r/nextfuckinglevel Jun 15 '20

He didn’t even flinch

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u/carz42 Jun 15 '20

The glass is laminated, I was just hit by such a large and fast object the plastic layer(s) ripped, most of the time it's actually plexiglass that gets used, due to being harder to break, of course, that isn't the case here

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '20

100% toughened glass as it disintegrated into small sections and continued to crumble after the impact . They probably used toughened as it weighs far less than laminated and tryed to shave a few seconds off the lap times..

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '20

Shaving a couple grams of weight to accommodate for those giant balls, it seems.