#f1 explained

[race-week]

F101:

F1 Glossary

107% rule

During Q1, any driver who fails to set a lap within 107 percent of the fastest Q1 time will not be allowed to start the race.

However, in some circumstances - which could include a driver setting a suitable time during practice, the stewards may permit the car to start (more often than not the driver is allowed to start)

Appeal

An action that a team takes on its drivers' behalf if it feels that they have been unfairly penalised by the race officials.

The window for asking for a review after an event will be shortened from the current 14 day period to four days, or 96 hours for 2024

Bottoming

When the underside of the car hits the track surface, visually producing sparks. This is usually because of a stiff suspension set up and/or a bumpy track surface

Clean air

Air that isn't turbulent. A car is in ‘clean air’ when it has a gap of at least 5 seconds to the car in front.

Clean air provides the optimum conditions for an F1 car

Degradation (tyre)

The process by which a tyre loses performance or grip, caused by the tyre going through heat cycles (getting warm and cooling down)

Delta time

A term used to describe the time difference between two different laps or two different cars.

Dirty air

Turbulent air that comes off of the back of the car in front. Being in dirty air affects the handling of a car and can cause it to overheat

Downforce

The aerodynamic force that is applied in a downwards direction as a car travels forwards (essentially it is negative lift). This is harnessed to improve a car's handling through corners.

Flat spot

The area of a tyre that is worn heavily on one spot after a moment of extreme braking or in the course of a spin or lock up.

This ruins its handling, often causing severe vibration, and may force a driver to pit for a replacement set of tyres

Ground Effect

A method of inducing downforce by manipulating airflow under the car through the use of winglets and tunnels to create a low pressure area

Handling

The car's responsiveness to driver input and its ability to negotiate corners effectively.

A car that handles well will typically be well-balanced and not understeer or oversteer to any great degree.

LiCo (Lift and Coast)

Something that the race engineer will tell the driver to do if they are burning too much fuel or overheating the car.

It means that the driver will lift off of the throttle early and coast into the braking zone - this slows down their pace so it’s not ideal

Lock-up

The term used to describe a driver braking sharply and 'locking' one or more tyres whilst the others continue rotating. Tyre smoke and flat spots are common side effects.

Marbles

The small pieces of tyre rubber that break off the tyres and then accumulate at the side of the track off the racing line. Typically these are very slippery when driven on.

Out brake

A term used to describe a driver braking either too late or too softly and subsequently overrunning a corner. A common mistake made during overtaking moves.

Oversteer

When a car's rear end doesn't want to go around a corner and tries to overtake the front end as the driver turns in towards the apex. Essentially the rear end of the car moves too much (kicks out) and could cause the car to spin

Parc ferme

A fenced-off area into which cars are driven after qualifying and the race, where no team members are allowed to touch them except under the strict supervision of race stewards.

This is where the post qualifying and post race checks take place.

Cars are under Parc Ferme conditions from the start of qualifying until the start of the race meaning that their set ups can’t be changed during this time.

Plank

A hard permaglass strip (also known as a skid block) that is fitted front-to-back down the middle of the underside of all cars to check that they are not being run too close to the track surface, something that is apparent if the plank is excessively worn.

Porpoising

An aerodynamic phenomenon caused by ground effect where the airflow under the car is suddenly stalled causing a loss of downforce resulting in the car springing upwards. This process continues with the car getting sucked towards the track due to the ground effect, the airflow stalling and then the car springing upwards. This creates a repetitive bouncing, typically on the straights.

The effect can be minimised by raising the ride height

Ride height

The height between the track's surface and the floor of the car.

Scrutineering

The technical checking of cars by the officials to ensure that none are outside the regulations.

Shakedown

A brief test when a team is trying a different car part or a new car for the first time before going back out to drive at 100 percent to set a fast time.

Teams will often run a 100km shakedown at the start of the season before pre season testing

Understeer

Where the front end of the car doesn't want to turn into a corner and slides wide as the driver tries to turn in towards the apex.

Venturi Tunnels

Channels under the floor of the car to funnel and accelerate airflow

The channels have a specific hourglass shape, wide opening and exit with a narrow centre section.

This creates a low pressure zone which will accelerate the airflow and induce downforce

#f1 #race-week’s F101 #f1 explained

[f0point5]

i’ve been off social media the last few days , what’s happening in the f1 world 😂🥲

Uh…basically this

- Christian Horner texts from his HR case leaked

- Jos Verstappen rumoured to be the one who leaked them

- Christian and Jos have a big fight last Friday

- Jos says RB will explode if Christian stays

- It comes out that Mohammed Ben Sulayem asked Max to publicly state his support for Christian (it later comes out that Max told him to sort it out for himself)

- Jos pictured talking to Toto -> rumours Max will move to Mercedes (Toto says “anything is possible”)

- Adrian Newey to move to Ferrari if Max goes

- Helmut says he won’t stand in Max’s way if he chooses to leave, rumoured that Max has a break clause he can’t enact whenever he wants

- Rumours that Jos is friendly with/sleeping with the employee who accused Christian

- Business F1 publishes an article alluding to Christian having more than one flirtation with employees

- Rumours that Ford is trying to get out of the engine deal

- Mohammed Ben Sulayem is now being investigated for tampering with race results in 2023, and for trying to stop the Las Vegas GP from going ahead.

- Rumours that the Austrian part of Redbull wanted a partnership with Porsche not Ford and Christina ruined it

- Rumours that Christian attempted to buy Redbull racing from Redbull GmbH with investment from financiers, without the knowledge of the Austrian faction, at which point they said:

And now we’re here.

Hope that clears things up for you.

Guys, did I miss anything?

#f1 #formula 1 #max verstappen #weekly catch up #f1 explained

[f1chronicle]

Some F1 circuits are closed, some are on the streets of major cities. Which F1 tracks can you drive on? George explains...

Read the full article here: https://f1chronicle.com/what-f1-tracks-can-you-drive-on/

#f1 #formula1 #formula one #f1 tracks #f1 circuits #f1 explained

[letsgolando-4]

Formula 1 explained (I think)

Here is a not-so-brief explanation of some of the important things in formula 1. Enjoy!

Free Practice

Free practice is drivers remembering how to not suck before they have to go and not suck in front of a lot of people with a lot more cameras. Whoever goes fastest gets people to momentarily hope (on the rare occasion that it is not Verstappen) that someone other then Verstappen will win a race. To put things into perspective, this never happens. Takes place on a Friday.

Qualifying

Qualifying is like a race but not a race. It’s short and if you suck in qualifying, unless you’re god (or again, Verstappen) you’re gonna suck in the race as well because however you finish is however you start in the actual race. If you manage to finish first in qualifying your on pole. Unfortunately, it no longer matters if anyone other than Verstappen is one pole because the guy somehow manages to clinch a race win anyway. Takes place on a Saturday.

Grand Prix (the actual race)

Finally, we have reached the actual race. There’s a lot of panic and stress for nothing and they make a big show of five lights going out and then people race. A lot of people go out in turn 1 so try to keep your head screwed on for the first few laps. If Williams are higher than P20 and P19, look outside because the world may be ending. Alfa Romeo disappear out of the points and tend to just suck in general. McLaren will either do really shit or really good but they can never actually WIN a race, just get onto the podium. Ferrari will occasionally let their fans sniff the air in P1 before either crashing or getting taken out by Verstappen. One of the two. The Mercedes will probably be nice and comfy having not moved from their cemented P4 and P5, and the Redbulls? Well, Checo doesn’t really get a lot of limelight but the aforementioned Verstappen will be winning. Not a negotiable fact. The other teams will be somewhere in between. Takes place on a Sunday.

Sprint Races

Occasionally the FIA are feeling quirky and they decide to have a sprint race which is like a race but not a race. It’s short so you don’t need to pit. Sometimes when they decide they don’t want blood on their hands they’ll stop a race halfway through if the conditions are dangerous and then resume it when the weather dies down. These are also technically little sprint races. They do regular qualifying on a Friday and then on Saturday they have what the FIA like to call a ✨sprint shootout✨ which is qualifying for a sprint race. Same rules apply. Then they have some fun with a sprint race and when they’ve calmed down a bit, have a normal race on Sunday.

Teams And Drivers

The current formula 1 grid has 20 drivers, two drivers per team, and in case you suck at maths, that makes 10 teams. Teams have first and second driver. This is a way of saying who is shit and who is not without hurting their feelings. These teams and their drivers are as follows:

Redbull: Max Verstappen (first driver) and Sergio “Checo” Perez (second driver)

Ferrari: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. No first driver because the team principal likes Leclerc more but Sainz’s father realised this.

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton (first driver) and George Russell (second driver)

McLaren: Lando Norris (first drivers) and Oscar Piastri (second driver)

Alpine: Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. Again, no first driver because the French civil war is too intense. At least I think.

Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas (first driver) and Zhou Guyanu (second driver)

Alpha Tauri: Yuki Tsunoda (first driver) and Daniel Ricciardo (second driver) although Ricciardo had a bad crash and broke his arm so as of October 2023 Liam Lawson from F2 is stepping in.

Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso (first driver) and Lance Stroll (second driver)

Haas: Kevin Magnussen (first driver) and Nico Hulkenberg (second driver)

Williams: Alexander Albon (first driver) and Logan Sargeant (second driver)

So that’s the low-down on the bare bones of an F1 race. Tell me if I’ve missed anything or got anything wrong!

Danny out.

#f1 #formula 1 #textpost #f1 explained #did this randomly #williams formula 1 #aston martin #Ferrari #Redbull #Mercedes #McLaren #Alfa Romeo #alpha tauri #haas #alpine #max verstappen #Sergio perez #lando Norris #Oscar Piastri #Charles Leclerc #Carlos Sainz #Lewis Hamilton #George Russell #Pierre gasly #Esteban Ocon #valtteri bottas #zhou guanyu #yuki tsunoda #Liam lawson #daniel ricciardo

[emiexplainsf1]

emi explains f1: front wings

Welcome to the first part of my F1 Explained series! I'm kicking if off by going through all the different aspects of the car, but since there's a lot of them, today we're just focusing on the front wing, which is the first part of the car.

If you're new to F1 like I am, then there's probably a lot of things you don't understand on the technical side of things, so let's learn about it together.

It's pretty obvious that an F1 car needs to be as aerodynamic as possible to maximise its speed. When you have less than 0.2 seconds separating first and second place in a grand prix, you don't want your car to be the reason you missed out on first place.

The front wing plays a pretty big role in this, and it was something that both perplexed and entertained me a great deal when I watched my first F1 race. I thought it was crazy but also kind of cool how the mechanics could just *swap the entire front wing out* during a pit stop. But what's the point of it?

It actually does a few things!

Downforce - as the car drives around the circuit, the air hits the front wing first and it helps direct the stream of air. One of the reasons it needs to do this is to generate downforce - this is what it sounds like. It forces the car down and helps it stay on the ground. According to F1Chronicle, F1 cars actually generate enough speed for takeoff on straights!

Steering - following on from the point about downforce, directing airflow also helps make the car more responsive and easier to handle and drive around corners

The front tires - the front wing also regulates the air flow around the front tires. By creating a little vortex in front of the tires, the airflow around the tires (and the rest of the car) is improved and reduces the amount of force the car needs to move forwards

Streamline air flow - the front wing also helps streamline the air flow around the car as a whole, which is super important because it helps minimise drag and allows the car to go as fast as it can.

Sources:

F1Chronicle - in depth look at front wings

F1Chronicle - parts of a formula one car

Further reading:

This page has a great diagram of the parts of the front wing:

#emi explains #f1 explained #f1 #formula 1 #f1 cars #motorsports #race cars #front wing #aerodynamics #formula one #women in motorsport #dailyf1

[f1-obsessed333]

Can everyone go tell F1 how incredibly stupid this is?

#this explains a lot #like why Behind the Charge disappeared from RB socials and why the Williams documentary never happened #f1 #lando norris #oscar piastri #lewis hamilton #george russell #max verstappen #daniel ricciardo #valtteri bottas #zhou guanyu #carlos sainz #charles leclerc #lance stroll #fernando alonso #kevin magnussen #nico hulkenberg #yuki tsunoda #alex albon #logan sargeant #sergio perez #esteban ocon #pierre gasly

[panevanbuckley]

i hope fic authors who put songs that inspired the fic in the notes know that i am immediately adding those songs to that ship's playlist

#and will then spend far too long explaining to people why i have a random song in a playlist that isn't connected at all #for example: currently have a song from barbie in my f1 playlist and it gives me oscar piastri vibes #purely because i read a landoscar fic and the author said they listened to this repeatedly whilst writing it #my fandom playlists are a mess basically #ao3 #fanfic

[mistressemmedi]

Time to wake up at an ungodly hour just to watch two hours of men driving around in circles and to listen to the Dutch national anthem

#there's has to be some kind of statistical data that explains why f1 fans have such masochistic tendencies #f1 #formula 1 #australian gp 2024

[dear-ao3]

there's f1 drama?????

asking if there’s f1 drama is like asking if there’s a supernatural gif for everything.

#not a tag #from saph #there is Always f1 drama #they’re in the off season sfill and there’s ALREADY drama #so excited personally #annoyex at the loss of gunther but ahhh excited for what is to come #f1 #l explain the drama if Asked

[skitskatdacat63]

scooters in, almost falls over, refuses to elaborate, scooters away

#hes seriously the silliest man in the world #why is he always on that damn scooter #thank you aston for acknowledging it aksjadl #even if it just leaves more questions than it actually answers #pls jimmy explain to me the behind the scenes of this #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #we do a little bit of f1 #2024 saudi arabian gp

[race-week]

Hey Al, if you feel like it could you answer in which circuits the undercut is the best strategy and in which ones the overcut is? Or pitstop strategy is not that big of a deal in most of them?

There are three main options in race strategy, provided it is a one stop race and everyone starts on the same tyres.

Undercut

Overcut

Go long

There are so many conditions that affect when an undercut might be the better strategy vs an overcut but basically it boils down to 3 main factors; tyre degradation, traffic and conditions.

The undercut is important at circuits where there is high tyre degradation, where track position is important and overtaking difficult. The undercut means that a driver pits before his rivals, puts on fresh tyres earlier and uses their subsequent clean air to pump in an out lap or more of fast times, ensuring they emerge ahead once their rival pits, having been lapping slower on used tyres.

Most effective at: Singapore, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Paul Ricard

The overcut is a strategy where you wait for your rival to pit and then pit a lap or more later. This is a strategy rarely seen in modern Formula 1 as Pirelli tyres are typically higher degrading, and the faster driver is usually the one on fresh rubber. However on circuits with low degradation and cool temperatures (which makes the warm up of fresh tyres more difficult) the overcut can be used. 

Most effective at: Monaco, Hungary, Baku

The 'go long' strategy is where a driver sees his rival pit, and instead of trying the immediate overcut, they wait and continue to drive around at a reduced pace, knowing that once they pit they won’t have track position, but will have a decent tyre advantage, thus more pace for the remainder of the race. This is particularly useful on circuits that are medium to high degradation, and circuits where it is possible to overtake easily. It is also dependent on losing relatively few positions to early stoppers.

Most effective at: Canada, Hungary, Spa

#f1 #f1 explained #al’s asks

[yesloulou]

Max apologizes to Charles for the turn 1 incident at 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix

#charles leclerc #max verstappen #lestappen #f1 #* #** #vegas gp 2023 #in the full clip you can actually see him explain he had no grip that's why he ran them both wide #this was batshit btw who tf aplogizes for turn 1?????? let along something that wasn't even his fault lmao #the crush must be ginormous 🫡

[f1chronicle]

Some F1 circuits are closed, some are on the streets of major cities. Which F1 tracks can you drive on? George explains...

#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #f1 explained #formula 1 explained #f1 circuit #f1 tracks

[tinseltownie]

Look I’ve watched the BTS footage a 100 times already. The thing is Oscar didn’t have to pop in. And Lando most certainly didn’t have to keep the conversation going. But he did. And Lando did. And it was all soft and warm and “I want to know the most mundane details about this exact thing that I’ve done for 6 years already but did you have fun Oscar?? Did you? Have fun? Osc? Nice smoothie osc. Gonna copy your cute lil pose osc”.

Everything I’ve learned about Lando in the last few weeks is that he just wants friends? He keeps talking about how he missed out on the uni experience and how his friends are all through racing. And it explains why he’s kept Max on at Quadrant and all that side of it. (Not saying he’s buying Max’s friendship or anything) And he kept being friends with his teammates thinking they were safe but Carlos left and Daniel was fired. Which is the nature of the sport don’t get me wrong that’s fine. But I think Lando is really comfortable because Oscar is here to stay for a while. So Lando has Oscar.

And Oscar has always been better than the rest at this sport so it was hard to make friends with the other boys because he kept moving a step forward, quicker than everyone else. His Prema vids are sweet but there’s a sense that everyone in them is still trying to make it. Plus Oscar has 3 younger sisters but he’s never had a brother and he’s a little quiet and Lando was okay bulldozing his way into Oscar’s heart so now Oscar has Lando.

They both love their families but the sport makes it so they feel distant from them? Yes Adam is at almost every race and Oscar has a very loving relationship with his mom but all they’ve known is this sport forever. This sport where there’s no loyalty and no love and a lot friendships are actually just colleagues hanging out in a work setting.

That’s what makes Carlando so endearing. It’s that the friendship persisted beyond the contract mandated hangouts. That’s what makes Landoscar so special. They’ve found each other, a support system, a person who actually understands every nuance of the car, every corner that they race, every debrief in a way that really only their teammate can.

They are each other’s competition but they’re also each other’s comfort and I think that’s really special. Plus, Oscar’s quite tall isn’t he 😏

#lando norris #landoscar #formula 1 #f1 #none of this makes sense #but it also makes perfect sense #I can’t explain it #I won’t try #but please tell me you get it #oscar piastri #I have similar feelings about lestappen btw #and this whole new generation of drivers in general #the padel dates and stuff #like it all adds up to the realization #that no matter what you do #it’s about friends #and stfu I know it’s a big business blah blah blah #but they’re JUST KIDS #THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIDS #and the kids will be alright #because they have each other #(a lot of them are older than I am oops) #but the point stands #it’s the quote #isn’t about old friends? like everything

[everythingisajokeincludingme]

One thing about Max Verstappen he will always jump to his besties’ defence

#GET UP #immediately went to explain how daniel wasn’t at fault on international tv #formula 1 #f1 #suzuka gp 2024 #daniel ricciardo #japanese gp 2024 #max verstappen #maxiel

[mayf1owers]

In their own words

-> Quotes aren’t strictly in chronological order

-> All those people in those old photographs I've seen are dead, and in the end, I'd do it all again, I think you're my best friend. - Fall Out Boy

#cuz I wanted to explain to a friend whatever they had going on 😭 #never did so many photo study at once #I don’t think im getting back to f1 yet though I’ve been busy to say the least 🥲 #sorry to all my amazing mutuals I’ve missed seeing all ur f1 stuff #in the last 2 years I ​went through all the stages of burnout dropped out of uni for a while and now I’m starting it again so yeah wild #brocedes #lewis hamilton #nico rosberg #f1 art #f1 edit #long post