he F1 Singapore GP Known as “hell” to pilots. This is one of the courses that F1 drivers carefully prepare for. In fact, it’s no secret that Carlos Sainz prepares every year by pedaling on rollers inside a sauna at temperatures above 50 degrees, in order to get used to an environment similar to that inside a sauna. cockpit What your car looks like at Yas Marina Circuit. Conditions are extreme and hydration is essential during the race. The complexity of this event is the greatest for all drivers on the grid. Add to that the job of being a pilot.”rookie”, things get even more complicated.But to be precise, the newcomer to this category, the American sergeant logan, adds another layer of difficulty to this feat. You will end up driving without drinking water in your car. Recklessness.

extreme challenge

Imagine driving at full speed on a very technical circuit between walls, without making a single mistake that could lead to an accident, and doing so while sitting in front of the engine in a hot passenger compartment. please try.of 1,000 horsepower, packed inside fire-resistant overalls. Also, please perform in an environment of 30 degrees Celsius or higher and 75% humidity. Pilots sweat, but the humidity is so high that the sweat cannot evaporate. The feeling of running wet in a pressure cooker and the special tension of not being able to make a mistake on a highly complex route with no room for rest is already a challenge for even the most prepared driver . The best quality in their hands. But for Logan, the challenges will be even more complex.

“I don’t hydrate during the race.”

Logan Sargent revealed last Thursday that he will never use his car’s built-in drinking system by sticking a straw in his helmet while driving in a Formula 1 Grand Prix. It’s an essential system for drivers to stay hydrated while on the road, but Sargent said he wasn’t comfortable using it and hasn’t used it for the first 14 races of the year. But he went further and asserted that he would not do the same in Singapore.

“I accept the fact that I hydrate before the race. From a pure temperature standpoint, I don’t think it’s as bad as other places we go. The only thing that’s affected is the humidity. That’s why we do humidity training. I think it’s the biggest thing. “That’s dehydration during the race. I personally don’t drink, so I have to live with that during the race. But I don’t think it’s hotter than Miami. To be honest, I think Miami is even more humid.” I think it all comes down to one characteristic of this track. It’s very continuous (always very technical, no long straights) and that’s what makes this track so difficult,” Sargent said.

In this sense, the American athlete asserted that the technique to cope with this physical challenge is to be well hydrated before the race. It remains to be seen whether this is sufficient. The history of the F1 Singapore Grand Prix has already seen several drivers get out of their cars exhausted. Sergeant Logan must be very careful to keep his body’s hydration within safe limits to avoid passing out and causing an accident while driving.

Before each session, pilots focus part of their work on hydrating their bodies. It is common for everyone to wear cooling vests or apply frozen towels to their bodies to lower their body temperature. In addition, pilots also drink water or cold isotonic drinks. And after each session, most people step into a bucket of ice and douse them with very cold water to lower their core body temperature as quickly as possible and speed up the body’s recovery after the effort.

Logan Sargent will have to endure 62 laps at the highest level, and in a sport where the slightest failure means a huge loss in performance reflected in the data, he will need to beat a time of one in a thousand. He ran 62 laps at 100% speed, covering a total of 306,143km. Challenge or recklessness? Only Logan has the answers.