Formula One

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Well, the 2002 grand Prix came with a GM type 4T65E 4 speed transmission. It had electronically controlled shifting with overdrive. If you are having transmission problems or are interested in doing a replacement or repair your self talk to a local auto parts store and they can guide you on parts, tools and other items you need to replace or repair this type of transmission

A formula one car is made of carbon fibre and light weight materials that are strong as well as light in order to not affect the car's performance. A car contains a chassis and other parts made of carbon fiber, tires made of high quality rubber, brakes made of carbon fiber, rear view mirrors, engines made of light weight aluminum alloys etc

Englishman Justin Wilson joined Minardi in 2003 and became the tallest driver in F1 at six foot three. Australian driver Mark Webber (team Jaguar, now Red Bull) is six foot one. David Coulthard and Jenson Button are both six feet. Test driver Jirko Malcharek is also six foot three. The average driver is around Five eight or nine. == ==

He has a 2012 Ford F-250Also has a Chevy Suburban and a Tahoe.

The top 8 classified drivers score points.

They get:

10 points for 1st

8 points for 2nd

6 points for 3rd

5 points for 4th

4 points for 5th

3 points for 6th

2 points for 7th

1 point for 8th.

All other drivers score 0.

The Drivers for the Williams F1 team in the year 2010 were:

Race Drivers: Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg

Test Driver: Valtteri Bottas

The Drivers for the Williams F1 team for this year 2011 are:

Race Driver: Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado

Test Driver: Valtteri Bottas

The name of Lewis Hamilton's dad is Anthony Hamilton and his mothers name is Carmen Larbalestier (currently Carmen Lockhart)

His parents are separated and currently Lewis stays with his dad and step mother.

today sunday, 14th september, Sebastian Vettel became the youngest winner of a f1 grand prix race at the age of just 21.

For a decade F1 cars had run with 3.0 litre naturally-aspirated V10 engines, but in an attempt to slow the cars down, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) mandated that as of the 2006 season, the cars must be powered by 2.4 litre naturally-aspirated engines in the V8 engine configuration that have no more than four valves per cylinder. Further technical restrictions such as a ban on variable intake trumpets have also been introduced with the new 2.4 L V8 formula to prevent the teams from achieving higher rpm and horsepower too quickly. As of the start of the 2009 season all engines are now limited to 18,000 rpm in an effort to improve engine reliability and to cut costs down in general.

Once the teams started using exotic alloys in the late 1990s, the FIA banned the use of exotic materials in engine construction, and only aluminum and iron alloys were allowed for the pistons, cylinders, connecting rods, and crankshafts. Nevertheless through engineering on the limit and the use of such devices as pneumatic valves, modern F1 engines have revved up to over 18,000 rpm since approximately the 2000 season. Almost each year the FIA has enforced material and design restrictions to limit power, otherwise the 3.0L V10 engines would easily have exceeded 22,000 rpm and well over 1,000 hp (745 kW) . Even with the restrictions the V10s in the 2005 season were reputed to develop 960 hp (715 kW) . The new 2.4L V8 engines are reported to develop between 700 hp (520 kW) and 780 hp (582 kW).

The lesser funded teams (the former Minardi team spends less than 50 million, while Ferrari spent hundreds of millions of pounds a year developing their car) had the option of keeping the current V10 for another season, but with a rev limiter to keep them from being competitive with the most powerful V8 engines. The only team to take this option was the Toro Rosso team, which was the reformed and regrouped Minardi.

The engines produce over 100,000 BTU per minute (1,750 kW) of heat that must be dumped, usually to the atmosphere via radiators and the exhaust, which can reach temperatures over 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit). They consume around 650 liters (23 ft³) of air per second . Race fuel consumption rate is normally around 75 liters per 100 kilometers traveled (3.1 US mpg - 3.8 UK mpg - 1.3 km/l). Nonetheless a Formula One engine is over 20% more efficient at turning fuel into power than most small commuter cars, considering their craftsmanship.

All cars have the engine located between the driver and the rear axle. The engines are a stressed member in most cars, meaning that the engine is part of the structural support framework; being bolted to the cockpit at the front end, and transmission and rear suspension at the back end.

Lewis Hamilton drives for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. He made his debut with the team in the year 2007 Australian GP and has been a part of the team ever since. He has a total of 38 races starts to his credit out of which he has won 9 and has been on the podium 22 times. Also he is the defending world drivers champion. He won it in the year 2008 after the last round in Brazil.

The most famous would most likely be multiple world champion Alain Prost.

NASCAR tires look completely bald, but that's not because they are worn out. It is by design. On a dry track, tires can generate more traction if more of their sticky rubber is in contact with the ground. Putting a tread pattern on the tire helps in wet weather, but in dry weather it is better to have the whole tire touching the ground. That's why NASCAR races stop whenever the track is wet.

Link: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/nascar5.htm On the road courses at Sonoma and Watkins Glen, each team has at least one set of rain tires. You wouldn't kill yourself if you ran in the rain on a road course (you probably would if you did it on an oval), so the protocol for rain is to throw the yellow, get everyone in and change to rain tires. I'm not sure if they ever have done it, but they can.

The 2007 European Grand Prix race was held at the Nurburgring race track in Germany. The race was won by Fernando Alonso for McLaren and Felipe Massa for Ferrari finished 2nd. Mark Webber for the Red Bull team finished 3rd.

Michael was on pole 68 times during his 308 race career. He is the record holder in the category.

Grand Prix cars and the cutting edge technology that constitute them produce an unprecedented combination of outright speed and quickness for the drivers. Every F1 car on the grid is capable of going from 0 to 160 km/h (100 mph) and back to 0 in less than five seconds. Below is how fast a F1 car can reach 300 Kmph. 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph): 1.7 seconds 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph): 3.8 seconds 0 to 300 km/h (186 mph): 8.6 seconds

Monza, the site of Autodromo Nazionale Monza where the Italian Grand Prix is annually held.

Sir Jackie Stewart was born on June 11, 1939.

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Rubens Barrichello is 39 years old (birthdate: May 23, 1972).

Electrical power is measured in watts. The formulas for power dissipated by a resistor are:

* P = V × I * P = V² / R

* P = I² × R P is power, V is voltage, I is current, R is resistance.

on the 3rd of January, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany.

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher

Ayrton Senna died on May 1, 1994 at the age of 34.

the last i heard was he was dating drew sidora in 2007