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Australia
Japan
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
Germany
United States
Monaco
MalaysiaChina
Bahrain
Spain
Hungary
Italy
Singapore
Korea
India
Brazil
U.A.E.
Fastest recorded pit stop*
The cost of shaving one-tenth of a second from a single lap time exceeds
+ 20 people
= new tires + gas
seconds 2
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4km/h (220 mph)
rpm
top speed
over
Typically, a Formula One team uses over
of fuel for testing and racing and up toslightly different blends tuned for different circuits and even weather conditions.
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2012 FIA Formula One
World Championship spans
which send enough information to fill several telephone books by the end of a two-hour race
via a radio aerial fitted to the car. First introduced in the late 1980s, telemetry in F1 is used to transmit
streams of live data from the car to the pit.
A modern F1 car is equipped with about
sensors
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Each team competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship
travels on the order of
5a year between races
and test sessions.
km (100,000 miles)
around the globeor
200
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ings introduced. KERS (kinetic energy recovery system
) introduced; it stores some of the energy used during breaking.
car within 5 seconds. 1989 Semi-Automatic sequential gearboxes. Turbochargers banned. Paddle-shift gearboxes. 1994 Active suspension banned. 2008 Traction control banned.
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Circuit of the AmericasAustin, Texas
7,8is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S.
Race Length: 308.896 km
Elevation Change: ft
Circuit Length: 5.516 km
Inaugural Race: 2012
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most laps
Race Length:1 m 13.532
Inaugural Race:
Fastest Lap:260.52 km192911
Monaco Grand PrixMonte Carlo, Monaco
shortest circuit
km
seconds is the maximumtime at full throttle.
lateral acceleration (turning)
Estimated Cost: $300M12
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gear changes per lap (race = 4836)14
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160,000
full throttle per lap