what kind of fuel do F1 use in there cars?
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Uh, the question is about F1, not those POS backbreaking crapwagons the IRL calls racing cars. And, please, get a grip on reality. The Honda IRL engine isn't pulling anything near 20,000 rpm; their engines are rev-limited in the 10,500 rpm neighborhood.\n\nF1 cars use unleaded gasoline which must comply with EU standards and cannot contain any additives not found in commercial gasolines for road cars.\n\nChamp Car uses methanol. The IRL has used methanol in the past (and has never used gasoline), but went to a 10% ethanol/90% methanol blend in 2006 and will run 100% ethanol in 2007.
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Yes, and no. F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motor racing and technology. And to achieve this, there are going to have to be some environmental problems. \n\nBut saying that, the FIA have stated this year that they want to make F1 more "green"...\n\n"Max Mosley has predicted a move towards a more environmentally-friendly Formula One in future, as the sport finds itself compelled to adapt in the face of opposition to its wasteful ways.\n\nAddressing the media on the opening day of the British Grand Prix, the FIA president said that he expected the flagship category to adopt a greener outlook, and that he would be aiming to force through several energy-saving initiatives during his latest spell at the head of the governing body, including a new 'fuel-efficient' engine and a system to use braking energy to provide extra horsepower.\n\n"What we wish to do - and, at the moment, it is only an idea rather than a regulation - is to bring into Formula One a technology that two teams were working on in the mid-1990s, but which we prohibited at the time on the grounds of costs and safety, primarily safety," Mosley said, "That was an energy storage device and, at that time, one team was working on, I believe, a hydraulic system and another on an inertia system."
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The cars might look alike but there is a huge difference. On speed, Indy cars are faster but this is more due to the type of track that they race on. You can go flat out better on an oval track than a track with turns and chicanes. And especially now that F1 uses V8s instead of the V10s. On an oval track you make very few gear changes while on a specially designed F1 track as more as 3,000 gear changes. On the design, F1 cars a built with a focus on aerodynamic efficiency. And each car has a specific aero specification for each circuit. The FIA have limited development on very few areas of the car. So that's were geniuses like Adrian Newey and Rory Byrne work their magic. On tracks like Monaco cars use more downforce. In F1, teams have to construct their own chassis while in IRL they are allowed to buy it. F1 is also the riches with Team Mclaren-Mercedes being the highest spender for 2005. An F1, team employs about 500 or more people for engine development, aero and etc. And in terms of popularity, F1 is reportedly the second most watched sporting event next to the World Cup.
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Ethanol fuel is made from sugar cane. Brazil is now using 40% of\nethanol fuel to run their vehicles because Brazil is the  no. 1  producer of sugar cane in the world . Based on their reports, ethanol run cars have 25% more mileage compared to gasoline feed cars? Sugar cane production is less costly in Brazil compared to other countries.
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synthetic gasoline and diesel fuels can be made from coal by a process called gasification (products are carbon monoxide and hydrogen) followed by Fischer-Tropsch reaction in which CO and H2 produce gasoline and diesel fuel.\n\nAlso, fuels for cars are: ethanol (fermentation processes from any sugar source), acetylene (can power engines in 2 times - east german Trabant engine), biodiesel (only for diesel engines) (made from natural oils (new or used) and methanol) \n\nSearch with googgle using key words: biofuel, bioethanol, fischer-tropsch, biodiesel (can be made at home), hydrogen (water electolysis or algae producers)
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I'm not sure that methanol has been seriously proposed as a widely used fuel. Methanol is a poisonous alcohol and chemically different from ethanol, which HAS been proposed as an alternative fuel and is available in many stations in the midwest (and extensively in Brazil). GM makes ethanol cars and trucks now.\n\nMethanol is used on a limited basis to fuel internal combustion engines, mainly by virtue of the fact that it is not nearly as flammable as gasoline. Methanol blends are the fuel of choice in open wheel racing circuits like Champcars, as well as in radio controlled model airplanes (required in the "glow-plug" engines that primarily power them), cars and trucks. Dirt circle track racecars such as Sprint cars, Late Models, and Modifieds use methanol to fuel their engines. Drag racers and mud racers also use methanol as their primary fuel source. Methanol is required with a supercharged engine in a Top Alcohol Dragster and, until the end of the 2005 season, all vehicles in the Indianapolis 500 had to run methanol. Mud racers have mixed methanol with gasoline and nitrous oxide to produce more power than gasoline and nitrous oxide alone.\n\nOne concern with the addition of methanol to automotive fuels is highlighted by recent groundwater impacts from the fuel additive methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Leaking underground gasoline storage tanks created MTBE plumes in groundwater that eventually adulterated well water. Methanol's high solubility in water raises concerns that similar well water contamination could arise from the widespread use of methanol as an automotive fuel.
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It's beginning to look like a repeat (of the driving championship) for Fernando Alonso. The Renault package - chassis, engine and Michelin tires/tyres - is the best on the grid at the moment and Alonso has been on the podium for all seven races so far this season (four wins and three second-place finishes).
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Probably the dodge hemi..I think the truck doubles the top fuels weight. The dragster would probably just smoke the tires. If it was a diesel than for sure the dodge.
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ithink your talking about E85, the 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. there are about 600 pumps nationwide right now, but you can look up more information here http://www.e85fuel.com/index.php
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The role of ethanol in gasoline/petrol is that of improving the "research octane number" and thus giving a more efficient burn. Removing the ethanol from the fuel will give rise to the phenomenom of engine knocking and a very inefficent energy transfer ratio.\nzun_noon answer is correct in that there is no ethanol in gasoline/petrol, but it can be used as a fuel additive.  Ethanol is not essentially beer but is found in beer as ethanol is a pure alcohol and you wouldnt want this in your beer.
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There is a very high level of safety mantained in Formula 1. the cars are built of Carbon compounds which are very strong as compared to other metals. Since Ayrton Senna's death in 1994, FIA has been very strict in mantaining safety measures. The Ralf Schumacher crash in 2004 US Grand prix proved how strong the F1 cars are. They have complete protection against high speed crashes.
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it burns. Gasoline contains various compounds of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). When you add oxygen (O) and burn it, chemical reaction results in water H2O (water vapor) and CO2 (carbon dioxide)
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Tire warmers keep F1 tires at about 80° C (176° F). Tires are surprisinly complex objects - during the race, the optimum operating temperature of the carcass is around 149° C (300° F), while the variation closer to the tread is 120-140° C.
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look at this:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline
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In stock car racing, we've been using 110 octane leaded fuel. Our guys have been buying it in 55 gallon drums for  $248.50, or about $4.50 a gallon, plus shipping to the track. \n\nNASCAR is now moving to an unleaded racing fuel.\n\nDepending on the track, NASCAR stock cars get between 4 and 6 mpg. Yeah, not great, I know. Still, we do have (as one friend put it) an interesting way of turning money into noise.\n\nThe impact racing has on the rest of the world's gas/oil is quite minimal in relation to the needs of the many, it's just higher-profile.
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Not a good question. Power is related to the volume of fuel/air mixture.
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Jet engines are very precisely calibrated and need a higher octane fuel (regular car fuel is about 83-97 octane, the efficiency at which it burns).