Formula 1 suspension setup

The higher the wing angle, the more downforce, but you also get more drag as a result. Therefore, you should go for higher downforce than normal when racing a slow car. If your engine is poor compared to your aerodynamics and chassis though, you should decrease your wing angles, especially at the high-speed circuits. However, you can also go with lower downforce than normal to be difficult to pass and fast on the straights.

This tactic can work around tracks like Monza, Spa and the Red Bull Ring but usually ends badly around most circuits. Transmission sets how well your traction will be in F1 A slightly more unlocked differential will help you, as it gives better overall traction.

Suspension Geometry is probably the most important aspect to any setup in F1 Better performance will really help out in qualifying, even if it costs you some performance during the race. In general, though, you should run low camber and toe values, otherwise you might not be competitive. The anti-roll bar though needs to be stiffer for slower cars, as this aids turn-in for high-speed corners.

It does make the car more unstable though, so be wary of that. Depending on what you chose to do with the downforce, your brakes could be setup in different ways.

What is a center system? There are roll dampers. That is the possibility of a three types of dampener systems per each end of the car not just three dampers.

What would that look like? Center could be heave and outer is the individual wheel springs. If you break it down into two motions heave and roll two dampers can do it all. For center heave you could have no spring if you had two outers to support the load no heave specific spring or if you were relying on gas pressure or even bump stop for ride, thats gotta be a nice bump rubber though.

The stuff I use would melt or something Found it : viewtopic. Re: Setup Sheets Post Fri Jul 20, pm hardingfv32 wrote: This looks more like a script for how the session will be run. Re: Setup Sheets Post Fri Jul 20, pm yes, it's a test plan, not a set-up sheet per se, but interesting nonetheless - thanks for sharing the most interesting information IMO perhaps are the cold tyre pressures and the heating times and temperatures for the different tyres. Re: Setup Sheets Post Fri Jul 20, pm That run plan sheet is very interesting, especially when looking at the engine block on the bottom right.

He was planned to run 74 laps on that engine, to leave 18 laps left on it by the end of the day, Riccardo STR only ran 54 on it, a whole 20 laps short. This engine will be used in a FP1 or FP2 later in the season that is for sure. Looking at my data, Riccardo has an average of 2, Looks like the engine he started the season with to be totally honest. That definitely deserves a point even though it happened a couple of months ago.

Very interesting is the aerodynamic balance of I guess this is percent towards the front axle. How Car Suspensions Work provides detailed information about each of these parts and even includes a section on Formula One suspensions. To keep things simple here, we'll say that almost all Formula One cars feature double wishbone suspensions. Before any race, a team will tweak suspension settings to ensure that the car can brake and corner safely, yet still deliver responsiveness of handling.

You would recognize all of the parts of the disc brakes found on Formula One cars. The big difference, of course, is that the brakes used in Formula One must stop a vehicle traveling at speeds greater than mph. This causes the brakes to glow red-hot when they are used. To help reduce wear and tear and increase braking performance, carbon fiber discs and pads are now used.

Holes around the edge of the brake disc allow heat to escape rapidly. The cars also have air intakes fitted to the outside of the wheel hub to cool down the brakes. The air intakes are changed for the different braking requirements of each track [source: F1 Country ].

The tires of a Formula One race car may be the most important part on the entire vehicle. This seems like an overstatement until you realize that the tires are the only things touching the track surface. That means all of the other major systems -- engine , suspension and braking -- do their work by way of the tires.

If the tires don't perform well, the car won't perform well, regardless of the technical superiority demonstrated in other systems. Like every part of a Formula One car, tires are highly regulated. Slick tires -- those with no tread pattern and a high contact area -- were introduced in the s and used until Then the FIA change the rules to reduce cornering speeds and make the sport more competitive. On today's Formula One cars, the front tires must be between 12 and 15 inches wide and the rear tires between 14 and 15 inches wide.