A. Introduction of F1:
F1 is the abbreviation of Formula One, Chinese for Formula One racing. Why is it called F1 ("Formula One")? It's because the manufacturing process of each of his parts is as precise as a mathematical equation.
And Formula 1 Grand Prix abbreviation F1GP, translated into Chinese is "Formula 1 Grand Prix". In fact, the full name of this competition should be "Formula 1 World Championship", written out in English as "FIA Formula 1 Grand Prix World Championship". However, as soon as we say F1, we can understand that this is discussing the fastest machine on land.
FIA (Federation Inter-nationaledeI'Automobile) that is, "Federation Internationale de l'Automobile" is the organizer of F1, referred to as the FIA. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the current chairman Max Mosley. F1 is the most important race organized by the FIA, in addition, there are dozens of other different levels of other racing competitions. F1 is the FIA formulated in the Formula One specification, the highest level, and therefore named after "1". （
FOM (Formula One Management) is the management company of Formula One, owned by British tycoon Bernie Ecclestone. Bernie is the real boss of F1 and controls almost all the resources of F1 in his hands. At 74 years old, Bernie's family fortune is as high as 4.4 billion pounds, and under his efforts, F1 has grown to become the most watched sport in the world.
Two, F1 cars:
A racing engine consists of about 6,000 parts, costing more than 130,000 U.S. dollars. Based on cost constraints, the '06 rules limit the use of an engine to a minimum of two stops, and new engine development will be halted by the end of '06, with teams using the version of the engine that was spec'd at the end of '06.
The F1 car weight limit is 600 kilograms (now mostly 605 kilograms) with the car and fuel. Typically, F1 accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.3 seconds, and decelerates from 0 to 200 kilometers per hour and back to 0 in 12 seconds. Speed over 300 kilometers per hour is a breeze for F1, which can reach a top speed of 370 kilometers per hour on some high-speed tracks like Monza in Italy, or 240 kilometers per hour to zero in 2.5 seconds, a distance of just 80 meters.
The FIA is responsible for organizing the F1 races. They are responsible for setting the rules for the races, drawing up the schedules and choosing the venues for the cars.
The FIA requires F1 cars to be powered by naturally-aspirated engines (currently 8 cylinders, with only one team using a restricted 10-cylinder engine) of up to 12 cylinders with a displacement of 3 L. The chassis of the F1 cars is made of carbonized fibers, which makes them lightweight and sturdy. The chassis is very low, with a minimum ground clearance of only 50-70 millimeters. Compared with ordinary cars, F1 cars have many unique features, its body is thin and long, body height is very low, wide wheels are extremely conspicuous, and is completely exposed, that is, the so-called "open wheel". Each F1 car is a masterpiece of the world's leading automobile manufacturers. The value of a car more than seven million dollars, not even less than the value of a small aircraft.F1 competition, not only is the courage of the driver, driving skills and wisdom of the competition, behind it is also carried out between the major automobile companies science and technology competition. Ford Motor Company image of the car competition than the "high-tech Olympics". In the car competition launched a new type of racing car, from design to manufacture are cohesive with the efforts of many developers, and represents a company and even a country's latest level of high-tech. Automobile competition is also the quality of scientific and technological personnel in various countries. It is reported that Germany has about 2,000 professionals directly engaged in the design, manufacture and research of racing cars, the United States has about 10,000 people; and Japan has the most, estimated at nearly 20,000 people.
Three, F1 teams
The current F1 teams can be divided into two categories: manufacturer teams (such as Ferrari, Renault) and non-manufacturer teams (such as Red Bull I and II). Manufacturer teams develop their own engines, frames and chassis for their cars. Non-manufacturer teams, on the other hand, rely heavily on sponsorship.
There are 12 teams competing in the 2007 season***, namely Ferrari, Williams, Renault, McLaren, BMW, Red Bull, RBR-Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, BMW, Red Bull Racing, RBR-Renault, Red Bull Racing, RBR-Renault, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing. RBR-Renault), Toro Rosso (STR-Ferrari), Honda, Toyota, Spyker-Ferrari, Super Aguri-Honda, and newcomer Prodrive.
Four, F1 Drivers:
All the drivers who participate in the F1 competition are the elite of the world's automobile world after a thousand selections. Every driver in the F1 competition before, must go through a number of levels of selection, such as small car racing, Formula 3 (F3) car race, etc., can be said to be through the five passes, six generals, and to become the world champion, more than easy. To become a World Champion, one must be battle-hardened, with a combination of racing skills, talent and fighting spirit. According to FISA regulations, no more than 100 drivers in the world can qualify to drive a Formula One car each year. All drivers must hold a FISA-issued "Super License" to drive a Formula One car; only a handful of the best drivers qualify for the final each year.
V. Race Schedule:
The F1 race is held every year at venues with very different geographic conditions. Some of them are on the plateau, where the air is thin, to test the physical fitness of the drivers; some are streets strung together into a track, where the road surface is relatively narrow and winding, and the drivers will crash if they do not get it right; some racecourses appear to have a wide road surface, but there are up and down slopes to test the driver's skills; and there are also racecourses built in the lush forests, where the track undulates and it is difficult for the drivers to control the cars. Because of the frequent accidents that occur in racing, FISA requires all host countries to have sufficient grass buffer zones at their racecourses. Ambulance crews at each race track must also be spread out throughout the field, trying to run into the scene and save lives at the first sign of trouble.
The time divisions of the race are as follows:2007/2000
Friday:
First practice session:90 minutes/60 minutes
Second practice session:90 minutes/60 minutes
Saturday:
Third practice session:60 minutes/45 minutes
Fourth session. Practice: 60 minutes (ended in 2005)/45 minutes (10-lap limit)
Qualifying:
2006-2007 format: three qualifying sessions of 15 minutes each, eliminating six cars in each round, i.e., 22 to 16, 16 to 10, and pole position battles
2005 format. The two-lap time accumulation system was introduced, which was later abolished at San Marino, and a one-lap qualifying system was introduced
2003-2004 format: A two-lap qualifying system was introduced, with the first qualifying session on Friday at 2:00 p.m. in 2003, and both qualifying rounds on Saturday in 2004, with the FIA stipulating that the starting order for the first qualifying session was determined by the previous race. The FIA has decided that the starting order for the first qualifying session will be the reverse of the previous race, and the second qualifying session will be the reverse of the results of the first qualifying session
1991-2002 format: one hour qualifying, but with a limit of 12 laps, but no more than four consecutive laps
1990 format: one hour qualifying, with no limit on laps.
Sunday:
Practice session before the race: 20 minutes/30 minutes
Race: FIA regulations, the distance of the race can not be less than 305 kilometers, can not be more than 320 kilometers, except for Monaco 260 kilometers, the time can not be less than 1 hour and 10 minutes, can not be more than 2 hours
Points allocation system for the race. (Points system)
Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6
Score 10 6 4 3 2 1
Note: Points will be halved before the halfway point of the race, i.e.: 5, 3, 2, 1.5, 1, 0.5
The World Champion for this year's driver and team will be decided through the accumulation of points from the various stages of the race.
Sixth, the history of Formula One
1948: The race held in the French town of Pau for the first time to adopt a unified rules (a formula), Formula One thus named.
1950: only until 1950, the first F1 championship was officially held, and at this time it was only based on the car's score for the award. At the time, the drivers were still following the rules set by the FIA in 1947. The rule was that cars could be powered by either a 4.5L non-turbo or 1.5L turbo engine. on May 13, 1950, the inaugural World Championship was held at the Grand Prix's Silverstone circuit in the United Kingdom, which used to be a military airfield. Italian Giuseppe Farina corresponded to the victory for the Alfa Romeo car and also became the first World Champion.
1952: The lack of support for the organization of F1 races forces the race to be run in F2; in F2 it is stipulated that the cars can only be equipped with non-turbocharged engines with a displacement of up to 2.0L.
1954: This was the year that the new F1 rules were adopted for GP racing. Maximum displacement was 2.5L non-supercharged engines or supercharged engines with a maximum displacement of 0.75L. Mercedes. The Mercedes-Benz team also returned to racing in this year and won its first GP victory in Lens, France. Juan Manuel, racing for Maserati and Mercedes-Benz, took his first victory in the GP at Lens, France. Juan Manuel Fangio, racing for Maserati and Mercedes-Benz, won the GP.
1959: Rear-wheel-drive GP cars began to replace front-wheel-drive cars as the mainstay of the race, with Bruce Mclaren becoming the youngest driver to win a GP at Sebring in the USA.
1961: The rules for 1.5L-engined cars came into force. During the year, Giancarlo Baghetti became the only driver to date to bag a win on his debut, while Phil Hil secured the first F1 world championship title for the United States.
1965: Jackie Stewart Capital makes his GP debut for BRM.
1966: With the introduction of the 3L engine rule, Bruce Mclaren started his own team and built the first McLaren with a Ford engine, but the team didn't have any success in the races that year.
1968: Sponsorship made its debut in Formula One. This marked the end of a period of nationalism in F1. That year, for the first time, the cars were fitted with rear wings, which increased the downforce of the car. Jim Clark tragically died in the F2 race at Hockenheim, Germany. Bruce Mclaren, founder of the Mclaren team, was on hand at the Belgian GP to win the team its first ever championship title.
1969: Matra, Lotus and McLaren each failed in their attempts to switch to four-wheel drive; Jackie Stewart won his first Driver of the Year title; Bruce Mclaren was killed testing a Can-Am at Goodwood in the UK; Jochen Rind was killed in qualifying at the Italian GP; this was followed by his death in the Belgian GP. qualifying; and Jochen Rind was killed in Italian GP qualifying; he has since become the only driver to win the F1 championship posthumously.
1973: McLaren launches the classic M23. The car competed in all forms of racing for the next six seasons. The safety car was used for the first time in Formula One at the Canadian race.
1976: Tyrrell introduces the concept of the Laurentian race car in an accident at Nurburgring in which Nicoletta is badly burned. McLaren's James Hunt wins the concept's world championship.
1977 Patrick Head joins Williams. The first Renault Rs01 with a turbocharger racing car, debuted at the British race.
1978 Michelin officially joins F1, with the FIA hiring Professor Sid Watkins as medical director. The Flying Swords team nearly won the South African race on their debut, and a new safety measure was introduced, whereby a medical car would follow the car on the outside to avoid accidents caused by crowded cars on the first lap, so that it could take action as quickly as possible.
1980:Alain Prost in a McLaren in Argentina. Lotus' Nigel Mansell makes his first appearance in Australia. Ron Dennis took over the McLaren team and in the same year the team launched a John Barnard-designed car with a carbon fiber chassis.
1981: A large number of drivers opposed to the FIA's rule that all drivers must have a Super License declare a strike ahead of the South African race.
1982: Colin Chapman, the founder of the Lotus team and one of the most innovative designers of Formula One cars, dies of a heart attack in Holland, where McLaren makes the first use of a turbocharged engine.
1984: In Brazil, SENNA officially announces its participation in the Australian round of Formula One, where for the first time all cars are fitted with turbocharged engines.
1985: The Minardi team made its F1 debut, and business grew closer between Benetton and the Toleman team, which it initially bought as a sponsor (Benetton had sponsored the Alfa Romeo and Tyrrell teams) soon after, and raced in F1 under the Benetton name in 1986.
1987: Williams boss Frank Williams is seriously injured and paralyzed in a traffic accident while Paul Ricard is driving home from the test track. The Hungaroring is the first race after the abolition of the 'Iron Curtain' policy.
1988: Adrian Newey is appointed technical director of the March team, whose engines are required by the FIA to be turbocharged in order to reduce drive power. But in 1989 the rule was lifted in favor of a naturally aspirated engine with 3.5L of displacement and no more than 12 cylinders, and SENNA won his first world championship.
1990: Mansell announced the launch of Formula One.
1991: H?kkinen and Schumacher became Formula One drivers, and Jordan Racing was founded, launching the Jordan 191.
1992: Schumacher wins his first race win in Spain. Honda withdrew from F1.
1993: McLaren overtook Ferrari for the first time in the championship. Prost announces his retirement from F1, his four championships at the time just five behind Fangio's.
1994: Mercedes Benz formed Sauber and took a stake in IImor to enter the racing engine business. Pit stops are reintroduced with the removal of traction control and active suspension restrictions.May 1Ratzenberger and the legendary Senna are tragically killed in an accident at Imola. Schumacher wins his first drivers' championship and becomes the first German to win the F1 championship.
1995: McLaren begins working with Mercedes on developing engines. Schumacher wins his second championship. Hakkinen is seriously injured in qualifying for Australia.
1996: Schumacher joins Ferrari, Villeneuve joins Williams, Renault and Elf announce the launch of digital F1 television broadcasting technology introduced to F1 racing, Hill wins the annual championship, HIll and his son become the first father and son F1 champions.
1997 : Newey leaves Williams to join McLaren as team director. Ishibashi dabbles in F1Berger announces his retirement from F1, Villeneuve wins the annual championship.
1998 : In order to control the speed of the F1 cars, the FIA announced some new measures, including the narrowing of the track, the use of pitted tires, and the banning of McLaren's slalom braking technology. Hakkinen won his first annual championship.
1999: Schumacher suffers a broken bone from an injury in Britain and he fails to start the next seven races, Sepang in Malaysia is put into operation and Ferrari wins its first team championship in 16 years.
2000: A crew member was killed in a collision at Italy, and the rules governing crash tests in F1 were changed accordingly.
2001: Traction control and automatic gearboxes were introduced in Spain.
2002: BMWP82 engines exceeding 19,000 rpm appear for the first time and Schumacher wins his fifth annual championship.
2003: Schumacher wins his sixth annual championship, becoming the F1 world number one, and Alonso becomes the youngest ever GP winner.
2004: Ferrari's Schumacher wins the seventh annual championship of his career and breaks the record for the number of consecutive stage wins with his outstanding performance in F2004.
2005: In the U.S. race strike, all the teams using Michelin tires declared a strike for safety reasons, and in the end, only three teams using Bridgestone tires, Ferrari, Jordan, and Minardi **** six cars for the final race, and Schumacher won the only stage win of the season. A strong blue Renault overwhelmed the Ferraris and Alonso won the annual championship, becoming the youngest world champion
2006: The race was over. The battle between red and blue is in full swing, with Michael Schumacher announcing his retirement from racing after a podium finish in Italy, to be replaced by Jimmy R?ikk?nen of Finland, who has spent three years at McLaren. Schumacher finally won in China. Schumacher retired from the Japanese race after Ferrari suffered its worst mechanical failure in nearly six years. After Brazil, Felipe Massa became the second Brazilian in 13 years to win a home title after Senna. Alonso became the youngest defending champion when he won the drivers' championship with 134 points. Renault took the team championship with 206 points
Making of Formula One cars and their performance (Ghostwriter 2006-08-27)
Making
Making a Formula One car goes through a long and complex process, taking 6 to 10 months from the start of design to the first test drive. Computers play a major role in this process, with their capacity and simulation software enabling engineers to estimate the performance of the cars. However, even in ultra-modern factories that can produce 90% of the parts themselves, machines have yet to completely replace human skills. At least no robot has yet been able to bend an exhaust pipe attached to an engine.
Formula One's drawing rooms and workshops are guarded like banks, fenced off, patrolled by security guards, and lit up at night to ensure that secrets don't leak out.
Formula 1 cars are built with the participation of top-notch technicians: technical directors, design office managers, race engineers, composites directors, machinists, machine shop directors, electronics engineers, painters and decorators, aerodynamic engineers, and so on. The technical director is the real "father of the car", who is the overall commander and directs the work of all departments. Before manufacturing the car, first use the reduced scale model in the wind tunnel to do the test, 300 kilometers per hour wind speed, simulating the speed of the car on the track, as a reference, and then design the real car.
The production of a Formula 1 car is generally divided into six stages: in the first stage, the shell made of layered carbon fiber is baked in a vacuum furnace before being painted; in the second stage, the assembled engine is securely mounted on the back of the car; in the third stage, the shell's side hatch covers the heat mesh; in the fourth stage, the assembled transmission is connected to the engine to make it a single unit (it takes about 20 hours of work); in the fifth stage, the engine is mounted on the side hatch. 20 hours); stage five, installing the crossarms, suspension, brakes and rear drive; and stage six, fitting the wings, bodywork and wheels. The race car is finally ready to start. Only the electronic management systems for the gearbox and engine are left until the car is ready to go.
Performance
The English name for Formula 1 is "Formula 1". Formula is translated as formula, in fact, the real meaning is "regulation", that is, the basic concept of racing with the rules of the competition, according to the rules of the competition to create a simple race car ....... Currently, there are race cars in the world with the basic concept of "sports car", and the basic concept of formula car is different from them. In short, it is a single-seat (monopost) race car with exposed tires (openwheel). In the family of formula cars, Formula One is the pinnacle of the category.
The latest Formula One regulations (1999) specify that the maximum width of a car is 180 cm, and that the overhang of the front wheels must be within 120 cm of the center of the front wheels, and the overhang of the rear wheels must be within 50 cm of the center of the rear wheels. The engine must be a naturally aspirated, 4-stroke engine with a maximum displacement of 3,000cc and 12 cylinders or less. The maximum horsepower of this type of engine has not been officially announced, but is estimated to be between 750-800 horsepower. The combination of this type of engine and a carbon alloy chassis (the original product developed by each team independently) will result in a car that will race at high speeds for approximately 300km a year. This is the Formula 1 race, also known as the "F1 Grand Prix". Why it is called "Grand Prix" is the phonetic translation of Grand Prix. In French, Grand Prix means Grand Prix.
Again, the bodywork of a Formula 1 car is carbon alloy, and the race requires the car to weigh no less than 600 kilograms with a driver on board. it's easy to see that the challenge of Formula 1 isn't to maximize the power of the car, but rather to make the lightweight car highly athletic.
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References:
1. "Formula One's Amazing Performance"
2. Apart from driver considerations, the most realistic condition for winning in Formula 1 is still to have excellent racing cars. Currently, the FIA stipulates that the engine used in a Formula 1 car must not exceed 3 liters (3000cc), the number of cylinders must not exceed 10 cylinders, and the maximum number of valves per cylinder must be 5 valves. Previously, the FIA limit for the number of cylinders was 12, but the 11 participating teams all use V10 engines, in order to comply with this trend, the race committee in a special redo of this new rule, the benefits of the V10 engine lies in the light weight and stable power output, of course, lower fuel consumption than the V12 is also an important key. A racing engine consists of about 6,000 parts, costing more than $130,000, and must be replaced after each race. Current F1 engines can produce more than 800 horsepower and are safe to rev up to 16,000 rpm. The fuel used is also based on unleaded gasoline, and at full throttle an F1 engine consumes 60-70 liters of gasoline per hour. The gearbox must not be a fully automatic system, the number of files is limited to between four and seven, and there must be a reverse gear. Currently, the semi-automatic seven-file transmission system, which is the choice of all major teams, is operated by a lever on the steering wheel; there is no limit to the number of horsepower and torque in the RPM domain, for example.
3. The F1 car weight regulations even with a person with the car and the total weight of the fuel shall not be less than 600 kilograms, to output about 800 horsepower, horsepower to weight ratio of about 1:0.75, 800 horsepower only need to carry the weight of 600 kilograms, a horsepower only need to burden 0.75 kilograms, running up quite terrible. Typically, F1 accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.3 seconds, and accelerates from 0 to 200 kilometers per hour and then decelerates to 0 in just 12 seconds. Above 300 kilometers per hour is a breeze for F1, and F1 cars can reach a top speed of 350 kilometers per hour at some high speed tracks like Hockenheim and Monza. With such a lightweight car running at such high speeds, one can only imagine how demanding the aerodynamics of the bodywork are. The large rear wing and front nose provide the necessary downforce to increase cornering speed and stability at high speeds. The brake discs are made of carbon fiber, and the ultra-high-performance braking system allows the F1 car to brake to a stop from 240 km/h in 2.5 seconds, a distance of only 80 meters.
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