With the purpose of turning F1 races less dull and more competitive, the FIA allows the usage of two types of speed enhancers. The first one is KERS – Kinetic Energy Recovering System – which accummulates ‘lost’ energy generated mainly from braking on a battery pack (the same as regular hybrid cars do), flywheel or hidraulic system and…
Formula 1 Pilots – Is there a maximum age to be a driver?
After winning 7 times the Formula 1 drivers’ championship and beating almost each and every single record, Michael Shumacher left the circuits in 2006 in what seemed to be a definitive retirement from F1 tracks. However, In 2010, with the age of 41 he decided that is running days were not over and the ‘need for…
Formula 1 Pilot’s Safety – What is HANS?
Have you ever noticed that F1 drivers’ helmets have a sort of an appendix attached to it? That is HANS – Head and Neck Support System – and consists of a carbon fibre shoulder collar which is secured under the driver’s safety belts and connected to his helmet by two elastic straps. HANS is intended to prevent…
Formula 1 Tracks – Are there limits for a track lap distance and race duration?
No there is not any limit for a track lap distance (although the FIA recommends a maximum lap length of 7Km in its procedures for the approval of new F1 circuits), but, in any case, one single strait section can not exceed 2Km. However, race duration is timely capped. The race length is defined as…