What are the requirements for a Formula one circuit?

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What are the requirements for a Formula one circuit?

Answer 1

The elements of a standard circuit are:

     * Area track - the Way to be rolling vehicles during a race.

     * Borders, loins, cords, tumbaperros, pianos or Chinese - increased only placed on the edges of the runway at the beginning and end of the curves, sometimes painted in colors. They allow the pilot to see the curves in time and know where the edge of the runway, in addition to prevent pilots "cut" curves.

     * Areas exhaust - Areas of asphalt, gravel, grass, sand or "leca" placed on the sides of the circuit, especially around dangerous curves, so that if a pilot leaves the track, the vehicle to slow, stop turning and not impact against objects nearby, and eventually be able to re-join the competition. In straight or slightly curved considered dangerous there are usually grass.

     * Wall containment - These walls cushion the blow in a collision. They can be made of cement, tyres, containment networks ( "catch fences") or "guard-rails" (strips of metal)

     * Grill or output starting grid - Area where vehicles are placed at the start of a competition. Vehicles are interspersed rows behind the line of departure / arrival. The starting position depends on the timing of classification, the position of arrival of races or the previous position of the championship; pilots with the best brands long before.

     * Boxes, pits or garages - Zone where mechanical equipment prepared and arranged vehicles and plan the competition. Usually they are placed parallel to the main straight of the circuit, and bind to the track for a road into and out of boxes. In some competitions, pilots may enter the pits to repair the vehicle, changing the wheels and fill the fuel tank.

     * Harrows - Area around the track where the public can view the competition. They may be natural hills or forums, and people can be stopped or lay.

Among the parties that form the track itself, in addition to the lines, there are different types of curves. Having infinite possibilities of designing a curve, they can be classified into:

     * Curves "traditional" - Forcing pilots to slow down. Here is excluded curves in which there is no need to slow down or bending sharply.

     * Fast curves or "curvones" - A curvón curve is a long, closed and relatively fast. Demands that the chassis is resistant to the forces to which it is subjected, and that the engine is sufficiently powerful.

     * Curves double or multiple - A double curve are two curves toward the same side, close enough so as to barely be able to accelerate between them. This makes the turning radius of the vehicle is almost constant, because in the middle of the curves on the domestic side, and in the small line on the outside. In some circuits there are modern curves triple or quadruple, as in the Istanbul circuit.

     * Forks - It's called a hairpin curve extremely closed, which exceeds the approximately 150 º. If you are located at the end of a long straight, is a good place to overtake other competitors.

     * Chicano or chicanes - A "Chicano" is a combination of tight curves very close together. They are usually between two or four short curves, each with opposite direction of rotation to the previous one. In many circuits built decades ago, security problems caused by the high speed of movement have been solved by Chicano. Many pilots and fans have criticized this historic circuit by "cutting" the pace of movement, by converting into "loved and feared curvones" in broad curves but extremely slow.

     * Eses - that (or simply "S") is a combination of two curves fast and relatively nearby, including