*F1 is not only just F1*



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à** 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!*

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à** 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!!!*



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

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à** 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...*



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à** 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!!!)*

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



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à** 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.*

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à** 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.*



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à** 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!*

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à** The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 liters 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 refueling rigs used on US military helicopters

today.*



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à** TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. It

took me 8 sec to read above point*

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à** During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in

weight due to wear.*



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à** Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last

90 - 120 km.*

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à** A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip)

when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils boils at 100C

remember) At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.*

EhsaanMay 8, 2009 @ 17:53