[Zeke]

After rules provided that the driver's feet be behind the front axle, they got raised. I think it's easier on the driver's body in braking as one's butt takes a lot of the G-forces rather than belts between the legs. Not that the belts still don't. I think under braking the body wants t fly right up that seat incline just as it does under acceleration up the backside.

The cockpit of an F1 car might be one of the most violent places to be next to lift off in the Space Shuttle.