HOW A BOX FORMULA ONE WORKS

A box of Formula one is far more complex than the TV shows. The 400 square meters each team is entitled are divided into several departments, where nearly 100 people work frantically. The heart box is the telemetry room, where the behavior of the cars on the track is analyzed by an army of computers. Each team has their particular way of dealing with the data coming from the slopes. And of course, do their best to conceal this gun competition, so that TV cameras and cameras are not allowed in this sector. But, at the invitation of Renault, the story of the strange world could take a peek at the telemetry room of the French team during practice last GP of Brazil. 

Full of powerful computers, with 45 liquid crystal display, it looks like the command center of a spaceship. There, the performance of the F-1 is monitored by 40 technicians. The cars are equipped with dozens of sensors that transmit to the box, radio, information about the condition of the engine, suspension and everything that can affect the performance of the bolide. Screens in the telemetry room, appearing many times since the pilot activated the brake in a turn until the oil temperature. If, for example, the oil gets too hot or the engine gives a capengada, technicians will know what adjustments need to be done. This information will then go straight to the notebooks of the chief engineers that pass commands to the mechanics. Simple? No. Even with all this technology, many problems are slow to be diagnosed. And they never stop getting new data. All amid much, much rush. 

More than a garage 

Cars and pieces share space with supercentral computers and even kitchen 

1. Secret Room 

Telemetry, more than ten high-powered computers receive details of the performance of the cars on the track. Part of the data can proceed to the team headquarters in Europe to be analyzed in real time by even more powerful computers and deciphering the information with greater speed. Desktop computers out of telemetry alone even in the halls of electronics engineers, who take care of these sensitive components of F-1 

2. cooled Gasoline 

Everyone sees on TV superbombas those who inject gasoline in cars in the pit stop. But few people know that in the box there is also a machine to make the car fuel. She sucks the gas cools the fuel and injects it back into the tank at 18 ° C, ideal for maximum energy utilization of the fuel temperature 

3. warm Tires 

When cars are in the box, all four tires are under electric blankets, which raises the temperature of the rubber at 80 ° C. With the heat, the adhesion to asphalt grows, preventing the wheels from turning in false and giving more speed. The pressure and temperature of tires are measured after workouts - information to help you develop better compounds 

4. Fan motor 

After a few laps on the track, the car returns fuming and you need quickly cool the engine, which remains very hot even stopped. Equipment that do this are basically fans armed with dry ice, playing cold air in the radiators of the bolide. A team takes about ten engines for each GP. Sometimes they are removed from cars and analyzed by engineers in an exclusive room SuperaspiradorTubos engine exhaust withdraw the huge amount of dust accumulated in the radiators during training, so that dirt does not affect the cars performance. These fans also suck the gases emitted by the engines inside the box. Thanks to them, the air becomes unbreathable not as a common machine shop 

6. Eye on the small screen 

In training, pilots track the performance of competition from within the car itself. A liquid crystal display - showing the same TV images that you see at home - can be placed anywhere on the box, it is suspended by a swivel bar. No pilots around, the mechanics take control of the small screen 

7. Holders and reservation 

Three cars are in the box: the two owners, and among them the reservation. Eight and three mechanical engineers take care of each F-1. Only holders come to train, but all hits made ​​them go also to reserve, used in case of emergency. If you need to exchange a tip, spoiler, or any other moving part of the chassis, just turn the parts warehouse. 

8. Fast food 

Each box has its own kitchen and dining room, which lie close to the private office of the chief of staff. The masses, because they are easy to carry and prepare, dominate the menu. In the kitchen Renault GP in Brazil, worked two masters-cucas. Already the cafeteria next door, had about 50 seats