The Secret of F1 Drivers’ Gloves

Ercihan Atalan
Nerd For Tech
Published in
3 min readSep 29, 2021

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F1 is one of the most popular sports on the planet. The adrenaline rush that race cars provide while driving on the track has grown in popularity, and they now have a large following. It is not only an exciting racing sport, but it is also a very dangerous one. Pilots in these races have been involved in some heartbreaking accidents.

Photo by FIA

These collisions can cause the vehicles to catch fire by rolling over and over again, or by colliding with other vehicles, resulting in a chain reaction. On the news, you’ve probably seen the F1 driver run out of flames after an accident. The technological world has gone to great lengths to ensure that pilots are not injured in these races’ accidents. Shockproof vehicles, shockproof pilot suits, and those legendary wheels are all examples of this.

In this article, we’ll discuss the secret hidden in the gloves of F1 pilots that no one knows about.

You might think there’s only one glove in the photo above, but you’d be wrong. These gloves are designed to allow the medical aid team to remotely monitor the pilot’s vital functions during the race. “We know it’s very important to monitor people for their medical care,” Doctor Ian Roberts, deputy FIA (Federation International Automobile) delegate, told FIA Auto magazine. As soon as possible, we want to begin monitoring and evaluating them. We can’t always get to

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Ercihan Atalan
Nerd For Tech

I enjoy entrepreneurship, motivation and disrupting the established order. I’m also a medical student with a passion for software.