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!
Formula 1 cars have over a kilometer of cable, linked to about 100 sensors and actuators which monitor and control many parts of the car.
An F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kmph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds.
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 !!!
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.
The brake discs in an F1 car have an operating temperature of approx 1000 degrees 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.
The re-fuelers 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 litres family car. They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.
TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. & 8 sec to read above point.
During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5kg in weight due to wear.
The drivers can lose approximate 2 to 3 litres of water.
The F1 cockpits have drinking bottle installed for the drivers. The water in it also has mineral salts. The drivers can drink water from it via a pipe.
In the days preceding very hot races like Australia, Malaysia, and Brazil, the drivers can drink up to 8 litres of water.
Numbers are assigned in accordance with each team's position in the previous season's constructors' championship. The number 13 is not designated to any driver.
Formula One cars can drive through tunnels. Not impressed? They can do it on the ceiling of the tunnel -– upside down. The way this works is through downforce. As a car gets up to speed, it experiences lift, which is just what it sounds like –- the car lifts off the ground slightly. Lift compromises stability, so Formula One car designers combat it by designing cars that aerodynamically create lots of downforce. The downforce is made when air rushes around the car in such a way as to push it down on the ground. Modern Formula One cars can create 3.5 gs of downforce, so, theoretically, at high speeds, they could drive on a ceiling. Think about that the next time you’re stuck in tunnel traffic.
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