F1: Sportsmail’s HENRY CLARK visits Silverstone to discover what drivers go through in a race [Video]

My day as an F1 driver was TORTURE – I need a lie down! Sportsmail’s HENRY CLARK visits Silverstone to discover what Lewis Hamilton and Co go through in a race … and now wishes he’d steered well clear

17:30 EST 02 Mar 2023 , updated 17:42 EST 02 Mar 2023

Picture the scene. It’s Sunday afternoon and you’re sprawled across the sofa with a cold beer in hand, watching 20 drivers push their spaceship-like cars to the limit around a racetrack.

As your hand dives into the snack bowl, a small but nagging part of you asks: ‘Sure, these guys drive really fast… but how hard can it be physically for Formula One drivers?’ Well, I was about to find out…

Ahead of the opening race of the 2023 season in Bahrain, Sportsmail was invited down to the Porsche Human Performance centre at Silverstone where they promised to replicate the stresses and strains of driving an F1 car on the body …