1. Nathan La Perriere

2.  Began in 1950  Cars were heavy and upright  Roads were tarred sand or wood  Public roads from town to town  1895 was from Paris to Bordeaux (732 miles)  Won by Émile Levassor with his Panhard et Levassor  48+ hours

3.  Wood, steel planks  Heavy, strong, rigid materials  Weighing ~2,000 lbs  2 Cylinder, 1.7 liters  7 bhp

4.  Carbon fiber/ Kevlar car body and parts  Pinpoint accuracy and reaction  Speeds over 200 mph  Millions of dollars spent on R&D  Minimum weight requirement: 1,367 lbs  Including driver and equipment

5.  Indycar race on oval/ square tracks  Formula 1 race on twisting tracks/ roads  Indycar races are more prevalent in North America  Formula 1 is widely popular in Europe and Middle East  Both follow different rules and regulations set by different governing bodies  Indycar must weigh a minimum of 1,525 lbs (F1: 1,367 lbs)

6.  3.5 g’s cornering forces  Intense cardio-vascular training  Strong arms and neck  Support head and helmet  Car controlled during longer races  Required to race in F1  Hold other racing titles  Reviewed and Passed by an Official Board to receive Super License

7.  19 podiums  256 points  1 World Championship (21 yrs old)

8.  Easy circuits  Light long turns, several straight-aways, wide  Difficult circuits  Sharp quick turns, narrow straights, incline and declines of track elevation  Nürburgring: 14 miles of twisting, winding road, inclines and declines of track

9.  Tires biggest single performance variable  Bad tires = bad performance  Road and Racing tires  Road typically last more than 10,000 miles  Racing designed to last at most 127 miles  Designed to withstand  A ton of downforce  4g lateral and 5g longitudinal  Constructed from very soft rubber components  Best possible grip, but wear quickly  Two types of tire compounds are offered on race days  According to known track characteristics  “Softness” and “Hardness” of rubber compounds

10.  Early F1 used wooden wheels from road cars  Left to right steering  Modern F1  “Neutral” gear button  Engaging pit-lane speed limiter system  Traction control program  Fuel mixture  “Boost button”  Controls for movable front wing  Ultra-bright ‘change-up’ lights Snap-on connector joins the wheel and steering column FIA regulations state that the driver must be able to get out of the car within five seconds

11.  1950s F1 power outputs of 100bhp/ liter  2005 F1 power outputs of 300bhp/ liter  Final year of 3 liter V10 engines  2006 regulations required 2.4 liter V8 engines  Average miles per gallon: 4  Limited to 18,000 rpm a modern F1 will consume 650 liters of air per second

12.  $443,800,000 Ferrari $353,300,000 Williams $304,600,000 McLaren $290,400,000 Toyota $225,100,000 BAR $206,800,000 Renault $119,500,000 Sauber $ 79,200,000 Jordan $ 78,800,000 Jaguar $ 39,600,000 Mina  Wind tunnel  $15,100,000  Driver salaries  $44,000,000  R&D  $20,000,000  Car races  $28,500,000  Team salaries  $41,400,000  Car tests  $88,000,000  Engine  $175,000,000

13.  Cars start their engines, prepare for formation lap  Grid positions  Required laps  Weather conditions  Flags

14. End Stopped Danger Track Clear Driver about to be lapped Slow moving car/ one lap to finish Slippery track Mechanical problem Unsportsmanlike Driver immediately return to pits for penalty

15.  Founded in 1904  Headquarters in Paris  Governing body for world motor sport  Joins together 227 national motoring and sporting organizations

16.  20 Grand Prix races  Points awarded to 1 st -10 th place  World Driver Champion  Sebastian Vettel  World Constructor Champion  Red Bull

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