Formula 1®
Video: Off We Go into a New Formula 1 Era
Formula 1® is hitting the gas again as the battle for the title enters both a new year and a new era. After 30 years in F1, DHL delivers the key rule changes in this exciting video, taking you behind the scenes to talk with drivers, engineers and principals. Join us as the excitement grows for the season opener in the Melbourne this weekend.
The 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship® brings the most radical technical changes in the sport’s history, says Franz Toost, Team Principal Scuderia Toro Rosso. “It’s the biggest change in Formula 1 regulations since Formula 1 exists.”
“If you drive it the way you drove it the last year in the race, for example, you won’t see the checkered flag.” (Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel)
“You have to adapt, it’s a new car and it will feel differently,” says four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel. “If you drive it the way you drove it the last year in the race, for example, you won’t see the checkered flag. That’s very simple to understand.”
It’s not only simple, the difference is plain to see in the diverse car designs, which feature a chassis that has been reduced for safety reasons. The front of the nose now has to be 315 mm lower. Aerodynamically the cars have been completely redesigned – teams have been working as much as two years in simulation and in simulators to master the design.
The completely new power unit has meant a huge learning curve for everyone and set the basis for all design targets. It’s “a turbocharged 1.6-liter V6 internal combustion engine with two electrical machines [for energy recovery from exhaust gas and during braking],” says Rob White, Renault Sport F1 Sporting Director. ERS for short, the system provides a 160 hp extra boost for more than 30 seconds.
“It feels like the most powerful engine I’ve driven.” (McLaren driver Jenson Button)
Over the season, each driver now has just five engines available.
“It feels like the most powerful engine I’ve driven,” says Team McLaren driver Jenson Button. “That is because there is so much torque low down.”
Efficient driving and racing will be the name of the game this year. Drivers will have to contest the full race distance with just 100 kg of fuel.
“We’ll certainly have to drive the races differently,” says Sauber F1 driver Adrian Sutil. “Will no longer be able to take every lap at the limit or we’d be out of fuel by the end.”
Want more insights into the new season? Then don’t miss our interview with DHL’s F1 Expert and former F1 driver Christian Danner, who tells us that this season is going to be “awfully fun to watch” and that we are “in for some surprises.”
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