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