The drivers cover between 260 and 300 kilometers each Grand Prix. While they can go into the garage to change tires and make repairs or mechanical adjustments to their car, they can’t do it to pee. That is why half the grid does it in the car as stated by Sebastian Vettel .
The four-time world champion was second at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where he achieved his best result to date with Aston Martin . Sebastian Vettel felt very comfortable in his car in Baku. That is why, despite the red flag caused by Max Verstappen’s accident, the German did not want to get off it.
Sebastian Vettel , like the rest of the riders, had to wait in his garage for several minutes until the race direction gave a fifteen-hour notice when the jump-off was going to take place. This is something that most took advantage of to go to the bathroom to pee, while the German chose to endure.
“I am one of the few drivers who does not pee in his car”
Questioned about it, he said: “ I wanted to stay there and not be distracted to be ready and sensitive, which we obviously did our best . It was going well for me, I didn’t want to go out. I am quite comfortable inside my car. I am one of the few drivers who does not pee in his car . So I can stay there for a long time ”.
Sebastian Vettel’s statements surprised a Pierre Gasly who was also present at the press conference. ” Do you know anyone who pees in the car? Asked the surprised Frenchman.
” Yes, yes, ” replied Sebastian Vettel with a laugh. “Are you not one of them? I think half the grid does. I don’t . I’ve never done. I tried it once, but it doesn’t work, ”added the four-time champion.
Sebastian Vettel , who faced the highlighted third, kept his concentration and managed to finish second in the race. The German took advantage of a mistake by Lewis Hamilton to gain a position and take the podium for the first time with Aston Martin.
Fernando Alonso and the pee
Fernando Alonso suffered worst because of incontinence was in the Dakar. So much so that Edo Bendinelli, his trusted physio, asked him in surprise: “ How is it possible to pee so much on board? ”. “ It’s because of the jumps and more jumps. Body fluids move and it is more common . The same thing happens to Coma, we talked about it from day one, that this Toyota is a machine, a peeing factory ”, revealed Fernando Alonso in the documentary he recorded for Amazon .
It should be noted that in Formula 1, although sweat attenuates the urge to pee, some drivers cannot avoid peeing and resort to a kind of diapers.
