Slang Terms Used in Formula One

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Across
  1. 2. coasting” into the braking zone at the cost of speed.
  2. 4. To have reached the lowest point in a continuously changing situation and to be about to improve
  3. 7. Drag Reduction System (DRS) is allowed to be used in only marked zones on the track.
  4. 8. the car in overtaking on a straight.
  5. 11. unusually rapidly during the race. This slows down the car and renders it uncompetitive.
  6. 13. Air Dirty air is the turbulent air left in the wake of the preceding car. The car
  7. 14. conserve his fuel. The driver then lifts off the throttle and cruises. The driver is said to be ‘lifting
  8. 16. Energy Store (ES) and the Control Electronics (CE) taken together is called the Power Unit. These
  9. 18. when the cold surface causes a tyre to blow out of the tyre surface because the inside of the tyer is warmer.
  10. 19. the dry.
  11. 21. Track: A green track is an almost unused track that drivers encounter on the first day of
  12. 22. end of the car to step out of line.
  13. 24. and Coast If a driver feels that he is going to run out of fuel before the end of the race, he has
  14. 27. Charger (TC), the Motor Generator Unit – H (MGUH), Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic (MGUK),
  15. 28. The track has little rubber laid down onto it affording the cars less than optimum traction
  16. 29. The relationship between the braking force of the front and rear brakes.
  17. 30. combine to give an F1 car just below 1000 bhp of power.
  18. 33. line, the driver is said to have oversteered. On the other hand, if the front wheels lose grip and
  19. 34. Unit The engine of a modern day F1 car has ‘power units’ rather than just engines as in
  20. 35. A driver is said to have got a tankslapper when a sideways movement causes the
Down
  1. 1. air encountered by a car speeding all on its own. The air flows smoothly around the
  2. 3. A polesitter is the driver who sets the fastest lap in Q3 of the qualifying sessions.
  3. 5. Off the Cliff Falling off the cliff describes the situation when the tyre compounds
  4. 6. streamlined surface but leaves dirty air in its wake.
  5. 9. sitters have an advantage if they get away from the pack and hold the lead into the first corner.
  6. 10. Trailing drivers,often lapped by the lead drivers. The trailing drivers are to as backmarkers just as we refer to back benchers in schools and colleges.
  7. 11. A flap on the car is then used to reduce the drag and increase the downforce which can
  8. 12. olden days. This unit consists of six components. The Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), the
  9. 15. They accumulate off the racing line and driving on them can be dangerous as the car loses
  10. 16. car takes a shallower turn than the driver intended, the car has been understeered.
  11. 17. Tiny pieces of rubber that are shredded off the tyres while cornering are called
  12. 18. When barked as an instruction to a driver over the radio, it means that they need to pit
  13. 20. When a car driver locks his front brakes, the front tyres skid along the surface of the
  14. 23. in the wake of the leading car will experience a drag because of the dirty air. Clean air is the
  15. 25. results in unscheduled pit stops spoiling the chances of the driver in the race.
  16. 26. say “my tyres fell off the cliff and I had to pit stop early” to describe their predicament.
  17. 27. rather than roll across it. This wears the tyres giving it a prominent flat spot. A flat spot on the
  18. 31. When a car is cornering and the rear wheels of the car lose grip and step out
  19. 32. air behind the leading car can lead to a drag on the car following it closely, reducing the