"While the PEAK value of longitudinal acceleration on a Cobra is approximately the same as the PEAK value of its deceleration, maximum acceleration tails-off as speed increases, whereas maximum deceleration remains nearly constant. Add to this the fact that on an F-1 car, in particular, the peak acceleration is around 1.5G's, whereas the peak deceleration is close to 6.0G's, and it’s clear that deceleration generally is the significantly more severe condition. This conclusion applies to high-performance cars of every type and from every era."
I interpret the above as follows;
The peak acceleration of 1.5G’s of an F1 would be achieved at a relatively low speed. It’s not going to achieve 1.5G’s when the car reaches 200MPH. Nothing to do with tires here. The maximum acceleration simply tails-off.
If he is braking hard from 200MPH to 40MPH wouldn’t the G’s remain much more constant then when the car was accelerating from 40 to 200MPH?
