F1 cars facts
F1 cars facts
01. An F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it
were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would still start
the race with 80 things wrong!
02. Formula 1 cars have over a kilometre of cable,
linked to about 100 sensors and actuators which
monitor and control many parts of the car.
03. An F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0
in FOUR seconds!!!!!!!
04. F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of
racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we
expect our engines to last us for a decent 20yrs on an
average and they quite faithfully DO....thats the
extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...
05. When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he
experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to
a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300kmph!
06. An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight
after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to
high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour
(Yeah thats right!!!)
07. At 600 kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of
a Mini.
08. In an F1 car the engine typically revs upto 18000
rpm,(the piston travelling up and down 300 times a
second!!) wheres cars like the palio, maruti800,
indica rev only upto 6000 rpm at max. Thats 3 times
slower.
09. The brake discs in an F1 car have an operating
temp. of approx 1000 degees Centigrade and they
attain that temp while braking before almost every
turn... that is why they r not made of steel but of
carbon fibre which is much more harder and resistant
to wear and tear and most of all has a higher melting
point.
10. If a water hose were to blow off, the complete
cooling system would empty in just over a second.
11. Gear cogs or ratios are used only for one race,
and are replaced regularly to prevent failure, as they
are subjected to very high degrees of stress.
12. The fit in the cockpit is so tight that the
steering wheel must be removed for the driver to get
in or out of the car. A small latch behind the wheel
releases it from the column. Levers or paddles for
changing gear are located on the back of the wheel. So
no gearstick! The clutch levers are also on the
steering wheel, located below the gear paddles.
13. To give you an idea of just how important
aerodynamic design and added downforce can be, small
planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars
travel on the track.
14. Without aerodynamic downforce, high-performance
racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel
spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race
at over 300 kph.
15. The amount of aerodynamic downforce produced by
the front and rear wings and the car underbody is
amazing. Once the car is travelling over 160 kph, an
F1 car can generate enough downforce to equal it's
own weight. That means it could actually hold itself
to the CEILING of a tunnel and drive UPSIDE down!
16. In a street course race like the monaco grand
prix, the downforce provides enough suction to lift
manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole
covers on the streets have to be welded down to
prevent this from happening!
17. The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 litres of
fuel per second. This means it would take just 4
seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 litre family
car.They use the same refueling rigs used on US
military helicopters today.
18. TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in
around 3 seconds.
19. Race car tyres don't have air in them like normal
car tyres. Most racing tyres have nitrogen in the
tyres because nitrogen has a more consistent pressure
compared to normal air. Air typically contains
varying amounts of water vapour in it, which affects
its expansion and contraction as a function of
temperature, making the tyre pressure unpredictable.
20. During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre
loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.
21. Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing
tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km (That's
Khandala and back).
22. A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating
performance (best grip) when tread temperature is
between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils at 100 C remember)
At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a
second.
No Wonder, thats why Michael Schumacher is the world richest Sports Person
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