Speeding Thrills!

If there is a sport which i love to watch but couldn't participate in, it would be F1 racing. And now, the F1 season has started for dis year starting off at Melbourne, Australia. Crikey mate!

F1 is short for Formula One. Dun ask me why they called it dat way. I oso dunno. F1 cars are a technological marvel. They are designed and constructed using the most advanced technology man has ever thought off. And the sheer thrill of watching on TV is exhilarating enough.

The closest F1 race to watch (for now) would be at Sepang, Malaysia. Been there twice to watch an F1 race and i tell u, it's damn bloody noisy! Basically the one that u see on TV has been toned down the volume very very much.

So from March to October dis year, every fortnight i would be glued to the TV screen watching an F1 race. So u all better dun disturb me when i watch.


Ok. Lets talk a bit about F1 cars. For all u kuku's out there, they are not ur average cars on the road. Basically an F1 car does not have/need:

an IU unit (cannot go Orchard and disturb 'char bor')


a car stereo system (forget about listening to Chio San San or Perfect 10)

parking coupons (no saman)


Here's a video which shows the speed of F1 cars compared to normal cars.

Ok. Here's a few facts about F1 cars:

1. F1 car is made up of 80,000 components. If it were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would still start the race with 80 things wrong!
   
   
2. An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour.
   


3. Due to the amount of aerodynamic downforce, once the car is travelling over 160 kph, it could actually hold itself to the CEILING of a tunnel and drive UPSIDE down!
   


4. The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 litres of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 litre family car.
   


5. Race car tyres have nitrogen in the tyres because nitrogen has a more consistent pressure compared to normal air.
   


6. At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.
   
   
7. F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds