Australia

Japan

Great Britain

Canada

Belgium

Germany

United States

Monaco

MalaysiaChina

Bahrain

Spain

Hungary

Italy

Singapore

Korea

India

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U.A.E.

Fastest recorded pit stop*

The cost of shaving one-tenth of a second from a single lap time exceeds

+ 20 people

= new tires + gas

seconds 2

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4km/h (220 mph)

rpm

top speed

over

Typically, a Formula One team uses over

of fuel for testing and racing and up toslightly different blends tuned for different circuits and even weather conditions.

3

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World Championship spans

which send enough information to fill several telephone books by the end of a two-hour race

via a radio aerial fitted to the car. First introduced in the late 1980s, telemetry in F1 is used to transmit

streams of live data from the car to the pit.

A modern F1 car is equipped with about

sensors

6

Each team competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship

travels on the order of

5a year between races

and test sessions.

km (100,000 miles)

around the globeor

200

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ings introduced. KERS (kinetic energy recovery system

) introduced; it stores some of the energy used during breaking.

car within 5 seconds. 1989 Semi-Automatic sequential gearboxes. Turbochargers banned. Paddle-shift gearboxes. 1994 Active suspension banned. 2008 Traction control banned.

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Circuit of the AmericasAustin, Texas

7,8is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S.

Race Length: 308.896 km

Elevation Change: ft

Circuit Length: 5.516 km

Inaugural Race: 2012

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most laps

Race Length:1 m 13.532

Inaugural Race:

Fastest Lap:260.52 km192911

Monaco Grand PrixMonte Carlo, Monaco

shortest circuit

km

seconds is the maximumtime at full throttle.

lateral acceleration (turning)

Estimated Cost: $300M12

Space Shuttle launch

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13

gear changes per lap (race = 4836)14

5

160,000

full throttle per lap