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Bahrain Grand Prix - Track guide - Formula1

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 Bahrain Grandprix F1 Tamizhan Circuit length : 5.412 km Laps : 57 Total race length : 308.238 Direction : clockwise  Main challenge of the track is it's mixed nature of high speed straights and low speed corners. With exit from low speed corners into straights causes rear tire management a bit difficult can cause to spin. Cars are designated to understeer to compensate this on track.  Next challenge is slippery portion of track , dust from desert punishes drivers who are abusing track limits.  Car setup is predominantly medium downforce to help with three long straights. Sector 1  (turn 1 to 4)   Lap begins with longest start- finish straight with crucial first corner.  Turn 1 comes as the hairpin and most important for the lap to set pace and lead. Entry should be taken care well and also not too much kerb as there is an immediate right hander, turn 3 followed by second straight of the lap. so though first part of the lap decides who leads through the lap but still there are lot

Formula1 - German Grandprix - Nurburgring Track guide - F1tamizhan

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 Formula1 - German Grandprix - Nurburgring  Track guide - F1tamizhan Nurburgring involves all kind of corners mostly mid, low-speed corners with few high-speed corners and straights. It is high downforce track demanding aerodynamic advantage. The infamous full length track has claimed so many lives that it was considered as highly dangerous. in 2013 , license issue with new owners lead to drop races in the cicuit. Sector 1 The lap begins with short straight leading to first low speed corner, turn 1 after a small left turn. Trickier and hardest braking spot. when you are lap around this is the good spot to overtake and take the opportunity to lead through the lap. next comes the medium speed left hander, that involves driver maitaining and correcting position for better exit through immeidate left hander Turn 3. Drivers come out of Turn 4 left to take short straight . Sector 2 After the straight comes high speed left hander turn 5. just a gear down to next right hander turn 6 taking

Formula1 - Russian Grandprix - Sochi Autodrom Trackguide -F1 Tamizhan

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Sochi Autodrom - Russian GP - F1 tamizhan Track length : 5.848 Km  Laps : 53 lpas Total length : 309.745 Km Corners: 18  Right Hander :12 Left Hander : 6 Sochi is a mixture. It has pretty much everything. Low, mid, high-speed corners. It demands optimized setup with a downforce that enables the car to hit two long straights and through corners. It has a few elevation changes. With lower grip tarmac and 90 degree left and right-handers, drivers struggle to carry speed through optimum race line. Demands for optimized suspension setup to hit kerbs and not to hurt tires while speeding through 90-degree corners. Russian GP - Sochi - F1 2020 - F1 Tamizhan- Track guide -   Infographics based on Danil Kvyat 2019 lap Sector1 (Turn 1-4 ) The lap starts with a straight where cars reach 320 kmph through flat out turn 1. Start finish straight also becomes the first DRS zone and first opportunity to overtake. The hardest braking point of the lap comes just before turn 2. Entry, as well as exit of th

Formula one- ITALY Tuscan Grand prix - Mugello Track guide - F1 2020

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Tuscan GP  Mugello Track guide Speed infographics- Lewis Hamilton F1 2020 F1 Tamizhan    

F1 Monza GP Track guide - Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Italy

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  Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Italy Italy Monza GP - F1 Tamizhan Circuit length : 5.793 km Laps : 53 Total race length : 306.72 Direction : clockwise Monza, the temple of speed. Circuit with the highest average speed and average lap time only around 90seconds in the F1 calendar. It's Ferrari's hometown, and they always try to put some show around. The track is a combination of long straights and chicanes that just don't suit Ferrari's cars right now. Cars are exclusively built for tracks such as Spa and Monza for extremely low drag setups due to a lot of straights. almost 80% of the lap goes on full throttle. Sector 1 The lap starts with the longest straight of around 1.1 km and cars reach a maximum of 340kmph before the first corner. Even before the lap takes it toll on the driver , they experience around 5.8g of deceleration to slow the car to around 70kmph for taking the first corner. It is the important overtaking spot of the track. The first chicane, the first cor

How does drag Reduction system (DRS) function in a Formula 1 car ?

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  What does adjusting flaps do? Adjusting the flap breaks the operation of the main plate of the rear wing and flaps together as a single unit. This improves the speed of the car by 10-15kmph by reducing the downforce (depends on design) and drag ( 5%). How does it reduce downforce and drag? As we see in the image, when the flap is deployed, airflow over the wing is broken and separated. This creates a condition of the wake that reduces the effectiveness of the wing, much of the air escapes the gap between the main plate and flap, thereby reducing downforce and consequent drag of the car. As downforce and drag is reduced, the car lightens thereby increasing top speed by 10-15 kmph.

End Plates in F1 car wings. What do they do ?

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Endplates are a pretty important component of wings that enables efficient functioning of them.  End plates - F1 Tamizhan a.End plates We saw how does rear wing is formed by multiple airfoils bound together. End plates serve the most important function in the rear bodywork. End plates at either end provide sturdy support for the airfoils to be held in the desired position. Adding to this structural support, preventing swirling vortices from the rear airfoils which create induced drag, is the major feature of the endplates. And end plates also prevent turbulent air raising from tires from disturbing the airflow over the rear bodywork. b. What is swirling vortices and how it is prevented by end plates? As we know when an airfoil encounter airflow, a pressure differential is created between the top and bottom region of the airfoil. The normal tendency of high-pressure air to enter low-pressure region leads to the air to swirl around the edge of the airfoil. if it is not for endplates, swi