Formula 1 is not only one of the best motorsport peace. it’s the same testing laboratory where many brands innovate technology that years later they end up on trams. More power, efficiency, safety…
You may or may not be familiar with some of these mechanical milestones, but it’s certainly not just sports cars that benefit from them. ¡These are technologies that F1 has exported to road cars.!
1. Turbo
One of the most important components is Turbowhich, as the name suggests, is a turbine, compresses the air and sends it to the engine through tolerance significantly increasing power block.
In the 1970s, Renault began to play competitively by displacing naturally aspirated V8 from cosworthand since then teams with turbocharged powertrains have performed much better (especially on high-altitude routes, like Kyalamiin South Africa).
2. Electronic injection
Unlike conventional mechanical systems, electronic injection controlled ECU and allows you to dose the amount of fuel entering the cylinders, depending on the driver’s need for power.
In addition, pollutant emissions are reduced. In general, this significantly improves the efficiency of current engines. Curiously, electronic injection has been briefly seen in classic cars such as Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing thanks to Bosch.
3. Electronic suspension
electronic suspension It is a control system independent of shock absorbers or suspension systems.
The switch manages a number solenoid valves or engines that allow you to change the profile hardness, rigidity or height hangers depending on driving mode Hey vehicle position in curves.
lotus and Williams They were the first to explore this adaptive suspension technology in the late 1980s and the Williams team benefited the most. FW14B was the car that dominated the 1992 season for a long time. Nigel Mansell D Ayrton Senna behind the wheel.
In 1993, all teams developed their own versions, but the increase in cornering speed and some troubling problems forced FIA ban this type of suspension in Formula One from 1994.
4. Carbon-ceramic brake discs.
Few cars carry them, and mostly only sports cars. This type carbon-ceramic discs they consist of combination of metals, carbon D ceramic components that allow them to endure very high temperatures without loss of performance.
In the late 1970s the team Brabham was the one who put these very expensive but safe systems into their brakes and they have since become competition standard and in some high class cars.
5. Shifting gears with paddles on the steering wheel
Almost until the 1990s, Formula 1 cars had conventional gearboxes by lever. However, in 1989 Ferrari decided to change the situation by opting for a manual engine management system. Automatic transmission.
So were born cams on the steering wheela component currently seen in the vast majority of automatic transmission vehicles that allows you to have sports driving and precise gear shift control.
This news was originally published on TopGear ES.
Source: Computer Hoy
