time, The real gladiators are the lads racing in northern irelands in IRR (Isle of man TT to name a few) if you wanted real gladiators in terms of pure skill and battles look at MotoGP riders Formula Shite has been trash since 2014
@@nibv6996 yeah what would you call going much over 150 kmh most of the time , wait yeah totally parading around in “overrated cars”. Shut up hater it’s been better since the start of the 2010s, much better
I completely agree with your points. However, I think if current F1 car using V10 engine it could add mental pressure to the drivers with its intimidating-sound. And also many reports have published that an average F1 driver loses around 3-4 kg per race to extreme heat in his cockpit and extreme force they face due to the speed of the car.
F1 is the only sport where to call yourself a fan, requires immense amount of knowledge. Knowledge equal to all other sports combined. Without this you can't appreciate F1. Hence why it's often overlooked on the list of tough sports.
It's pretty straightforward. Anyone who thinks going well over 200kmh with on average (not even the highest forces) 4-5 G's tugging on your entire body and the heat from the engine causing you to sweat literal litres is easy is... well physics must not be their strong point.
I am a big fan of F1, I have been to Australia, Spain, Italy and Singapore to see the Grand Prix, I am well versed on the technical issues surrounding the sport along with the physical demands, however I think that MotorCross tops my list when it comes to motor sports
I think people disregard F1 as the hardest sport because the driver's physical / athleticism isn't close to the level of the top sports. I completely agree they are athletes and are in top shape, but when you compare them to the athletes in the NFL, UFC, NBA, etc. the drivers get blown out of the water. But I think that the difficulty of driving at an elite level in F1 combined with how dangerous and heart racing it is puts F1 in the conversation of hardest sport
For all the reasons you mentioned and more I think the professional cycling circuit is the toughest sport today - it simply destroys your soul. Then there is boxing where just going the distance is a victory. Then comes motorsport I should think. Exactly as you say, it is gladiatorial because it is multifaceted. All of these are extremely dangerous sports, boxing most of all since it is the least protected.
"F1 is the harders sport" Have guys even heard of Pro cycling? Road cycling in particular, in an event like Tour de france, they cycle through steep mountains in a brutal pace, The average distance they cover per stage is around 250km and it lasts for 3 weeks and at the end of the event they cover around 3500km it's like the half of the entire season in F1 and not just that there are lots of events like that throughout the entire season of Pro cycling. Talking about dangers? Well Pro cyclist only had a thin piece of clothing and helmet that only protects the top of their heads, unlike F1, where the car itself is like a body armor of its driver. Crashing in F1 at 300 kmh is less likely to cause any physical harm to the driver, like we often see, while crashing in a Road bike at 50 kmh especially on decents is a guaranteed nasty road rash, broken bones and a high chance of faitality.
@G00DM0RNINGT0KY0! you can weigh 250 pounds and still easily compete in nascar your physical strength isnt the main point, its purely just driving in a freaking circle there is 2 factors in that sport, speed of the car and a person driving it
@G00DM0RNINGT0KY0! where in formula one as he said in the video is so complex and only god damn superhumans can compete in the sport and let alone do a whole race with your heart beat “resting” at 170 bpm and changing up to 40+ settings a lap 1000+ gearshifts a race, being side to side at 330 kph and managing 5g+ in some races for a longer period of time so dont come at me like dat, but regardless of that i do think that nascar is a cool as a race and intertainment but not a sport anyway near the same degree as GT- series, rally, formula 1,2,3,4 isle of man, motogp, DTM and what not
@ً tge reason is pure and simple. There isnt a woman good enough for f1 YET. Sure there is talent on its way and its just a matter of time when the first lady joins f1. And Im completely fine with that. As long as she is really capable of competing.
Impressive, I am a Formula 1 fan and concur with your points, but still can't see any athlete going through as much as a Triathlon athlete, feats achieved by them seem superhuman to us mere mortals.
I’d say rally driving is the most difficult sport, f1 has a lot more technology and speed but I think in terms of pure difficulty it is rally at least at the highest level of it
I believe also that during the course of a F1 race a driver can lose up to 4kg in liquids. You will always see them drinking lots of water straight after the race to hydrate. Not sure any other sport would have that kind of demands on your hydration.
Football/soccer has to be the hardest just look at how much they throw themselves at the floor. Being serious tho F1 is the best and hardest sport along with all other motorsports
Yes, I consider ALL motor racing sports to be among the most challenging, specialized and dangerous around, no to mention how "lucky" you must be to ever make a living out of it as a pro. It takes talent first, then it takes lots of practice years, training, experience, patience, money of your own, someone who notices you and even politics to achieve the highest levels. Motorsports are definitely underrated as the hardest sports in the world.
Bruh dont be that guy thats like, my sport is the hardest sport in the world an shit, all sports are hard in thier own way, its not harder than basketball mma boxing etc. , infact this is one of the few sports where the "players" actually get bored. Eg. Max verstappen getting bored in car more than a few times this season
I would make a vouch for Stage Rallying being a more difficult sport in the world. While yes, the speeds are overall lower, the risk factor and the potential for massive accidents are much higher because you are racing from point-to-point *on public roads, more often than not through thick woodlands or sheer cliffs,* often on tarmac in poor condition or outright on gravel or snow & ice. Since there is practically no run-off and the barriers aren't built to withstand speeds over 100mph, unlike most dedicated racing circuits, and the cars themselves accelerate 0-60 faster than almost anything below Endurance Prototypes and Junior Formulae in the top class of World Rally Car, the drivers need a navigator to relay the route information 2 to 3 corners ahead of time via their pacenotes to mitigate any potential mistakes and dangers, and even then rallying is notorious for curveballs beyond practically any other racing championship due to the limited safety features, fans getting potentially too overzealous, or even local farm & wildlife entering the path of the drivers.
I would agree that F1 is right up there for the hardest sport. I've raced MTB, road bikes, rowing, short track speed skating and dirt bikes .....all pretty hard too. Lately I've ventured into very technical enduro, and that is the hardest. It could be that I'm old now, but I couldn't imagine how hard, a hard enduro race like Erzburg would be like. Those guys are animals! My vote is hard enduro for the hardest sport.
After a *53 G* impact I cannot understand how Grosjean made it out in one piece Just shows how fit they have to be! If it was an ordinary person... he would be smashed to bits!
This video needs to go viral, more people need to know the difficulty and challenges the drivers go through every season. More people need to be more aware of how dangerous this sport is and not just some people driving around a circuit.
Motogp and motocross are the hardest hands down. One experiences g force and has to hold on to a bike while having no protection while the other is being put through hell while going 50mph through a track or more while dealing with blunt force and has basically no gear for the huge jumps and Stampede behind of treaded heavy bikes.
I have a lot of respect for F1 drivers. They are legit athletes. But what are they really risking in today's F1? Sure, the potential for serious injury or death is still there, but compared to decades ago, it's miniscule. Also, the accidents that can cause serious injury or death are an indirect consequence of what they do. As opposed to combat sports like boxing or MMA, where hurting someone, causing injury, or unfortunately even killing them is a direct consequence of what they do. To me, even modern day combat sports with all its rules to keep fighters safe (rightfully so) is still not as hard core as something like free soloing. Imagine being in a sport where you know for sure any minor mistake can lead to your death. That's a different kind of pressure to worry about and takes someone truly special to do that regularly. That's why I think someone like Alex Honnold is a badass. The price of him screwing up is a lot graver than a modern day F1 driver not succeeding in a high speed overtake attempt.
3:38 Should've added that's only one corner over the chorus of the entire race. There's 11 more corners to negotiate on only 1 lap. 770 more in the race.
Agree with you? Who doesn't? And the Hemingway quote? Master class. Well put together analogy. F1 deserves content creators like this and not the yappers on sky sports. Kudos my friend!.
It's extremely hard but not the hardest. What it is, is the MOST POLITICAL sport. It matters as much your talent and your ability to generate money or to provide money. It also matters enormously the nationality you have and the following you have. You have to be both Driver and Brand.
In short : 6gs every Corner Loosing 4-7 kg of weight per race (1.5hr) Loosing 3-5 litre of water per race(1.5hr) Cockpit temperature : 40-60 degree C Crash impact : dea….(hope not) , serious injury , or 50+ Gs And it takes balls to drive around a corner at 350+ Km/hr .
Pre 2014 I loved F1 since around late 80’s early 90’s... but that’s changed, it’s not the spectacle it used to be but that’s another discussion. As for the point in the video I agree that it’s physically demanding and mentally tough but anything more than that and you have to discount an immense amount of other motorsports. It’s very rare we see F1 drivers in tears at the sheer toughness of the task ahead like in the Dakar rally & it’s rarer that someone looses their life like in the Isle of Man TT that happens every year it is run. Unfortunately the modern day F1 fan is purely that : a fan of F1, which is a shame because most are blinkered to all the other fantastic motorsports which offer way more of a viewing spectacle than the current top formula... each to their own I guess.
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Motocross and supercross.. It isn't that easy.. As you think.
2 other that I think is at the absolute highest level is WRC & Isle of man tt, Isle of man being pure insanity.
I respectfully disagree but maybe I'm wrong. F1 was my favorite sport from 93-2009. Perhaps in the 80's F1 was the hardest sport but I don't know. Hamilton said on Top Gear that in the 80s you had to be crazy and have to have more respect for the guys that did it back then. The cars weren't as fast through the corners as modern F1 but they were much harder to drive and more dangerous. Manual gearbox, little downforce, little in the way of safety. Back then, F1 was about mechanics and driver's skill. Today it's more about the ECU and extreme aero. The cars are computers today. For a while now, I would say MMA is the hardest sport. Watch Sports Scientist Andy Galpin test Conor McGregor. He said Conor is elite of the elite in terms of athletics. Same goes for many other MMA fighters. MMA is blood, sweat, tears, injuries, inches & miliseconds in a game of physical combat chess. The mental strength and toll it takes to step into a cage and fight an elite trained killer in front of thousands in the arena and millions on TV. Fighters take loses so hard. The highest of highs and lowest of lows. Lots of MMA documentaries I'd recommend but this one is really good.
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i agree esspecialy in hot countries like singapore.
LMAO
I took out a friend of mine to a trackday. He was one of those saying drivers are not athletes. After 1 lap he wss completely convinced they are superhumans. He didnt even drive a meter himself
Yeah getting first hand driving experience is a good way to convince someone!
If your buddies ever say that, take them Go Karting. Thats what i always do, and after 10 minutes of driving, and me lapping them numerous times, they are completely exhausted and cannot even begin to comprehend what it would take to drive an F1 car.
I’ve gone go karting a few times, my forearms were absolutely destroyed lmao, it’s definitely a physical sport even outside of single-seaters
@@SamuelSantos_ ikr, even though im a gym nut and have been for years, i can only take 15 minutes of go karting before my forearms explode, its nuts! I have even tried special forearm workouts just for the sake of karting, but nothing can really prepare you for the task. The best way to train would be to drive multiple times a week i guess, but of course, such luxury is not feasible for most of us..
@@npanic628 LOL I just imagined a guy doing a mad routine of forearm and the gym, day after day, adding more weight, getting really into it. Weeks later people would start to ask "why?" and you just say: "I´m gonna rock at karting next month dude".
Funny image.
I will say the same for MotoGP riders! Brutal mental and physical effort.
100%, MotoGP is criminally underrated as well in the sporting world. TT riders also are on another level completely.
@@BMF1Show I completely agree on that, however F1 is way harder on the body due to the extreme and way higher g-forces when braking and cornering while sitting in a forced position
Yeah for sure. 4 tyres obviously provide more cornering grip than 2 and those speeds are higher than in MotoGP. But in a straight line the bikes are competitive!
@@BMF1Show as is motocross and supercross and i am sure that it can't be denied that it belongs there with other motosports
What about rally driving?
Let’s not forget Grosjean literally said that the cars can’t get much faster because the drivers can’t psychically keep up
Grosjean himself is a perfect example for this.
@@seedy80 damn you violated him 💀💀💀
That's grosjean tho
@@GuidoHaverkort and that makes it less valid?
@@Cantbebotheredbyyouanymore he tends to exeggarate, so yeah a little bit
F1 Drivers are, basically, Astronauts but on Earth.
Lol you mean fighter pilots
@@shayzadg 🤣
🤡 30g force and they dont call themselves athletes. F1 is a circus for real.
Only if they could drive in space 🌌🚀
As an American formula 1 fan I couldn’t agree with this more. It is not noticed in the u.s. personally, drive to survive opens me up to the sport and people don’t even know it exists.
Cool to hear from you! Ya i feel the same way here in Canada and made this video more for the North American crowd that don't get it. Drive to survive has helped grow the sport more than i thought it would!
Yeah none of my friends have even heard of f1 and don't really take it seriously
I couldn't agree more with you. 100% on everything said in this video.
Thank you!
I don't give a damm it's hardest sport or not but for sure is the most mind-blowing exiting sport in the world. It's just too awesome
You cannot compare airforce pilots to ground soldiers. Like comparing apples to oranges..
It's not about apples and oranges it's about humans .weather it's an air force piolet or formula 1 racer the go through the pain of physics equally .one is flying for the love of nation and other for just the love of the sport .in the end they do it because they love and THEY ARE THE SAME
F1, rally, isle of man TT, Moto GP - the most entertaining sporting events.
Wec and imsa too
Nascar?
@@huellbabineaux7398 yeah NASCAR too. I just haven't watched it much so didn't include.
Motocross is more demanding than moto gp
Indycar?
"Ability to handle immense mental pressure and stress..."
Shows sBinotto looking to Seb.
ok we are checking
Understood, understood. Slow button on, slow button on
@@zzgaming29 🤣🤣🤣
...I will come to you.
Lol yeah
The travelling to different time zones around the globe
Imagine the jet lag
The poor little dears they must be exhausted.
They do race at the same times though.
@@mikeede49 awwww you must be exhausted after throwing a ball for an hour Barbie
@@dbabu51 You're right I am exhausted, though i dont know how you knew my pet Rottweiler is called Barbie.
Not to forget about their reaction times. If you miss a braking ponit by 0.5 seconds you are in the wall...
I have been saying this for years! Thankyou! However id have to go on a limb and say that Moto GP is even harder. In the sense of hitting speeds of 230 mph at places like mugello and having the confidence to smash the brakes at those speeds and go from 220 to 40 on 2 wheels in a matter of a couple hundred meters. I totally get the G force aspect of your argument. But four wheels is riding in rails compared to a hell bike with a power to weight ratio that literally makes no sense, trust and believe a rider like marquez is an alien .
Yeah those are good points that I agree with, I'd still say F1 tops the list but this is why this agrument is so interesting. And then if you look at TT riders, well that's just on another planet of toughness and difficulty.
@@BMF1Show nah to be honest moto Gp is simply harder. You have to realise that on a motorcycle, it is simply more taxing on you.
I do admire Moto GP and a number of Moto GP champions have made a successful switch to F1 such as theGreat Mike Hailwood.
However one can not ignore the G force factor and the fact that cornering is so much faster in a F1 car. I long for the days when a F1 race had to be a minimum of 200 miles in length or 2 hours in duration whichever came first. There were no pit stops ! The car was fueled-up and you stopped after the checkered flag. It were not uncommon for a lap record to be set during a race ! That is faster than in Qualifying!!!
@@frazebean5117 I would have to disagree there, so much less forces going through your body on a bike, even at silly speeds, compared with an F1 car. Nothing on land comes close to the consistant loads over an hour and a half+ race.
I agree moto gp. But f1 is faster that causes more g force
You can see that it's incredibly hard to find an ex F1 racer that isn't fit. Even the really old one is still looks good and in shape.
Prost is a prime example, or kimi
@@leonary26 or mika
@@niteshbhasin2884 yes completely forgot about mika
Agreed. If I do 20 laps in a go-kart my core and neck is tired. I cannot imagine the G-s they pull for sometimes 2 hours on end. Although F1 drivers do not regularly have bruises/cuts like e.g. Rugby players, the precision they have to consistently deliver at each corner, braking/.turning-in point is unreal.
I agree with your point, but you feel the stress on your neck? The stress for me in karting is always on my head, like the higher part (round the head at forehead height). I never get much stress on my neck.
You’re forgetting the $8 million check from your parents to pay you through driver academies.
Most truly talented drivers have sponsors who pay their driver academy bills. There are drivers on the grid with filthy rich parents like Lando Norris or Lance Strolls, but not all.
@@minh_tran02 the problem with that argument is that both lance and Norris have done enough to prove they deserve a seat
Unfortunatley I never got that check so I'm stuck here making videos! 😁
It used to be majority of the talent. I think I've seen an article somewhere with Seb and how he was explaining that him and probably Lewis were one of the last ones from the generation where talent was still more important than money. And then I've seen a photo compilation of this f1 paddock photographer (kymilman or smth similar is his name on insta) about the fathers of current f1 drivers. And I might be wrong, but apart from Seb's, Lewis' and maybe Valterri's fathers, the rest of the grid's fathers were all businessmen of some sort. Some were bigger, some were smaller, some had driver parents (Jos, Carlos, Jan), but all of them either had a fair bit of money or had other channels to bring their kids into f1. So yeah, money these days plays the biggest role. Of course, you still need immense talent to be in f1, but if you're next Lewis or Michael, but don't have rich and/or famous parents - sorry bby, you ain't gonna drive in f1. And it is quite sad :/
@@Weemix4 one exception to that is Esteban Ocon
F1 driver's brains can be compared to a very expensive computer, with a very fast processor chip, not a very fast hard-drive (although it would require one of those too). Sorry to be so pedantic!
@@zachtan "Sorry who was that to?" "No he said Nico and myself, you weren't listening, can you repeat the question"
😂🤣
Even a normal persons brain
When you realize that Maldonado is still a better driver than you are ...
Ofcourse he is
When you realise stroll is a better driver then you are
When you realize narain karthikeyan
He won a race in Spain beating Alonso and Ferrari. Of course he is a better driver. Even better than Stroll is now.
How about ragunathan our lord and saviour? 🤔
Finally, someone who is making a video about this!
People just describe F1 drivers as 'rich people who drive cool looking cars in circles'
They don't consider them as athletes
dude u r soo right, finally someone who really understands this. people of often think of f1 as simple drivers who drive in cricles. there is soo much more to this sport. if everyone just sees the world of f1 in depth like the technology, the fitness needed and all that, they would literally become a f1 for life. but the junior series like f2 and f3 is also the same just extremely young drivers with cars that are just a bit more slower. motogp too is no less
Or sbk
I once drove a go kart round a track for an hour once I was fucked when I was done everything felt weird. I can totally understand why F1 would be the hardest sport in the world.
Had to quit Karting for medical reasons. Did 1 practice at start of 2020. Did the last 90 minutes of a 3 hours without a break. Felt it for 2 days. I don't even want to think what a F1 would do to my neck ! Have used my own car on the track in Montreal and was really shocked at the shaking my car got from the kerbs !!
Man i only did 10 laps and i felt light headed after 😂
Neither are top 5 for hardest sports in the world though lol
Man you just pissed off the whole bowling community. You better watch out
i won't argue but you know how hard rallying is
This channel deserves more publicity, the presentation is just spot on
Thank you, we're getting there slowly!
I love F1, but the hardest is MMA. These guys are literal machines, have most of the times an insane cardio, incredible reflexes, the techniques fighters can use are more or less infinite and the degree of risk of injuries is between the highest of every sport. the injuries are really common, like every high ranked fighter had an injury that stopped him at some time in their career. the ratio of death luckily is lower than boxing.
I don't disagree, but don't be sleeping on motogp, it's up there
Yeah MotoGP and WEC/IMSA are certainly up there
Thank you for this video...next time anyone argues with me about f1 drivers not being athletes...I shall present this masterpiece of a video...thanks mate!!
Thanks, appreciate the kind words!
Noice
I only do low formula single seaters and do 120 mph max but in that 20 min race the body is battered... gym work defo helps massively...
120mph is still a huge amount for most people. Is it like a recognized racing series or something else?
Also, imagine how many racing types/classes there are(!) and F1 is the ultimate.
US has huge Nascar/Indycar-series which is decades behind F1.
Yes and all across Europe as well too. Not to mention how many elite drivers their are and a lot of them have never driven in F1.
Dont underestimate NASCAR...it’s not F1 level but very close. Races are longer, everything is louder and heavier, and the concentration levels needed to drive between a pack of 30 cars at 200 mph continually is immense
Yeah i would agree with that too. People always say all they do is turn left but it is so much more difficult than that, most people wouldn't make it through one corner!
Nascar is very difficult. I wouldn't put it down. And those cars go up to 220mph which is more than 330kph and that's speed of sound. Imagine going around the oval at average speed of 300kph for 2 hours. Certainly not easy.
@@MilanStojakov speed of sound is 1200 kph an hour. Sorry but no speed of sound is for fighter jets.
Sold. Halfway through the video and hitting subscribe. I felt like I knew about most of these things, but the detail you went in to was enlightening. Thank you, great work.
North American F1 fan here, ive been to a couple NFL games they were fun, been to a bunch of baseball games they were okay, been to a nascar race, it was boring but cool to see the cars in person, been to basketball and hockey games again they were fun, BUT been to an F1 weekend in Montreal and IT WAS AMAZING, waiting for covid to end so I can go back!
Same here! Looks like Montreal will be cancelled again this year which would be very disappointing.
These guys lose 5-10lbs after racing is insane
That’s not true do you research correctly
@@Hellofadrive that is true
Brilliant video! Facts! No speculation and assumptions.
Subscribed! Keep up the great content
It wasn’t until the end of the video when you mentioned it that I realized there were only four points made. Bravo sir! Excellent video and excellent points. Anyone who disagrees had better come with some seriously good arguments.
I completely agree with you, if I could add something I'd also say that in F1 your team isn't a "safe space". In most sports if someone is on your team you can count on his/her help to win, but in F1 your teammate is actually your fiercest rival and the person you will always be compared to. So all in all F1 is and isn't a team sport at the same time
Very good point, yeah I wish I could add that point to the video! Not really another sport where teammates are direct rivals.
Most motorsports are like that, not just F1. Also, cycling has this as well. Plus football, where there are several players for the same positions.
Maybe it is not fair to just compare 2 of the dozens teammembers of 1 team (the pitcrew, including mechanics, engineers and stratetists) to other sports. Watch a pitstop by the RedBull team and you will know. 4 new wheels in less then 2 seconds. Teams win or lose races with pitstops. As with choice of tyres.
@@lucde_ville4743 yeah I can totally see your point, the team members also deserve more credit obviously. I unfortunately can't really tell for other motorsports because I don't have the opportunity to watch them, so yeah I didn't consider that. What I meant to say is that the direct comparison with your teammate in F1 can "make or break" your carreer and that adds a lot of pressure to an already really demanding sport. Just look at the "Max Verstappen-effect" at Red Bull in the last couple years. I really couldn't see that happening in football... (but I'm also not a huge football fan so I might be wrong heheh)
Hardest I don't know, but motorsport is indeed a more complete and demanding sport than the more usual ones.
I love F1 but trying fighting in boxing, kickboxing or MMA. Feel yourself get beat up and tired and the panic of knowing you're about to get knocked out in front of your friends and family.
ok now we need f1 drivers reacting to this video. george, charles, lando?
An important element is the lifestyle. 22-23 racing weekend around the world, through timezones, adjusting biorythm every month. Not to mention the media, management and sponsorship duties.
The most irritating thing to hear as a f1 fan is "formula 1 drivers are not athletes"
It is honestly unbelievable out there
What makes Formula 1 so difficult is not only about the car, hybrid technologies, the racecraft and so on. It's a lot more. What these non-F1 viewers don't see is what happen off the track. These drivers also make plenty of sacrifices, even just to earn one of these 20 seats, from their time far from their family, insane amount of physical and mental fitness they work on, the amount of money that they spent on their career, and even the level of competition they went through in junior formulas, and if they stumble on a gold mine, recruited by the Young Driver academies from either Red Bull, Ferrari even Mercedes. Which these are the reason I give them props for what they've been through. Thank You for this video :) * And also the danger elements, I almost tossed it away.
Having worked around F1 in the 1970s.I have no doubt that the Isle of Man TT plus other top road races are more demanding.You may find a lot of F1 drivers agree.Flat out for 230 miles is not something most F1 drivers experience.The bikes are also capable of 200mph.plus speeds at some ROAD CIRCUITS.Sadly it is a very dangerous sport . GOFF POPE.
I think that with the added pressure of the vast amounts of money involved, yes F1 is the hardest sport in the world. But that aside, MotoGP would be one step above F1 and the WRC would be one step above that. WRC is truly insane. Can you imagine driving at the absolute limit for 200 miles over three days, along tree or cliff lined stages, covered in loose gravel or snow, with the smallest mistake sending you in to a huge life threatening accident at any moment?! By far the most under appreciated sport.
You can't really say that any one sport is the hardest in the world. many sports at their highest skill level are extremely difficult and can't be compared to each other. Try and compare rockclimbing to F1 driving, or big wave surfing to wingsuiting.
Or motocross
Or full contact combat sports
I agree the sustained concentration and mental awareness is key. No respite for an hour and forty minutes or so during a race. Laser focus.
When I was a kid, I used to watch a programme in the UK called “superstars” where athletes from different sports would compete. Was always amazed how well the F1 drivers performed.
I think its rally driving because you're going 100 mph on the forest
A single slip or mistake could probably end up with a branch through the windshield or rolling down a cliff
Can we also appreciate the spectators. Casually standing beside the dirt roads with nothing but hay bails and tape guarding em. They have big cojones.
F1 is still harsh on the exercise tho but F1 is 2nd for me which is still hard all motorsports are hard heck all. Sports are hard
I have been an F1 fan for a decade now. But Rally driving along with Isle of Man TT is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. The lack of safety is just unbelievable.
@@chazmyster hahaha... true
ah thats why they all look exhausted in the cooldown room
Its also probably the hardest sport to get into, having to spend anywhere from 100's of thousands of dollars to a couple million and living in multiple countries only to not make it out of F2.
Closer to typically 5m at least.
@@cecilracing53 100% if you don't get enough sponsorship that is a much more reasonable price, although for another 10-50 million and enough points on your license you can buy a seat in a team like Williams. Pretty sure latifi pays somewhere between 10-50m, or at least used to.
@@cecilracing53 also i beleive that bottas's seat at Williams was payed for briefly by a sponsor and the price was around 15 million but idk what currency.
@@twofacechas3 yeah it’s a lot of money you can get in with pure talent but that’s stupid hard. Any professional motorsport is stupid hard to get into if you think F1 is hard to get into, look at the top level of professional karting. Yeah it’s less money but far more ruthless to drivers because the racing is far closer and in order to win you can’t be close to everyone you have to be faster than everyone consistently and that’s talking very small margins. It’s also far more dangerous statistically.
@@cecilracing53 some people in karting are also fighting for a chance at bigger leagues as well so that's another set of opponents that will make it that much harder.
I was saying this to my mate the other day. Not just F1, but motorsport as a whole. Its a mentally draining, physically gruelling active sport thats not just driving around in circles. Truly the hardest sport to date
Lol
Not top 5
I’ve never seen anything so right in my life before. However I would say the WEC is up there because you get drivers in only fractionally slower cars but do the same thing for 6 hours to a whole day
I believe this is the reason Alonso is still able to perform at this level in F1 even at this age. Driving in LMP1 really pushed his endurance to the limit and because of that he's still able to drive at such a level.
Dud.... Finally some one that understands.
I think people overshadow NASCAR as well. They have to go through lots of physical training and deal with high temperatures.
Not compared to f1 though
@@pieter-basschlaghecke4436 training wise, of course, heat wise, it’s damn similar
@@gswizzy17 neck wise not even a comparison the g forces f1 drivers get is not comparable to nascar
@@pieter-basschlaghecke4436 of course it’s just the heat. Similar concept though, racing toe to toe at extreme speeds
Once you get to that level you don’t really think. It’s all instinct and reaction since the driver has been in a car his whole life
I searched up the chances of becoming a f1 driver and it says 0% because they are the elite of elite drivers
u need super talent and sometimes alot of money
@@AlanDoveKarting yea i understand
Mostly money now
@@12th.jahlil and some rich dads
Source: trust me bro
I agree with you; even if I didn’t, I would say the same: you made an amazing analysis, this is the way things must be done. Thanks and greetings from Mexico!
Gracias! Appreciate the kind words.
you have good arguments. But you can take any of those points and argue that MotoGP is more extreme.
1. Physically even though the cornering forces aren't as high the riders have to muscle the bike around with their muscles wich can mead to arm pump etc. and their weight is even more important than in f1.
2. in MotoGP the field is so tight that riders are in a fight for position with usually multiple competitors for the entire race distance and need to be very carefull about when to overtake and how and when to use the tires. In that they aren't aided via radio in F1 where your engineer can keep you informed about your rivals and help with decisions. MotoGP riders only have pitboards wich usually tell them gaps in front and behind.
3. I think its not hard to explain why the danger factor in a sport where you reach similar sometimes higher top speeds than in F1 but without the safety cell is much higher. When you crash in MotoGP youre on the ground at brakeneck speeds and need to look out not to be hit by your own bike. Riders are injured regularly.
4. Competition in MotoGP is comparable to F1 there are a few more seats available and the money needed to get there is not as much but when you make it to a top team in F1 youre pretty much guaranteed to finish most races on the top part of the grid get a few podiums and if you perform good you might get a win. If you sit in a merc even a mediocre driver for the high expectations of f1 can win. In MotoGP the customer Teams usually run the same equipment as factory teams. The result of a race is much more down to the driver. In the 2019 season multiple World champion Jorge Lorenz proved that by not getting a single Top 10 result on the same bike that Marc Marquez showed a never before seen dominance. Out of 19 races 12 Wins 6 second places and 1 DNF crashing in the lead due to technical problems. Also the 2020 season showed that nearly all Manufacturers are win capable. In the absence of the champion (due to being injured-> point 3) there was a hard battle for all the championships by multiple manufacturers with a unpredictable outcome
q.e.d. MotoGP is the hardest sport in the world
Great explanation man!! Totally agree!
yep. that MotoGP bike is heavy af. and also theres like Isle of Man TT, and Motorcross and a lot more that are more risky than F1. imma be real here, i like F1, i found the sport really entertaining, and definitely is a hard sport, but those sports above is way riskier than F1
Id say F1 MotoGP/TT and WRC are the top 3 and are pretty equal
Aahh ! How deftly you dismissed the extreme G forces in F1 by equating it to muscling around a Bike ! Sorry but that is a bogus comparison.
You just can not wrap your head around cornering at 5 Gs ! Thats why F1 cars are about 30 seconds faster per lap than a bike.
Look I love bikes, I raced road bicycles in my youth and had a number of fast motorcycles but a F1 car is from another planet and the handful of Men who are gifted enough to race them are without a doubt a notch above all others in this great world of Motor Racing.
@@nz6065 To be fair f1 drivers rarely lose races because of physical pain caused by driving while it’s common in MotoGP. Plenty of MotoGP riders this season have surgery after races to combat arm pump. You can train your neck and other parts of your body to resist g forces but it’s not the same with arm pump.
I think big motorsports are certainly the toughest sports on average, but I’m unsure if F1 is the hardest. You can watch Group B Rally or Isle of Man TT and see that everything you just described is even tougher in terms of risk to self, so the question becomes, which of your 4 reasons you outlined is the most tough aspect?
It’s certainly easier to get into Isle Of Man TT, but it’s FAR more deadly, and yet requires less of a peak physical fitness (no offence John McGuinness lol) where you can still be a huge success without being young and in absolute peak physical form.. At the same time there is less pressure in the riders in terms of from their team (not as much development goes into their bikes as MotoGP or certainly not as much as F1), but the pressure during overtaking slower riders during the TT without killing both of you must be OVERWHELMING..
Rally is harder in the driving I would say but you don’t have to contend with other drivers so there’s that....group b however well
I wouldn't say it's harder. What about race pace, lap after lap, being consistent on the limits? But I would say that it's more fair as they compete against time and not each other on track. Race is more fun to watch though.
Rally is probably more dangerous
Luka Zavisic id agree with that to be honest, but I disagree that a race is more exiting. Firstly that is entirely academic it depends on what one finds exciting, but for me after the pack is dispersed races like f1 lose my interest, compare that to rally I could watch for ages just seeing the cars slide about, bouncing off the limiter and being sent off jumps. Ultimately motorsport has become less visually appealing, the group b era was more entertaining than today’s rally, and the same with old f1. Motorsport has changed, even if it appears similar
@@barnabyg6808 I agree with you and have same opinion about f1. In fact I never liked f1. But It is worth mentioning Le Mans, Super GT, GT3, Touring Cars. These are among my favourites with Rally too of course.
Luka Zavisic ah yes those are great, it’s a different story with endurance racing or really any homologation racing to see how strategies work out compared with one shitty f1 race where the greatest excitement comes with three drops of rain
F1, MotoGP and Isle of Man TT racing are in my opinion the hardest sports to compete in. Even as someone who knows very little about motorbikes, I also think that Isle of Man TT drivers are possibly the bravest athletes in the world.
F1 drivers > Gladiators
Give me a break, F1 drivers are fucking rich kids parading (not racing) around in overrated cars which provide no real racing entertainement most of the time, The real gladiators are the lads racing in northern irelands in IRR (Isle of man TT to name a few) if you wanted real gladiators in terms of pure skill and battles look at MotoGP riders
Formula Shite has been trash since 2014
@@nibv6996 yeah what would you call going much over 150 kmh most of the time , wait yeah totally parading around in “overrated cars”.
Shut up hater it’s been better since the start of the 2010s, much better
I completely agree with your points. However, I think if current F1 car using V10 engine it could add mental pressure to the drivers with its intimidating-sound.
And also many reports have published that an average F1 driver loses around 3-4 kg per race to extreme heat in his cockpit and extreme force they face due to the speed of the car.
F1 is the only sport where to call yourself a fan, requires immense amount of knowledge. Knowledge equal to all other sports combined. Without this you can't appreciate F1. Hence why it's often overlooked on the list of tough sports.
It's pretty straightforward. Anyone who thinks going well over 200kmh with on average (not even the highest forces) 4-5 G's tugging on your entire body and the heat from the engine causing you to sweat literal litres is easy is... well physics must not be their strong point.
F1: I AM THE HARDEST MOTORSPORT
WRC: OH HELLO THERE!
arguable
except it's easier to get into
@@vedsingh9785 easy to get into WRC!? 🤣😂
@@alimantado373 easiER
@@alimantado373 easier. Comparatively to f1, which, ya know, has only 20 seats?
I am a big fan of F1, I have been to Australia, Spain, Italy and Singapore to see the Grand Prix, I am well versed on the technical issues surrounding the sport along with the physical demands, however I think that MotorCross tops my list when it comes to motor sports
finally an american that gets that f1 is harder than nascar thank you
Im dutch but I wouldn’t say that f1 is harder its different then nascar nascar is hard on road courses and ovals but f1 has a higher speed
I think people disregard F1 as the hardest sport because the driver's physical / athleticism isn't close to the level of the top sports. I completely agree they are athletes and are in top shape, but when you compare them to the athletes in the NFL, UFC, NBA, etc. the drivers get blown out of the water.
But I think that the difficulty of driving at an elite level in F1 combined with how dangerous and heart racing it is puts F1 in the conversation of hardest sport
Are people really that stupid where they think these guys aren't world-class athletes?
Unfortunately yes, especially here in North America most people are really unaware.
For all the reasons you mentioned and more I think the professional cycling circuit is the toughest sport today - it simply destroys your soul. Then there is boxing where just going the distance is a victory. Then comes motorsport I should think. Exactly as you say, it is gladiatorial because it is multifaceted. All of these are extremely dangerous sports, boxing most of all since it is the least protected.
Ypu forgot one point, even though you have a teammate, he/she is also your competition.
true just like hamilton and alonso in 2007
Once the lights go off everyone around you is a target. Only your side of the garage is going to help you.
What about MMA where there's no team or teammate
"F1 is the harders sport" Have guys even heard of Pro cycling? Road cycling in particular, in an event like Tour de france, they cycle through steep mountains in a brutal pace, The average distance they cover per stage is around 250km and it lasts for 3 weeks and at the end of the event they cover around 3500km it's like the half of the entire season in F1 and not just that there are lots of events like that throughout the entire season of Pro cycling. Talking about dangers? Well Pro cyclist only had a thin piece of clothing and helmet that only protects the top of their heads, unlike F1, where the car itself is like a body armor of its driver. Crashing in F1 at 300 kmh is less likely to cause any physical harm to the driver, like we often see, while crashing in a Road bike at 50 kmh especially on decents is a guaranteed nasty road rash, broken bones and a high chance of faitality.
Nascar fans: but why keep our drivers fading than after every race 😂
@- says a lot about the "sport" that you call nascar
@G00DM0RNINGT0KY0! funny how i specifically said nascar and yet you put words in my mouth
@G00DM0RNINGT0KY0! you can weigh 250 pounds and still easily compete in nascar your physical strength isnt the main point, its purely just driving in a freaking circle there is 2 factors in that sport, speed of the car and a person driving it
@G00DM0RNINGT0KY0! where in formula one as he said in the video is so complex and only god damn superhumans can compete in the sport and let alone do a whole race with your heart beat “resting” at 170 bpm and changing up to 40+ settings a lap 1000+ gearshifts a race, being side to side at 330 kph and managing 5g+ in some races for a longer period of time so dont come at me like dat, but regardless of that i do think that nascar is a cool as a race and intertainment but not a sport anyway near the same degree as GT- series, rally, formula 1,2,3,4 isle of man, motogp, DTM and what not
@ً tge reason is pure and simple. There isnt a woman good enough for f1 YET. Sure there is talent on its way and its just a matter of time when the first lady joins f1. And Im completely fine with that. As long as she is really capable of competing.
Impressive, I am a Formula 1 fan and concur with your points, but still can't see any athlete going through as much as a Triathlon athlete, feats achieved by them seem superhuman to us mere mortals.
My friend compared f1 to playing fifa and chess ♟
What a idiot
@@kristiantheg.o.a.t5372 No you are the idiot chess is way harder than F1
@@blasterofelephants8318 if a kid can play chess like it's a normal board game then it isnt harder than F1
Completely agree with everything said, great vid mate.
Much appreciated!
Such a great title... I would have to agree, this or boxing
Ah don't forget about the extreme heat at some tracks.. great video!! 👍😊
Yes absolutely, another great point to add to the argument. Thanks for watching!
And when its cold
@@ahmedisse9406 I've never gotten cold in a race car.. 😎😉👍
I’d say rally driving is the most difficult sport, f1 has a lot more technology and speed but I think in terms of pure difficulty it is rally at least at the highest level of it
They don’t experience near the same g forces as f1 that’s where most of the difficulties are . But I have to admit rally takes balls of steel
@@charleshocqii4301 g forces aren't everything bruh
I believe also that during the course of a F1 race a driver can lose up to 4kg in liquids. You will always see them drinking lots of water straight after the race to hydrate. Not sure any other sport would have that kind of demands on your hydration.
Football/soccer has to be the hardest just look at how much they throw themselves at the floor.
Being serious tho F1 is the best and hardest sport along with all other motorsports
Oh let's also take about how F1 drivers are literally laying down for 2 hours to make millions
Since we want to oversimplify it
It's hard to convey all this when the audience only knows banking corners, large steering wheels and brakes that are only for pit stops.
Other than his talent, Lewis’ strongest asset is his mental strength.
I although Kimi doesn't had as much talent as Lewis. I think Kimi has stronger mental than Lewis.. he is very lay back !
Nah, Alonso’s even stronger. Who drags a car 1 sec off the pace to championship contention? Only Alonso can pull it off
Bono I can't do this, my tyres are out
Yes, I consider ALL motor racing sports to be among the most challenging, specialized and dangerous around, no to mention how "lucky" you must be to ever make a living out of it as a pro. It takes talent first, then it takes lots of practice years, training, experience, patience, money of your own, someone who notices you and even politics to achieve the highest levels. Motorsports are definitely underrated as the hardest sports in the world.
Bruh dont be that guy thats like, my sport is the hardest sport in the world an shit, all sports are hard in thier own way, its not harder than basketball mma boxing etc. , infact this is one of the few sports where the "players" actually get bored. Eg. Max verstappen getting bored in car more than a few times this season
I would make a vouch for Stage Rallying being a more difficult sport in the world. While yes, the speeds are overall lower, the risk factor and the potential for massive accidents are much higher because you are racing from point-to-point *on public roads, more often than not through thick woodlands or sheer cliffs,* often on tarmac in poor condition or outright on gravel or snow & ice. Since there is practically no run-off and the barriers aren't built to withstand speeds over 100mph, unlike most dedicated racing circuits, and the cars themselves accelerate 0-60 faster than almost anything below Endurance Prototypes and Junior Formulae in the top class of World Rally Car, the drivers need a navigator to relay the route information 2 to 3 corners ahead of time via their pacenotes to mitigate any potential mistakes and dangers, and even then rallying is notorious for curveballs beyond practically any other racing championship due to the limited safety features, fans getting potentially too overzealous, or even local farm & wildlife entering the path of the drivers.
Long distance running is the hardest 'sport' imo. In motorsport...24 hour le mans puts more strain on a drivers body compared to F1
I would agree that F1 is right up there for the hardest sport. I've raced MTB, road bikes, rowing, short track speed skating and dirt bikes .....all pretty hard too. Lately I've ventured into very technical enduro, and that is the hardest. It could be that I'm old now, but I couldn't imagine how hard, a hard enduro race like Erzburg would be like. Those guys are animals! My vote is hard enduro for the hardest sport.
"just turn the steering lol" yeah if u a NASCAR driver. *sarcasm*
and the only turn in one direction..
@@foyorama except when they need exit the pit
This is such an amazing video.thanks for making this..
After a *53 G* impact I cannot understand how Grosjean made it out in one piece
Just shows how fit they have to be!
If it was an ordinary person... he would be smashed to bits!
This video needs to go viral, more people need to know the difficulty and challenges the drivers go through every season. More people need to be more aware of how dangerous this sport is and not just some people driving around a circuit.
Motogp and motocross are the hardest hands down. One experiences g force and has to hold on to a bike while having no protection while the other is being put through hell while going 50mph through a track or more while dealing with blunt force and has basically no gear for the huge jumps and Stampede behind of treaded heavy bikes.
I have a lot of respect for F1 drivers. They are legit athletes. But what are they really risking in today's F1? Sure, the potential for serious injury or death is still there, but compared to decades ago, it's miniscule. Also, the accidents that can cause serious injury or death are an indirect consequence of what they do. As opposed to combat sports like boxing or MMA, where hurting someone, causing injury, or unfortunately even killing them is a direct consequence of what they do. To me, even modern day combat sports with all its rules to keep fighters safe (rightfully so) is still not as hard core as something like free soloing. Imagine being in a sport where you know for sure any minor mistake can lead to your death. That's a different kind of pressure to worry about and takes someone truly special to do that regularly. That's why I think someone like Alex Honnold is a badass. The price of him screwing up is a lot graver than a modern day F1 driver not succeeding in a high speed overtake attempt.
Great video! I am constantly having to explain this to friends and co workers.
Because they know it's incorrect
There are much more demanding sports
@@william_SMMA bruh idiot
3:38 Should've added that's only one corner over the chorus of the entire race. There's 11 more corners to negotiate on only 1 lap. 770 more in the race.
Agree with you? Who doesn't? And the Hemingway quote? Master class. Well put together analogy. F1 deserves content creators like this and not the yappers on sky sports. Kudos my friend!.
It's extremely hard but not the hardest. What it is, is the MOST POLITICAL sport. It matters as much your talent and your ability to generate money or to provide money. It also matters enormously the nationality you have and the following you have. You have to be both Driver and Brand.
It is the epitome of human development: the full realization of progress and human spirit and mind.
In short :
6gs every Corner
Loosing 4-7 kg of weight per race (1.5hr)
Loosing 3-5 litre of water per race(1.5hr)
Cockpit temperature : 40-60 degree C
Crash impact : dea….(hope not) , serious injury , or 50+ Gs
And it takes balls to drive around a corner at 350+ Km/hr .
I can bring up stats like these for at least 5 other sports so it really doesn't count
@@william_SMMA Go on
@@william_SMMA come on name some
Pre 2014 I loved F1 since around late 80’s early 90’s... but that’s changed, it’s not the spectacle it used to be but that’s another discussion. As for the point in the video I agree that it’s physically demanding and mentally tough but anything more than that and you have to discount an immense amount of other motorsports. It’s very rare we see F1 drivers in tears at the sheer toughness of the task ahead like in the Dakar rally & it’s rarer that someone looses their life like in the Isle of Man TT that happens every year it is run. Unfortunately the modern day F1 fan is purely that : a fan of F1, which is a shame because most are blinkered to all the other fantastic motorsports which offer way more of a viewing spectacle than the current top formula... each to their own I guess.