Is F1 in decline?

Formula 1 suffered a decline in its global audience and unique viewers during 2020, with falls of 4.

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Why have Ferrari been so slow? Ferrari’s main issue is that they’ve lost a huge amount of straight-line speed.

F1 steward Mika Salo has told fellow Finn Kristian Sohlberg that Ferrari was made to “use less fuel” as part of their punishment from the 2019 “cheating” scandal. … Ferrari’s engine lost power and the Scuderia – as well as its customer teams – suffered as a result.

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Lamborghini sells racecars to privateers who want to race them in a private team. … Lamborghini is now owned by The Volkswaken Audi Group, and they were going to enter F1 but decided at the last moment not to enter F1, which is a shame because they would be very competitive, just look at what Audi did at Le Mans.

The F1 Has a Great Acceleration, and is built for track and handling, and not for the speed dimension. … It is a fact that a Bugatti Veyron is faster than a F1 car in terms of top speed. But when it comes to overall performance the F1 can outrun the Bugatti inside a closed circuit or race track.

Audi’s flirtations with Formula One Audi backflipped on joining the sport, though, and the F1 Commission changed the engine formula to turbocharged V6. Insiders insist Audi and the Volkswagen Group have now been working on a 1.

For two main reasons; First the US in particular and North America in general has a large motor racing scene so many who are talented enough to become professional can do so in their own region without having to travel to Europe.

Fifty-two drivers have died from incidents that occurred at a FIA World Championship event or while driving a Formula One car at another event, with Cameron Earl being the first in 1952. … Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Senna in 1994.

The most recent driver to have raced as an American was Alexander Rossi who participated in five races in 2015.

So well, you might be thinking, man, this stuff is so cool and surely they have some kind of a system for peeing integrated into the racing suits . … Instead, F1 drivers pee inside their race suits during the race.

The first comparison people tend to look for is speed, and while Formula E cars do accelerate at a similar rate to F1 cars, their top speed peaks at around 280km/h, roughly 70km/h less.

Similarly, the ‘E‘ is the emergency cut off button for all electrical power in the car, so the presence of that electricity doesn’t do anything potentially harmful to anyone involved in a vehicle recovery situation, or more importantly so the car doesn’t electrocute anyone who might be trying to rescue the driver from …

There is a technical reason that electric car maker Tesla does not currently participate in Formula E which could change in the not-too-distant future, the electric motor racing series’ chief executive Jamie Reigle has said.

There are a number of benefits from racing on city centres. Firstly, the average speed tends to be slower than on permanent tracks which helps Formula E as its cars are around 25% slower than their bigger brothers in F1.

Gears: Electric cars do not necessarily need gears. Formula E racing cars do, however, use a gearbox to make the most efficient use of the power delivered from the battery via the motor. During the first Formula E season, all teams used a five-speed gearbox. … Some teams have chosen to keep the original five gears.

Yes they are. In fact most F1 track records have tumbled and the 2018 cars are like 1.

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The FIA has confirmed the replacement for Formula E’s mandatory car change pit stop from the 2018/19 season onward when the second generation one-car per driver makes its debut in the all-electric championship. … The race duration will be approximately 40 minutes with no mandatory pit stops.

Regenerative Power A key part of ensuring Gen 2 cars last the full 45 minute Formula E race, regenerative braking will upped for Gen 3 from 150kW (on the rear axle only), to a huge 350kW. Additionally, Gen 3 will introduce a front axle regeneration system that links to a second motor generation unit (MGU).

Then cameras are usually on entry or exit of corners, so its not the fastest point of an f1 car and you have the cars getting closer to the camera at a straight angle. So its much harder to gage speed. … All this adds to slower looking cars.

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Attack Mode will temporarily raise the power output of a Formula E car to 225 kW (c. 301 bhp), up from the standard race mode of 200 kW (c. 270 bhp). Furthermore, a car that has deployed Attack Mode will be indicated by a set of blue LED lights around the Halo device situated above the cockpit.

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