TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 CAR BASICS AND CHANGES CHAPTER 2 AERODYNAMICS CHAPTER 3 SAFETY GLOSSARY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR 30 31 31 4 12 20
4 10 10 CASTROL SMISSIONS GLAENZER SPI CARDAN Driver Juan Manuel Fangio races in an early front engine car at the 1950 San Remo Grand Prix in Italy
ormula One racing cars are nothing like the cars people drive around town every CHAPTER ONE CAR BASICS AND CHANGES day Each Formula One car is made up of approximately 14,500 individual items Though cars are designed following the same set of overall specifications each one is unique Teams fine tune their cars looking for any advantage that will help them on the track The cars have changed quite a bit since the first Formula One race in 1950. Everything from technology to safety is different In the very first Grand Prix the winning car topped out at 5
