Vrooom... and the 64 wheels (16x4) rolled out for 4 race of 60th season of F1. M. Schumacher started at the pole. Result came out after 62 laps in terms of time this corresponds to 1:31:06.486, and M. Schumacher was winner with new face of F1 (Alonso) 2.0 secs behind him.
Well this was succinct information of lastest race in F1 world. But through this post I intend to give a brief summary of F1, starting from history, dominating over technology, equipments used in current era of F1. So let the red lights turn off and lets us be the first to reach at finish line, where we will be welcomed with the chequered flag.
History
Formula One has its roots in European Grand Prix which were organised during 1920s and 1930s. F1 was first defined by Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI), but the rules were standardized by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA). This all happenned in 1946.
But only in 1950 FIA organized first World Championship for Drivers. Alfa Romeo was dominating player in those days. Other interesting fact the cars in that era used to have average of less 0.8 kmpl. In those days Juan Manuel Fangio was the most successful driver.
In 1955 there was one of the worst incident in F1's history, when 83 persons were killed in Le Mans. This was when one of the Mercedes cars crashed. Then the following year there was another incident when Ascari (one of the well known driver of his time) driving his Ferrari drowned in harbour. Though he was pulled out alive. But that gave a warning bell to organizers. In 1958 season for the first time woman drove in F1, her name is Maria Teresa de Filippis.
After that came the 1960s when F1 changes drastically the power increased. Engines became more reliable. Lotus and Ferrari were two dominating players in the this period.
Come late 60s and early 70s the sponsorship came into role in F1 which allowed F1 to grow at full acceleration. 1970s was the era when F1 cars were becoming more stable, reliable and economic.
Though the cars which we see today had there evolution started from 1980s, Lotus team came up with "wings" on back of car, which in turn provided the better understanding of aerodynamics. In this period two F1 drivers in the accident.
Aryton Senna
Now i am not able to control my emotions and directly jumping to what i would like to call Aryton Senna period. He started his career with Toleman team, which was microscopic in front of gigantic teams like Williams, McLaren, Ferrari. In his career which spans upto 10 years he has 65 pole positions (this record was broken in the last race at San Marino by M.Schumacher). 41 wins to his name and 80 podium finishes.
Aryton then drived his career through teams like Lotus, McLaren and Williams-Renault. He was also known as the Master of Wet Driving. on 1st May,1994 he was racing in Imola and he met with and fatal accident. His quote in pre-1994 season was, "It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen."
This all for this blog I will continue with the other topics like Domination over Technology and Equipments used in F1 will be taken in my next post which will be coming on coming Tuesday.
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That was damn informative..
keep up the good work
Ferrari's F1 Team has fired its entire pit crew. The announcement follows Ferrari's decision to take advantage of India's high unemployment rate, and hire unemployed Indian youths from Dharavi, Mumbai.
The decision to hire them was brought on by a recent documentary on how they were able to remove a set of wheels from a car parked in the street in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment.
Ferrari's erstwhile crew took more than 8 seconds with the right equipment.
This was thought to be an excellent yet bold move by Ferrari management, and, as most races are won & lost in the pits, Ferrari would have an advantage over every other team.
However, Ferrari's expectations were exceeded, as during the crew's first practice session; not only were 'da boyz' from Bombay able to change the tyres in under 6 seconds, but within 12 seconds had resprayed the car, filed off the chassis number and sold the vehicle over to the McLaren Team!!
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