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....

formula 1, excitement in the turmoil

i dont think fans this time in the F1 season will be ready to shade off and come to the stands to view the new and improved, thou looking a bit wierd from few angles, F1 cars and teams... after all when people dont have jobs, whos has the time sitting on sundays for two long hours to sit in front of tv sets, or travel from one country to other to back their teams...still i wish that this season brings a lot of excitement at all the levels possible and i wish all the drivers goodluck in their new improved cars as claimed by each teams. But i guess i will back my own home team, Force India to go and make a difference in the ultimate level of motorsport and hope to see my an Indian flag waving on the podium more than just few times.
thou teams a proclaiming their cars are improved versions with new KERS system coming in, i dont like the look of these cars, broad in front, and shrinked wings at the back,,,how am i supposed to enjoy the beauty of these machines...who are faster but ain't sexier...afterall looks pay!
Still i think this time the teams have got a more better vision set individually and hope this time too a new champion turns up the podium, but my bet is on Kimi, and thou a ferrari fan, i wish to back my Indian Team...
i hope no team is gonna back off in the middle of the season on grounds of money power and wish them to have a wonderful season...

CVs of polititians should be must

When a scholar applies for a job, the first thing he is asked to do is submit his CV. Interestingly we never ask our politicians who wants to serve the government to do the same. As a citizen of this democracy, I consider its our right to know the details of the representative for whom we are being asked to vote right from his roots.
I think when politics is considered a profession it will be more accountable. Hence I would request your team if it is possible to bring out the complete biodata of the politicians who wants to be servants of the citizens of India to publish their Resumes publically. Wish for your kind consideration to do something about this matter.

pity on the plight of board students

i would like to comment on the article stating that how the students of Board exams are suffering or pity on the students facing troubles due to stupid administration of GSEB or the plight of handicapped or more staff on a single student.
I feel its high time since the Babus sitting in the wooden chairs shade of the dusts on tables and run their minds to understand the importance of logistics in arrangement of such a big occasion known as the " Board Exams".Why does the government hesitates in making their employess run on right paths and issues and why don't they use their idle minds to save the unnecessary costs of Board, which in turn is collected from the common man in form of Education Cess.

I would like to question this Education Board that who has given them the authority to waste the money of a taxpayer just for the sake of following the system on papers.

i always move forward!!!

I ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD
There are 2 ways to interpret this.
1) ... is that we always move forward, no matter how small our steps ... that we always keep our mind and our energy focused on our vision, and by having our attention there ... it draws us forward.
Another way to interpret it ... a SECOND way 2) ... is to consider that even a step backwards IS (in fact) a move forward.
How can this be? Well, failure ... falling short, having painful experiences are what foster LEARNING & Growth ... and in that sense, we gain new perspectives & insight and resources that actually move us forward & make us better prepared, as we DO step forward.
So, even a fall backward, or a misstep ... CAN, in fact, be viewed as a step forward.
So, let's keep this perspective, and realize: No Matter What Happens ...
I ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD