| F1 Racing is all about speed and technology. How | | | | mornings when it's cold? That's becauseyour |
| to get the maximum speedusing modern | | | | engine has great compression while cooled. But an |
| technology - that's the main objective. The real | | | | F1 car has so muchcompression when it's cool, |
| challenge with | | | | that the pistons just won't move. |
| F1 racing is that the teams are limited to the | | | | In a recent review from Top Gear (the British car |
| same size engine, which makesmost casual | | | | review show), they tried todrive an F1 car, saying |
| drivers think "what can you do with that?" Indeed, | | | | "how hard can it be?" prior to the event. It ishard. |
| conventionaldrivers usually think that the bigger | | | | It's really hard. In order for the car to take off, |
| the engine is, the power it produces. | | | | you literally haveto master it. Due to several |
| For example, the current fastest road car is the | | | | reasons, if you hesitate while taking off, the |
| Bugatti Veyron. This car isa monster that easily | | | | carcuts all fuel injections to the engine and has to |
| tops 200 mph. But thing is that it's power to | | | | be taken back to the shop forreconfiguring. It's |
| weightratio is about 500 horse power per ton. In | | | | supposedly made to prevent it from catching fire. |
| contrast, an F1's power to weightratio is 1,500 | | | | Though all these obstacles come with a great |
| horse powers per ton. That's 3 times more | | | | reward. The cars easily reachtheir top speeds of |
| powerful than thefastest road car in the world. At | | | | 300km per hour, topping 0 to 100km/h (60 miles |
| the same time, the engine is 3 times smaller. | | | | per hour) inunder 4 seconds. Now imagine that on |
| Sure, in an F1 car you have no comforts what so | | | | a street circuit like Monaco, or even theupcoming |
| ever, and the materials areas light as possible. | | | | Singapore Grand Prixnight time race to be held on |
| Also, if you're the burger type of guy, you | | | | public roads, and you are talking pure exhilaration. |
| probably won'tfit into an F1 car. More than that, | | | | All said, although most of us will never get the |
| it's a car that takes a whole team tomanage. If | | | | chance to drive a Formula |
| you think you can buy yourself a track and a car, | | | | One car, the investment and technology utilized in |
| you could easily goon driving it anytime you wish, | | | | making these high performancecompetition |
| you're seriously wrong. For starters, an F1car | | | | vehicles is often used to improve the |
| needs to be heated. Literally, the car likes it when | | | | performance and endurance ofthe majority of |
| it's snuggled in warmpipes that run hot water | | | | production cars that we see and use on public |
| through them. Why you might ask? Easy. | | | | roads today. |
| Remember howyour car runs really fast in the | | | | |