F1 Driving: interesting Facts
Driving in F1 championship is not a child game. A driver participating in F1 race gains the required skills and fitness after rigorous training. Lets read some interesting facts related to F1 drivers.
Mineral salt water in cockpit: The F1 cockpits have drinking bottle installed for the drivers. The water in it also has mineral salts. The drivers can drink water from it via a pipe.
Reaches up to 1000 Centigrade: The brake discs in an F1 car have an operating temperature of approximately 1000 degrees Centigrade and they attain that temp while braking before almost every turn.First be a cart racer to be a F1 driver: Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits. Most F1 drivers start their career in karting. They come up through traditional European single seater series like Formula Ford, Formula Renault, Formula 3, and finally GP2. Before GP2, Formula Two and then Formula 3000 served the role of feeder series for F1.