Interesting facts about F1 (2)

ok im Back 2nd article, theres a good few statisics in this one, hope you enjoy

Nick Heidfeld has completed 36 races on the trot - no retirements since the US Grand Prix in 2007. That is (as fas as I know) the current record

there is only one driver who had started more than 200 races without ever winning, that man is Andrea de Cesaris with 208 starts between 1980 and 1994.

When Sebasian Buemi scored points for Toro Rosso this year, he became the first Swiss driver to score points since Marc Surer in 1985.

Monaco 2001, the medical car crashed into the Armco and had to be replaced by a Mercedes 4x4 ML class, Prof Sid Watkins was slightly injured.

Of the drivers that have completed a full season at Minardi, Alonso is statistically the 4th worst in their entire history.

The FIA podium billboard displaying the race name etc is fixed by 6 screws and requires a flat head screwdriver to remove it

When Schumacher won his first race in Belgium, hours after the race he cycled out of the circuit with the trophy in his hand and barely noticed.

The worlds fastest rollercoaster runs along the start/finish straight of the Nurburgring GP circuit.

F1 race cars generally race at more than 300 kmph. If we do not have the aerodynamic down force, even the great racing cars which have sufficient power to produce the wheel spin will ultimately loss control at about 160 kmph.

If a water hose were to blow off in an f1 car , the complete cooling system would empty in just over a second.

Niki Lauda’s last pole position was at the 1978 South African Grand Prix, 6 years before he won his third and final World Championship.

The down force has a tremendous power. Even in any street course race, it provides enough suction which basically can lift the manhole covers. Therefore, before the commencement of these type of race all manhole covers on the streets are welded down in order to prevent from this mishap from happening.

The refuelers which are used in F1 are able to supply 12 liters per second of fuel. Let assume that an average family car of 50 liter can fully filled in just 4 seconds. Actually they are using the refueling rigs which are now days used on the military helicopters of US.

Every tire looses its weight during the race. It looses around 0.5 kg because of the wear.

some facts about the singapore night race :

The entire 3.148-mile circuit will be floodlit and 67 miles of power cables, 240 steel pylons and around 1,600 light projectors with a total power requirement of 3,180,000 watts will be used. The lighting will be four times brighter than the lights at sports stadiums.

The traditional coloured warning flags waved by race marshals will not be used. Instead electronic flags called DigiFlags, supplemented by electronic boards alongside the track, will be used make it a little easier for the drivers to spot.

Fans will get an opportunity to watch the race from as high as 165m in the air. The Singapore Flyer - the country’s answer to the London Eye - will give breathtaking, panoramic views of the Marina Bay and racetrack.

Turn 6 is the fastest corner on an F1 street circuit. Drivers will be doing in excess of 300km/h along Raffles Boulevard as it’s a long winding stretch.

Alonso he got his first kart when he was 3, his father actually bought it for his older sister but the sister didnt want it so he got it instead, and by 7yrs he was karting professionally.

His team calls him ‘Magic Alonso’

At Monaco 2004, Chritian Klien’s Jaguar had a diamond embedded(worth a million $$) on its dashboard.Jaguar were promoting the release of Oceans Twelve.He crashed and the diamond was never recovered(at least thats what Clooney said to the press)

Thanks for reading, got any strange facts yourself ?

 

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