How do NASCAR or F1 drivers take a leak while in the race?

Question

Im curious because they have so many laps and i don't know if they have break time while racing.

Answer 1

They go in their suits. No lie. There is no mechanism for them to go during a race, so they just go in the fire-retardant suits if they have to.

Answer 2

As the first part of my sure-to-be-best-seller, A Beginner's Guide to Hating Kyle Busch, I offer up this introduction as a teaser for those already familiar with him as well as for those who might be new to NASCAR and know of him only by reputation. The impetus for this began a little over a year ago when someone asked the following on a "question-and-answer" Web site: "Why do people hate Kyle Busch?" Before going on you may be asking, "Why should anyone listen to a Kyle Busch 'apologist' when it comes to listing reasons to hate NASCAR's most disliked driver?" To which I would respond, "Maybe because as a Rowdy fan, I've heard them all, time and time again." Back to the original question, I answered it as honestly as I could from the eyes of a Busch-basher, added a bit of "big picture" perspective, and in doing so my response was chosen as the "Best Answer." The question was posed by someone claiming to be a newcomer to NASCAR who couldn't seem to understand the animosity toward the boy he heard about in the few chances he had been able to catch a race. Results of investigations into whether or not the person posing the question was in fact a newcomer to NASCAR Nation or was just another Busch-basher wanting to live vicariously through other people's responses to the question have yet to be divulged to the general public. This was by no means the first time this question was asked, nor was it to be the last. I continued to follow that site and many others and have found that answers to this question are usually vehement, vitriolic, and sometimes downright vile—especially when such questions and responses come from fans of Junior Nation, although they are by no means alone in their disdain for the 23-year-old Las Vegas native. Mind you, other drivers, including the mild-mannered Jeff Burton and the sometimes not-so-mild-mannered Carl Edwards, have said things about or done things to NASCAR's most popular driver during his Cup career and have had to deal with few to none of the ramifications that Kyle was about to face.

Answer 3

IF they need to go while driving, they simply relieve themselves right there in their pants. I've heard that it has a type of lining, like an adult diaper, so it absorbs the urine. However, its usually only a 4 hour race or so. Surely if they use the restroom right before, they are fine for the entirety of the race.

Answer 4

I'm not sure. I would imagine with all the loss of body fluids from being inside the car with high temperatures, it wouldn't be an issue for most drivers. I would also imagine that if the urge were that strong, they'd do like NFL players and just let loose.

When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.

Answer 5

Some people can hold it in for more than 3 or 4 hours. They sweat out a lot of fluids and the urge to go isnt very strong!!!!

Answer 6

i asked this question once before. i was told they either hold it till the end of the race, or they just go if needed. someone told me that Tony Stewart once did so.

Answer 7

i am sorry to say but when they are in the car it is very hot so they smell horrible anyway so they just go

Answer 8

Hmmmm, ...depends.

Answer 9

In their pants.

Answer 10

NASA chonies?