F1 engine warm-up

[CFster]

That video is supposedly from a party they have at the end of the season - the teams try to generate as much sound and fireworks as possible. I think that was the Arrows team from a few years ago.

The headers in F1 are made of thin Titanium and they do glow - you just don't normally see it because they're covered by bodywork.

Also, this year's 3.5L V10s rev to 19K or so - but there's a rules change for next year, to go down to 2.4L V8s. Everybody said there would be a huge drop in horsepower (say down to 650hp from 950hp+). However, Cosworth and Honda are already testing motors and have them revving to over 22K rpm! Honda has already had them on the track in the BAR. Apparently the V8's don't have the inherent vibration problems that the V10's do, so it's easier to spin them faster. Expect 24K+ rpms in the next few years and power creeping up to the current levels.

All this and naturally aspirated.

[vanzuuk1]

The pipes on f-1 cars are paper thin , that might make them glow easier. Imagine your mechanic telling you to "go easy, keep it under sixteen thousand r.p.m."

F-1 is awesome but the races themselves turn into a parade sometimes.

[OHCbird]

esp. the one-or-two passing show that Monaco was (that's a joke, by the way).

Some of there exhaust systems are made of inconel, which can take more heat than Ti- It just depends on the location in the system.

[vanzuuk1]

I love how when cars get anyware near each other, the announcers act like its the battle to end all battles.

When Gilles Villeneuve died f1 was never the same.

This year has picked up a little, did you like monaco?

Moto gp seems to be the place to watch nailbiting racing these days.