In , racing enthusiasts were introduced to a new form of car racing known as IndyCar. The open-wheeled vehicles looked similar to Formula 1 cars, but there was a noticeable difference when it came to the overall speed and acceleration of both. Though IndyCars are a candidate for the fastest racing car, especially considering their top recorded speed was kmh mph is the fastest out of all three, they take a hit when it comes to acceleration.
On a straight track, an IndyCar may take up to 3 seconds to hit 90 kmh. That cost is to race in upwards of 17 races in a season, typically running from March to September. Seeing as how there are 33 drivers spread across 13 teams, there is plenty of money flowing throughout the IndyCar series. Race length will vary from circuit to circuit.
For instance, the Indianapolis is an km race over laps while the Honda Indy will run for km miles over 90 laps. Over that time, the series has perfected the F1 vehicle. The third stage is an all-out slog to the end of the race. Points are awarded to every spot, and considerably more points are on offer for finishing the final lap in 1 st place than any of the other stages.
The idea behind stage racing is that in theory, there are more first and final laps, increasing the excitement for fans. Tyre management is also key to the race, with pit stops key to a winning strategy. However, if a driver pushes their tyres over the limit, crashes are common. And these are particularly spectacular given how close the drivers follow each other during a race. That means yellow flag periods — where the cars slow down — are key for drivers to utilise and ensure their pitstops are more economical.
Weird, right? The idea is that the winner of the championship cannot be decided until the final lap of the final race. More jeopardy and excitement in store for the viewer. The year is divided into the regular season and the playoffs. Drivers will compete for points to climb the championship standings during the regular season.
If you win a race in the regular season, you qualify for the car playoffs. If less than 16 drivers win a race, the remaining places are filled by the best-scoring drivers. Ten races remain in the playoffs, and the scores are reset. If you win a race, you are through to the next round, and the other drivers compete for the points on offer.
This is repeated until there are just four drivers, and a single race left. Whoever finishes highest up the order in that race is the Cup Series champion. Chase Elliott is the reigning Cup Series Champion. He held off Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano to the championship. Elliott worked his way up the ranks from the Xfinity series, which he won in , to the Cup Series. Formula 1 race cars are highly complex in design with one aim in purpose: speed. They are futuristic, computer-designed race cars that look unlike anything else in the motoring world.
From the chassis, their steering wheels, to suspension parts, engines, clutches and even items such as the front and rear wings are all unique to each team. This leads to one team usually dominating a race or a season due to its technical advantages, while not necessarily due to the driver being the most skilled.
Formula 1 cars are open-wheeled, open-cockpit racers with a minimum weight of just 1, lb. They are powered by 1. These low-slung race cars feature extremely intricate and complex aerodynamic aids to improve downforce and generate huge levels of traction in ways similar to those of jet fighters to cut through the air.
They should then have nearly the same top speeds and acceleration figures. From its high-revving 1. The power-to-weight ratio of a Formula 1 car is calculated at 0. In theory, a Formula 1 could accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in less than 1 second, but that amount of power simply cannot be converted to forward motion at those low speeds due to traction loss — the car would just burn up the tyres and hardly move forward.
As speeds rise above mph, the traction loss is reduced and the air moving over and around the Formula 1 car would increase its downforce more on that later to accelerate the car quicker. That is why with that higher power-to-weight ratio a Formula 1 car can accelerate from 0 to mph in 9 seconds, while a NASCAR is able to attain 0 to mph in those same 9 seconds. This blinding acceleration and deceleration set these cars apart from all others in just about every type of acceleration and deceleration comparisons.
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