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| | Features - Are You Sitting Comfortably (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | 'Clunk, click, every trip' might be the mantra you and I were once told to repeat before every car journey we made but spare a thought for Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard whose extended version goes something like clunk, click, click, click, click, click, every trip. |
 | | Unlike normal road cars, Formula 1 vehicles must be fitted with a six-point safety harness which comprises of the following: two shoulder straps that retain the upper portion of the body, two lap straps that pass across the front of the wearers pelvic region and two crotch straps. |
 | | As the belts are worn extremely tightly, belting up in an F1 car is no easy task and the driver must rely on his mechanics to secure him into his seat as tightly as possible. |
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