F1 Tamizhan

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

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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

  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.

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

Formula 1  Rear wing - F1 Tamizhan Before the diffuser came into action, it was wing structures that were included in front and rear, which are called as front and rear bodyworks. As we have seen in previous posts, more than 50% of the downforce is contributed by the rear body works, wing and diffuser. What is rear wing? The rear wing consists of two elements 1. Main plane 2. Adjustable flap Both the elements are in the shape of inverted airfoil held together in position with help of endplates. The main plate does not move and remains fixed. The purpose of endplates are to compensate the resulting vortices formed from wing edges which we will see in the upcoming post. Here we explore the structure of rear wing and how does it work. a. How does the main plane function? It directs the clean air flowing over the side bodywork upwards thereby exerting downforce that makes the car to stick more to the ground. The whole design has to in such a way, the stall should not happen because of dyna