facts you dont know about F1 cars...

à 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!


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!!!


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

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 20 yrs on an average and they quite faithfully DO....that's
the extent to which the engineers pushed it to perform..


à An average F1 driver loses 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 that's right!!!)


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


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.


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.


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!


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.


à TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. It took me 8 sec to read above point.


à During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.


à Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km.


à A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is
between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils at 100C remember). At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

you are not a cool driver in ahmedabad...

Its always a itchy morning...driving down the ahmedabad roads....feeling disgusted on the ppl honking from every part of the corner...and ready to pounce on every little part of tarmac they can...and possibly brush with their clothes before zooming away saying....sala koine gaadi chalavta aavadtuj nathi...
i dont understand...what difference does it makes..if you are moving ahead....faster and faster...till you get to a crossing...look heren there and instead of stopping and letting other person cross you...you push your vehicle so hard...that other thinks you are gonaa die yourself...and no brakes,,,but keep moving towards that vehicle ....till you are about to touch the opposite vehicles mudguards...and ready to fight just cos you wanted him to let you go...first...and then you again race....

i mean even nuisance has a limit...dont you already know that you are out of lane...made a mistake and continuing with it...encouraging other stupids to follow you..cos you are just 10 feets ahead of them... and does it really hurts you so much to stop right at the zebra crossing ...that you move ahead half way on the main road....and making everyone stare at you with disgust....but still...you think you are wiser.... i ask for what?...

ahmedabad needs to learn to teach others the lesson of driving in right way...and not the other way around!...
what i feel truely is ppl need to understand the respect to be given to others..which goes right out of the smoke pipe while driving...at circles..you see every one going over each others faces...and the best (actualy worst) part is the cars...create a zigsaw puzzle with none allowing the other and touching each other's noses (front bumper) ...i do feel like laughing....man if you cant go...what made you put your legs on accelerators and not brakes....then comes..out big time racers...as if its a race of championship...with crowds clapping for them....i mean make sure you touch the thighs of other rider by inserting your tyres right between two bikes...and who the hell gives them the rights to brake right in between the road,...and they think they are gods of roads....what a bloody pieces of swine sitting on the two wheels...i do feel like making them stop their and hitting their ugly faces so hard that it creates a zebra crossing on their chiks...

and then their are baaps of all...the police walas...they move away at the peak times thinking everybody will manage...on their own....which in real creates the same image...making drivers think they will manage....man if evrybody thinks so...why in the first place were they needed....atleast whats the harm in keeping the traffic lights on even after your shifts are over....you arn't paying the electricity bills....

and four wheelers pls...pls...use dim lights and not full headlights on road....i have personnaly suffered a broken leg due to this...and so guys....

driving safe for others is really cool....