Newbie’s Guide to Formula 1 Tracks

Filed under: Living With Sports — admin at 1:52 am on Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A familiar race circuit consists of a piece of straight road on which the starting grid is located. The pit lane, where the Formula One drivers stop for petrol and replace tyres during the F1 race, and where the Formula One teams operate on the vehicles before the Formula 1 grand prix motor race, is typically to be found next to the starting grid. The outline of the rest of the course changes immensely, even though in countless occasions the race course goes in a clockwise way. Those couple of race courses that do run anticlockwise (C181& therefore have mostly left-handed turns) could cause Formula One drivers health issues as a result of the massive amount of sideways forces generated by Formula 1 engines pulling their body in the reverse direction to normal.

Most of the circuits currently in use are specially constructed for racing days. The modern street race courses are the Circuit de Monaco & Melbourne, although street races in other cities come and go (For Example, Las Vegas and Detroit) and suggestions for such grand prixs are time & again considered ? lately London & Beirut. A number of other courses are also totally or partially laid out on normal roads, such as Spa-Francorchamps. The beauty & history of the Monte Carlo Formula One race are the most important reasons why the circuit is still in use at present, since it’s believed not to meet the important safety requirements obligatory on other circuits. Three-time World champion Nelson Piquet notably depicted racing in Monte Carlo as “like riding a bike in your own living room”. Visit F1Tribute.com today to find information about Formula 1.

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