Designing of the Formula One Auto Racing Cars
By: Shweta Dubey - Nov-14-2011
If we talk about the gripping motor sports event for individuals interested in cars, their speed, design and engineering, no doubt, formula one auto racing is the best event in this regard. The design of a Formula One car is more important and the crucial one behind the relevant speed of the car to which it travels and this also seems imperative to sure the safety of the driver of the car. This is reason why strict rules are applied during the designing of the car for such event and any car if found built disrespecting the rules instructed, and then it gets banned from taking part in such type of races. This is also the reason why the car designers especially for such events cannot infringe the rules and regulations stated to them in this regard. No doubt, the price range of the drivers for these events as well as the benefits they get are extremely enormous in comparison to other sporting events.
It is said that the teams taking part in the formula one auto racing push up to the extraordinary limits for the design features of their cars. They always try to take measures that can speed up their car so that they can win the race and this gets accomplished to a large level through making their car designed as per higher aerodynamic feature as they can. This helps them in maintaining higher speed and maximum level of fuel efficiency. The designing of these cards symbolizes the designing of a fighter jet; the difference is just related to a very nominal thing that the fighter jets run in the air, whereas the cards are driven on the formula one track.
Hence, the development of the down force is another most significant part of the design of the formula one auto racing cars in order to hold the tyres of the cars on the ground in a firm manner. The tyres should essentially be made involving a fine grip on the track due to several reasons important in such types of races. The car fails to accelerate in the absence of such grip or traction and this is important for stopping the car as well. Thus, the tyres and down-force play a significant role in assuring the high speed and safety of the cars.
The design of the brakes also plays an imperative role in the designing of the car for formula one auto racing. The brakes in the formula one car are similar to those that are used in the cars of the stock road. However, there can be some extraordinary differences in the components of the car as these cars are required to work and continue working in the high speeds. Thus, it is quite obvious that they generate high temperatures. That is why these cars are not made of the ordinary metal that gets melt or buckle. Hence, disk brakes composite of high quality carbon fibre are used with the brake pads of some special kind of composites. This is the reason why modern aged formula one auto racing cars are much better and improved than the earlier ones.
