I would love to see more research about how the driver''s brains behave during crashes. Concussion rates seem to be relatively low for big impacts. For example, Ocon had a huge crash in Miami and was driving the next day. I wonder how that is possible.
The lack of head movement for sure helps. The less violent movement of the brain relative to the rest of their head, and the restriction in movement stops the driver from having an impact with the wheel or the headrest.
@@durrell246 Good points. But I am still interested as to how side impacts don't often cause concussions and by putting harsh accelerations on the brain. There is much less space for the driver's head to travel in the cockpit during a side impact, and the FHR/HANS seems to be most effective in frontal collisions.
The foam around the cockpit limits the movement of the head laterally and the FHR limits them ahead but the absorption quality of the helmet liner has also a very big importance as it avoids the brain to have too brutal movements inside the skull (and the standards are more difficult to pass because of this invisible part than because of the shell strenght). Dr. Olvey is a specialist in concussions for motorsport and you can find a video and other videos purely focused on motorsport safety in the RUclips channel of the "Racing Goes Safer" foundation : ruclips.net/video/sITNlmEYp1U/видео.html
@@notscaredboochie The side movement is also restricted through the headrest in open wheelers or the seat in other race cars. The headrest is also made from an impact absorbing foam designed to deform when the helmet hits it. You could see that in Mick Schumachers crash in Saudi Arabia this year.
Concussions are so wack. You hear stories of how some people could legit get 1 and it fucks them up forever and then we have nfl players getting them damn near once a year.
Excellent video. Stand21 is not as well known by F1 fans because they do not sponsor any drivers and instead focus on creating top quality rather than marketing. As such the FHR's you see F1 guys using are indeed purchased and not sponsored like their other race kit is. This goes right back to Senna who preferred Stand21 but was paid by OMP to use their stuff.
Haven't watched racing in 2 decades even with a GP a few km from here but ive been on a kick of videos dealing with car driver safety and technologies like this. Its really come very far since Gilles Villeneuve, Andretti, Lauda, Piquet, Seyna days. Fascinating video.
Now that you mention Mr. Morizot litting himself on fire, reminds me of Bill Simpson doing the same thing during the 70s at Indianapolis, litting himself on fire to promote his own suits, and it's pretty much thanks to him that all racing drivers are safe from fire.
How long or how many races is the HANS device rated for? Because of the movement and tension they are put under (overtime) does it weaken the carbon fibre? @2:54 Ping-Pong & Table Tennis. Ping Pong is a brand name of the game Table Tennis.
Fantastic video Matt! Regarding head restraints, I've seen Rally drivers and many touring car racers now use a different kind of head restraint (hybrid systems I believe they are called, manufactured by Simpson y believe). What are the differences with a typical HANS device? As far as I can tell both do the same head restrain job, so maybe it's down to driver preference the use of hybrid or Hans
Very sad that the HANS device was already available in the 80's, but it took until the 2000's for racing organization to FORCE people into using it by making it mandatory. So many, many lives were lost to basial skull fractures, so many lives could have been saved. On a different note, why are you showing yourself talking, when instead you can use that time to show the THING you are talking about ? Or the person instead ?
Sorry to ask but what is that over your left shoulder in the video? I looks like some kind of press, although that may just be me seeing things. Amazing video as always Matt, would never have thought about how the hans device was made and improved.
@@mattamys ah, oh ok. I just watched it back again and caught the part where you said "because you were obliged to wear a race overall like this..."; missed that the first time around, so I just saw you buttoning the thing up then taking it off and thought you were going for a Mr Rogers impression or something 😂
What a dumb title. Of course drivers can race without HANS. They've raced without it for decades. They are not ALLOWED to race without it. And that's due to safety reasons.
I would love to see more research about how the driver''s brains behave during crashes. Concussion rates seem to be relatively low for big impacts. For example, Ocon had a huge crash in Miami and was driving the next day. I wonder how that is possible.
The lack of head movement for sure helps. The less violent movement of the brain relative to the rest of their head, and the restriction in movement stops the driver from having an impact with the wheel or the headrest.
@@durrell246 Good points. But I am still interested as to how side impacts don't often cause concussions and by putting harsh accelerations on the brain. There is much less space for the driver's head to travel in the cockpit during a side impact, and the FHR/HANS seems to be most effective in frontal collisions.
The foam around the cockpit limits the movement of the head laterally and the FHR limits them ahead but the absorption quality of the helmet liner has also a very big importance as it avoids the brain to have too brutal movements inside the skull (and the standards are more difficult to pass because of this invisible part than because of the shell strenght). Dr. Olvey is a specialist in concussions for motorsport and you can find a video and other videos purely focused on motorsport safety in the RUclips channel of the "Racing Goes Safer" foundation : ruclips.net/video/sITNlmEYp1U/видео.html
@@notscaredboochie The side movement is also restricted through the headrest in open wheelers or the seat in other race cars. The headrest is also made from an impact absorbing foam designed to deform when the helmet hits it. You could see that in Mick Schumachers crash in Saudi Arabia this year.
Concussions are so wack. You hear stories of how some people could legit get 1 and it fucks them up forever and then we have nfl players getting them damn near once a year.
Matt has, without a doubt, some of the best and most interesting F1 RUclips content. Loving it!
This channel is a goldmine for any F1 fan
Excellent video. Stand21 is not as well known by F1 fans because they do not sponsor any drivers and instead focus on creating top quality rather than marketing. As such the FHR's you see F1 guys using are indeed purchased and not sponsored like their other race kit is. This goes right back to Senna who preferred Stand21 but was paid by OMP to use their stuff.
Haven't watched racing in 2 decades even with a GP a few km from here but ive been on a kick of videos dealing with car driver safety and technologies like this. Its really come very far since Gilles Villeneuve, Andretti, Lauda, Piquet, Seyna days. Fascinating video.
Now that you mention Mr. Morizot litting himself on fire, reminds me of Bill Simpson doing the same thing during the 70s at Indianapolis, litting himself on fire to promote his own suits, and it's pretty much thanks to him that all racing drivers are safe from fire.
How did I not find this channel earlier? Loads of nerdy F1 content. This channel is a goldmine. Keep up the amazing work!
i got an alpinestars hans device for karting
i love that thing
Good work. Didnt know there was an additional name for the HANS device.
Great video again Matt! You don't have nearly the amount of subscribers your content deserves!
I know this is an F1 channel but I wish you mentioned Dale Earnhart. He was against HANS and arguably it could’ve saved his life.
nah
@@RECHARGED77 Hate NASCAR or not, it's a big factor in why the HANS device (which then becomes the FHR device) got so much attention globally.
How long or how many races is the HANS device rated for? Because of the movement and tension they are put under (overtime) does it weaken the carbon fibre?
@2:54 Ping-Pong & Table Tennis. Ping Pong is a brand name of the game Table Tennis.
Fantastic video Matt!
Regarding head restraints, I've seen Rally drivers and many touring car racers now use a different kind of head restraint (hybrid systems I believe they are called, manufactured by Simpson y believe). What are the differences with a typical HANS device? As far as I can tell both do the same head restrain job, so maybe it's down to driver preference the use of hybrid or Hans
The HANS device was initialy put into use for NHRA and nascar
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
A vacuum cleaner is the name of the device. A Hoover is a brand of vacuum cleaner.
Loving all your f1 content
1:30 casually buttons shirt
How do the measure lap times in Formula 1? Is there something near the ground like a laser beam?
Oh HANS device. I know it is before HANS yet it came to light when Dale Sr. died. And NASCAR it is called HANS Device.
Very sad that the HANS device was already available in the 80's, but it took until the 2000's for racing organization to FORCE people into using it by making it mandatory. So many, many lives were lost to basial skull fractures, so many lives could have been saved.
On a different note, why are you showing yourself talking, when instead you can use that time to show the THING you are talking about ? Or the person instead ?
Sometimes getting photos or even video from the 1960's regional race in Formula 3 isn't possible...
if i remember...the hans device was first used in 2007...correct me if i'm wrong....
Sorry to ask but what is that over your left shoulder in the video? I looks like some kind of press, although that may just be me seeing things. Amazing video as always Matt, would never have thought about how the hans device was made and improved.
It's my racing rig, and what you see there is my two screen setup! (One above another)
Can we talk about the Simpson Hybrid?
Again a unbelievable interesting video! Do you know how much both the carbon and the plastic device cost?
All the details are on their website linked in the description!
Glad i live in austria 😁
ORF is better just a tip :0
can you put it in English? or is it in a different language
@@ForbesL it is in German due to Austria speaking German. I don't know if there are subs.
Using VPN to watch F1 in other countries is not completely legal but more of a grey zone…
What's with the jacket? lol
Jacket?
@@mattamys ah, oh ok. I just watched it back again and caught the part where you said "because you were obliged to wear a race overall like this..."; missed that the first time around, so I just saw you buttoning the thing up then taking it off and thought you were going for a Mr Rogers impression or something 😂
ORF is much better than servus tv
ServusTV is the worse of the two Austrian Broadcasters.
Just fyi
What a dumb title. Of course drivers can race without HANS. They've raced without it for decades. They are not ALLOWED to race without it. And that's due to safety reasons.