F1 technology seen in normal cars

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190513

By bud - 19 Mar 10, 15:01

- 19 Mar 10, 15:01#190513

my car has launch control abs, esc all the major electronic controls infact

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190520

By scotty - 19 Mar 10, 15:16

- 19 Mar 10, 15:16#190520

bud wrote:my car has launch control abs, esc all the major electronic controls infact

Doesn't it also have a V8 or something?

Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190541

By bud - 19 Mar 10, 16:01

- 19 Mar 10, 16:01#190541

scotty wrote:
bud wrote:my car has launch control abs, esc all the major electronic controls infact
Doesn't it also have a V8 or something?

yeah 6.0 litres of American muscle

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190549

By welshie - 19 Mar 10, 16:22

- 19 Mar 10, 16:22#190549

ABS, carbon fibre, magnesium wheels and disk brakes (including ceramic) . . . . . . all results of the aircraft industry.

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Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190607

By What's Burning? - 19 Mar 10, 20:11

- 19 Mar 10, 20:11#190607

welshie wrote:ABS, carbon fibre, magnesium wheels and disk brakes (including ceramic) . . . . . . all results of the aircraft industry.

You're right but they were in F1 before they made it to conventional automobiles which was the original post. Just about everything high tech originated in the aircraft or aerospace industry.

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Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190616

By Jensonb - 19 Mar 10, 20:49

- 19 Mar 10, 20:49#190616

Brake steering.

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Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#190628

By welshie - 19 Mar 10, 21:33

- 19 Mar 10, 21:33#190628

What's Burning? wrote:
welshie wrote:ABS, carbon fibre, magnesium wheels and disk brakes (including ceramic) . . . . . . all results of the aircraft industry.
You're right but they were in F1 before they made it to conventional automobiles which was the original post. Just about everything high tech originated in the aircraft or aerospace industry.

Yeah it has was just messing

. And I feel its extremely important for F1 and other top-end motorsports to push the development of new technologies, and to be free to do so without too many limitations.

“ An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says “You’re all idiots”, and pours two beers.

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#195111

By arkady - 09 Apr 10, 06:36

- 09 Apr 10, 06:36#195111

I think Rally has had a far greater effect:

4WD, windscreen wipers, windscreen all originally seen in rally.

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#195118

By Jabberwocky - 09 Apr 10, 11:03

- 09 Apr 10, 11:03#195118

KERS

Seatbelts

dry sumps

handling

non spring leaf suspension

electronic diffs

cup holders

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#195151

By What's Burning? - 09 Apr 10, 13:00

- 09 Apr 10, 13:00#195151

Jabberwocky wrote:KERS

Seatbelts

dry sumps

handling

non spring leaf suspension

electronic diffs

cup holders

DUDE! You forgot RACING STRIPES!

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Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#195160

By Fred_C_Dobbs - 09 Apr 10, 14:19

- 09 Apr 10, 14:19#195160

Disc brakes were used on the 1902 Lanchester automobile (built in Birmingham), the year before the Wright brother's first powered flight. Malcolm Lougheed (founder of Lockheed) added hydraulics in 1918. The 1954 Austin-Healey 100S had 4-wheel disc brakes. F1 cars ran drum brakes until 1955.

Frank Williams introduced traction control to F1 in 1991. Buick sold wheel spin control systems in their production cars in 1971. Ford used it an a LeMans prototype they built in 1976 (but it caught fire and burned before they could race it).

Williams also introduced ABS to F1 in 1993. Jensen was installing ABS in their "FF" in 1966. BMW put in in the 1974 CSL 3.0.

Jack Brabham pirated CF rotors from an airplane and first ran them on his F1 cars 1976.

A flappy paddle shifter is nothing more than a motorcycle's SMG foot shifter moved to the steering column and with an automatic clutching device added.

I wasn't aware F1 had ever used dynamic stability control. They certainly don't any more for lack of ABS and TC.

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--Dobbsie

Re: F1 technology seen in normal cars#195411

By QKS - 12 Apr 10, 09:20

- 12 Apr 10, 09:20#195411

Just get a good look at a Ferrari. Most of the technology of their cars comes from F1.

And yes, lots of things were invented before they were used in F1.... But since F1 is a sports car, you'll find a lot of F1 technology in modern road sports cars. And I'm sure that in a few years (like it is so often the case) you'll see all that technology in the cheepest cars you could buy. But by that time F1 is going to be a step (or maybe several steps) forward.

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