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Formula One. A Formula One car or F1 car is a single-seat, open-cockpit, open-wheel formula racing car with substantial front and rear wings, and an engine positioned behind the driver, intended to be used in competition at Formula One racing events.
The regulations governing Formula One racing have changed many times throughout the history of the sport. Formula One 's rules and regulations are set by the sport's governing body, the FIA. [ 1 ] The primary reasons behind rule changes have traditionally been to do with safety. [ 2 ] As each decade has passed the FIA have made more and more ...
Halo (safety device) The halo system on a Ferrari SF71H driven by Kimi Räikkönen during pre-season testing in February 2018. The halo is a driver crash-protection system used in open-wheel racing series, which consists of a curved bar placed above the driver's head to protect it. The first tests of the halo were carried out in 2016 and in ...
2. 4. The Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance, commonly referred to as the Mercedes W15, is a Formula One racing car designed and built by the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team to compete in the 2024 Formula One World Championship. [1] This is the first Mercedes Formula One car fully designed under British designer and engineer James Allison since ...
The McLaren MP4/5, and its derived sister model, the McLaren MP4/5B, were highly successful Formula One racing cars designed by the McLaren Formula One team based in Woking, England, and powered by Honda 's naturally-aspirated RA109E and RA100E V10 engines respectively. The chassis design was led by Neil Oatley, teaming up with Steve Nichols ...
Tyrrell P34. n.b. Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only. The Tyrrell P34 (Project 34), commonly known as the "six-wheeler", was a Formula One (F1) race car designed by Derek Gardner, Tyrrell's chief designer. [ 1 ] The car used four specially manufactured 10-inch diameter (254 mm) wheels and ...
The 1995 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 49th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1995 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1995 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a seventeen-race series that commenced on 26 March and ended on 12 November. Michael ...
The Ferrari 640 (also known as the Ferrari F1-89) [4] was the Formula One racing car with which the Ferrari team competed in the 1989 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by Britain's Nigel Mansell , in his first season with the team, and Austria's Gerhard Berger , winning three races between them.