We continue with our search for any type of machine, this with the aim of being able to highlight the importance of the creation of any of these machines thanks to the essential link between science and technology, on this occasion we will talk in a general way about some technological applications in Formula 1 cars.

Until now we have known important machines in our lives such as the fan, bicycle, motorcycle, car Volkswagen model beetle, such machines carry out some kind of movement, and thus satisfy some of our daily activities, and each of us are reliable witnesses of the above.

Millions of people in the world enjoy the world championships of Formula 1 cars and they delight us with their impressive sound as well as with their impressive speeds, therefore, we can observe the combination man-machine since one must have great skills to be able to maneuver these fast cars which get to surpass the barrier of 300 km/h, and then reduce this speed drastically in the curves, but, are the championships achieved only by having an excellent pilot?

In the world of motor racing it is said that to win the championship it is not enough to have the best driver, but it is necessary to handle in the best way the technologies behind these impressive machines, therefore, the evolution of these machines depends greatly on technological advances, and this has been seen throughout our history.

The generation of new materials has allowed to improve the capacity in all the senses of these fast machines, these vehicles have a box of change constituted by gears of helical form and these manage to transmit so much the force as the movement of the motor towards the respective wheels of these automobiles.

Therefore, we can say that the success of a certain formula 1 team depends on the driver, the performance of the car either by its design or by its engine, but we must emphasize that there is a great ally for this purpose, the analysis of all data generated by these powerful machines.

It is not a secret that all the teams or teams of the Formula 1 spend or invest great amount of money in new simulators, this with the purpose of being able to imitate the experience that can be lived in each one of the tracks, where, their pilots will run during all the season, this has been of great aid since it allows to correct any flaw of handling of the pilots because they will feel more familiar at the moment of the real race.

This application of the latest technology has allowed the pilots to improve their times in each lap performed, after the pilots finish in these simulators, the information is loaded to be used by the mechanics and engineers who together with the pilot perform their respective analysis, this in order to optimize the performance of these fast cars.

Conclusion

Hardly anyone on this planet has not heard of Formula 1, and we could say like many that F1 could be called the NASA of motor sport, since in this space the automotive industry has achieved extraordinary and unthinkable developments, this leads us to think or express firmly that these vehicles are a kind of rolling laboratory.

However, the application of new technologies has sometimes been limited by the internal regulations of this competition, which primarily seeks the safety of the driver, and also that the essential spirit of the man behind the wheel is not lost, this in order to try to stop a possible competition between robots.

Many have been the renovations since the beginning of this competition thanks to technological advances, however, some of these applications have been limited or eliminated due to the risk they have represented for the drivers, we can name some of these applications as the active suspension, this technology represented the first electronic help for the drivers and with this suspension the vehicles were adapted to the different conditions inside the track, for example, it was able to predict a certain curve trajectory and adjust the suspension, this application was eliminated because it reduced the emotion of the race.

We can also find the implementation of new materials such as carbon fiber for the manufacture of chassis or monocoque of these vehicles, another technology was the application of the turbos, among other important technological applications that we can find throughout the history of Formula 1, with this we can say that technological advances found in Formula 1 an ideal space for their newest applications.

Until another time my dear and appreciated readers.

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