What is the minimum speed of the safety car in Formula 1 when there is an safety car on the track?
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65mph is the minimum but there is no maximum
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The force required to overcome air resistance varies with the SQUARE of velocity. Therefore, the faster a vehicle travels, the more important aerodynamics become. This is why a vehicle with twice the torque and horsepower of an otherwise identical one may still only achieve a top speed which is a few mph (or kph) faster.\n\nOvercoming air resistance is paramount to a F1 team. At speed, their vehicle's cross-section (the profile it presents to the wind) and coefficient of friction (how "slippery" the design is) become the limiting factors of velocity.\n\nRace cars must also be designed to provide some amount of downforce, which helps to keep the tires firmly attached to the pavement during acceleration, deceleration, and turning. Finding the winning balance between these factors is a great deal of what separates good teams from the rest of the field.\n\nExcellent question!\n\nEDIT -\nMatthew G ... they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but one man's imitation is another's plagiarism. Please don't misrepresent my words as your own.
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Let's stick to street legal cars with true factory omologation (project cars are something else and more complicated to list and compare):\n\n1) Bugatti Veyron -        253 mph\n2) Saleen S7 -               240-260 mph (according to versions)\n3) Koenigsegg CCR -   242 mph\n4) McLaren F1 -            231 mph\n5) Ferrar FXX  -             217 mph\n\nData from factory press releases.\n\nHowever, you would have to consider the ratio between pure speed and downforce. With that in mind, the two most complete cars for handling in a track at the highest speed are the two F1 derived cars: The Ferrari FXX, and the McLaren F1.
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Need For Speed Underground (Car racing)
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assuming no one else jumps out of the car (at over 100mph!!!) then you work it out in two parts like this:\n\ntime = distance/velocity\n\ni) t1 = 10miles/105mph = 0.095hours\n\nii) t2 = 40miles/130mph = 0.307hours\n\nadd t1 and t2 for total time = 0.095 + 0.307 = 0.4hours = 24 minutes. (60mins/10 and then *4)
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There is no oval kit available for a Formula One car, so it wouldn't handle well at all on an oval track, although it does handle one corner and a good part of the front straight at Indianapolis. Even with the handicap of big front and rear wings (compared to an IRL car), an F1 car would easily outdistance anything from NASCAR on an oval.\nIf you want a real comparison between an open-wheel car and a NASCAR vehicle, you only have to look at the times for the Indianapolis 500 (IRL) vs the Brickyard 400 (NASCAR). In qualifying, an IRL car is approximately 40 mph faster. I believe the IRL cars are also significantly faster at Michigan International Speedway.
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Zero mph.  You STOP when you hit the ground.
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No..... 'cos motor racing is inherently dangerous no matter what track you race on.... a few of the drivers were concerned about this weekends' British Grand Prix because one or two of the corner (such as Copse) can be taken flat-out thanks to the new engine rules.......... but Villeneuve, when I ready about it on ITV-F1.com said about it " “Maybe they should stop driving F1,” he told reporters on Thursday.\n\n“We just raced in Monaco, no one complained and it was great.\n\n“There is a small amount of risk but it is tiny. In the past there used to be 100 corners in a season with that amount of risk, and 50 with more risk than that – and now there’s just three during the whole season.\n\n“It’s no big deal, just lift – you don’t have to go flat.” "
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Formula 1. The ultimate test of man and machine.
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It's 220mph, near enough, so you're looking at perhaps a bullet, or a jet. It might be worth dropping it to 49 m/s (110mph) or even 24.5 m/s (55mph) to bring it within the range of a sports car or ordinary motor.
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You have mass of car = 1500 kg.\nand speed = V = 25 meters per second.\n\nYou will recall the equation \nE = (1/2) * m * v^2\n\nKinetic Energy = 0.5 * mass * speed *speed.\n\nPunch these numbers into your calculator and you will get a numerical answer with units kilogram meters meters per second per second.\n\n\nThis is the kinetic energy of the car, which is removed by the brakes.\n\nI'm not going to do all your homework for you.  Just the first part to get you rolling.\nHave a great day.
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Formula 1 (Michael Schumacher etc.)\n\nEach Grand Prix is done over a race weekend, this year you can use however many sets of tyres you like, but one engine has to last you two weekends.  Penaltys are given for any blown engines etc.\n\nFriday is Practise\nSaturday is Qualifying\nSunday is the Race\n\nIn practise the cars can do as many laps as they like, with whatever fuel or tyres they like to get used to the track etc.\n\nQualifying rules seem to change each year, basically there is a time window on the Saturday for the cars to go out and put in the fastest lap they can.  The faster the lap the higher up the grid they go, ideally getting first place(Pole Position). \n\nOn the Sunday, after the warm-up lap (to get tyres and engines up to temperature) the race starts after all the red lights have lit up and gone out (there is no flag to start the race).  Cars can pit whenever they like, for tyres, fuel etc. The race is over when the total number of laps are completed by the lead car, this when the chequered flag is waved.\n\nRed flags on the track means stop the race (major accident)\nYellow flags mean caution / slow down (minor accident)\nBlack flags mean disqualification\nBlue flags mean a car that is lapping you needs to overtake.\n\nThis is basically it, but someone else can correct or add to this.
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The race track called for different aerodynamics.
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motorsport racing is much safer than most people realize.. the cars are all checked to ensure they meet all the required safety rules.. sit back and enjoy the race.. it is very addictive.. you may find yourself behind the wheel someday
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One lap of a STANDARD track is 400meters. Only the inside lane is 400meters...and rest are slightly longer.
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You'll find it at this website:\nhttp://www.champcarworldseries.com/Tech/ChampCar_Specs.asp
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Well it really depends what kind of event you are talking about. The average speed for the Nextel Cup event this past weekend was 102.707 mph. The average speed for the Busch event was 92.25 mph. Of course qualifying speeds will always be higher because there is no traffic and more controled conditions. Also Indy cars and nascar trucks may have different average speeds. I would think though the fastest a race car could do would be about 133 to 135 at the track!