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Formula 1 & Technology
1. F1 Technology that’s Changed the Sport 1957 Disc Brakes. 1960 Fire extinguishing system, circuit breaker to cut all electrics, red tail lights for poor weather, drivers must be able to remove the steering wheel and exit car within 5 seconds. 1989 Semi-Automatic sequential gearboxes. Turbochargers banned. Paddle-shift gearboxes. 1994 Active suspension banned. 2008 Traction control banned.
2009 Slick tyres introduced. Adjustable front wings introduced. KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) introduced; it stores some of the energy used during breaking.
A modern F1 car is equipped with about
sensors
Fastest recorded pit stop*
which send enough information to fill several
telephone books by the end of a two-hour race seconds 2
via a radio aerial fitted to the car. First introduced in
The cost of shaving one-tenth of a the late 1980s, telemetry in F1 is used to transmit + 20 people
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second from a single lap time exceeds streams of live data from the car to the pit. 6 = new tires + gas
Belgium Monaco
Great Britain Germany Bahrain
Hungary
U.A.E.
Canada
shortest circuit
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km
United States Italy
2012 Spain Japan
FIA Formula One
World Championship spans Korea
3 China
Malaysia
Circuit of the Americas 3 India
Austin, Texas countries
most laps
Brazil
is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S.
7,8 Singapore
Inaugural Race: 2012
Australia
Estimated Cost: $300M12
Laps
Circuit Length: 5.516 km top speed
Race Length: 308.896 km
km/h (220 mph)4
Elevation Change: ft 4 over
Global TV Audience rpm
10
lateral acceleration (turning)
2.5 g
Space Shuttle launch Mirabeau
Casino
Portier
Virage
Sainte Devote de la Gare
Beau Rivage Massenet
Each team competing in the FIA
Typically, a Formula One team uses over Formula One World Championship Tabac
Tunnel
Chicane
travels on the order of
160,000km (100,000 miles) Monaco Grand Prix
Piscine
of fuel for testing and racing and up to around the globe Monte Carlo, Monaco
or
slightly different blends Inaugural Race: 1929 11
tuned for different circuits a year between races Anthony
Noghès
La Rascasse
Race Length: 260.52 km
2011 Drag-reduction system (DRS).
and even weather conditions.
5 and test sessions. 5 Fastest Lap: 1 m 13.532
seconds is the maximum
time at full throttle.
full throttle per lap
14
gear changes per lap (race = 4836)
Sources
(1) http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/11/formula-one-racing-comes-to-america (2) http://jalopnik.com/5928201/this-is-the-worlds-fastest-pit-stop-four-tires-in-23-seconds
(3) http://www.formula1.com/results/ (4) http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/understanding_the_sport/5288.html (5) http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/understanding_the_sport/5297.html
(6) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/88ff96a4-1c5a-11e2-a63b-00144feabdc0.html (7) http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/united_states_882/circuit_diagram.html
(8) http://circuitoftheamericas.com/visit/venue-maps (9) http://www.t3.com/features/formula-1-tech-that-changed-the-sport-forever (10) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force
(11) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_Grand_Prix (12) http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/city-of-austin-again-moving-to-annex-circuit-of--1/nRNfP/
(13) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_circuits (14) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2148811/Monaco-Grand-Prix-2012-Monte-Carlo-stats-track-guide.html
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The Monaco Grand Prix is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world, alongside the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.