Some interesting facts about F1 Race Cars

holmes

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!

           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 300 kph!!!




           F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds!!!!!!!

           F1 rules require engines to last for two races, so engines
           are build to last for about 4 hours of racing, 4 hours of
           practising. On the other hand we expect our engines to last us
           for a decent 20 years on an average and they quite faithfully
           DO....that's the extent to which the engines are pushed to
           perform...



           An average F1 driver looses about 4 kgs. of weight after just
           one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and
           temperatures for little over an hour (Yeah that's right!!!)

           At 550 kg. a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.



           To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design
           and added down force can be, small planes can take off at
           slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track.

           Without aerodynamic down force, 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.



           In a street course race like the Monaco Grand Prix, the down
           force 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!

           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 liter family car. They use the same
           refuelling rigs used on US military helicopters today.
         


           TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3
           seconds. It took me 8 sec to read above point

           During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about
           0.5 kg in weight due to wear.
         


           Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are
           designed to last 90 - 120 km.

           A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance
           (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900 degrees C and
           1200 degrees C.(Water boils at 100 degrees C remember) At top
           speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

sixfullbar

info cukup menarik..dan gambar yang menarik juga! semua part dorang gantung gitu yerk

           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 300 kph!!!

mesti rasa macam sakit jerk

exoz

cool beb..:2cool:

tahun depan cape yg bole jd champion agak2nye??

akhirizmi

huh.. jadik F1 racer dah macam jadik angkasawan lak.. ada effect ngan G force suma tuh..

keecap_kacip

bahaya gak jadik f1 driver kan!!!

True-X

Originally posted by keecap_kacip at 5-11-2007 11:06 PM
bahaya gak jadik f1 driver kan!!!

memang bahaya.. bukan bahaya gak...

hehehehehe

me_ai

tade hal la, gaji tahunan, tak abis nak mkn 5 thn dah, ( tu pun kalau ari mkn kedai mamak la)

kalaau eksiden pun, puas ati dah bawak keta 300 -400km/j

keecap_kacip

betul gak ek.... kalau mcm ni aku buang jauh2lah cita2 aku nak jadi drebar f1... aku nak jadik drebar f1 driver...

stfunewbiez

Originally posted by keecap_kacip at 6-11-2007 07:23 PM
betul gak ek.... kalau mcm ni aku buang jauh2lah cita2 aku nak jadi drebar f1... aku nak jadik drebar f1 driver...

aku lak nak jadi drebar kepada drebar f1 punya dreber

stfunewbiez

Originally posted by holmes at 2-11-2007 02:58 AM
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!

           When an F1 driver hits the ...

rasanya dapat potong satu tali daripada sebahgian yang tergantung tu pun dah leh wat kaver duit sebulan kalau dapat jual balik lepas jual

keecap_kacip

Originally posted by stfunewbiez at 6-11-2007 08:05 PM


aku lak nak jadi drebar kepada drebar f1 punya dreber

mcm lebih kurang ayat aku je.... nak kena ni.....:@