How to Start an F1 car

[mrloudly]

Interesting little video ;-)


http://www.dtperformanceltd.co.uk/news/14360167899...

[freecar]

Thanks for that, it was really interesting!

[Dave Hedgehog]

and thats an old one lol

hate to think how complicated it is on a modern one ..

[roscozs]

Very interesting. I always wondered why they reved them up like that when warming up.

[RemaL]

agreed I did find that very interesting

[DaveH23]

Very Interesting.

Imaging having to do that before your morning commute.

This got me thinking, in a race what kind of MPG would a F1 car do?

[ikarl]

I'm sure I read recently that a current F1 engine cannot turn over without the engine being hotter than it's operating temperature!

the block needs to be pre-warmed for 24 hours with (very) hot oil running through it just to allow all the internals to move because they are 'snugly' machined to fit

[honest_delboy]

Must be a right PITA to do that every morning when you just want to nip out and get the papers. At least there isn;t a windscreen to defrost.

[jimmy8v]

That's one of Newey's first isn't it?

[McSam]

DaveH23 said:

This got me thinking, in a race what kind of MPG would a F1 car do?

About 4mpg, most of them. Which is not bad for 750-ish horsepower nailed open the whole time!

Top video, cheers their water connectors are awesome!

[Bebee]

There's a lot of 'very interesting' in your replies!

Interesting