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F 1 (Formula 1) racing cars are designed with the most fascinating, exotic and advanced engineering technology. Designing and developing an F1 car is no less than creating an exclusive art piece.

F1 cars require high speed, acceleration, and performance. To ensure these factors, the designer has to put in the best of components, engines, and body material. Engineers use stiff and strong materials to construct engine components, body, and chassis, thereby improving performance. Aluminium and iron alloys are used for making engine components and carbon fibers for making the body. These reduce the weight of the car and improve acceleration.

A Formula 1 car also has good aerodynamics to generate a downforce that helps the car to stay stable on roads at high speed. Even other features like disc brakes, advanced tyre technology, turbo-charger, and refined valve trains help to improve the performance on tracks.

The present day F1 cars have much in store but the new regulations and new season is expected to come up with some revolutionary changes in these cars to improve racing.

The first thing that the car designers and engineers plan is to lower the downforce. This can simply be done by increasing the overtaking power of the car by remolding the shape of the body. Lower and wider front wings coupled with narrower and higher rear wings drastically helps to reduce the downforce levels of the car.

The second modification done is on the slick tyres, tyres with no tread pattern. These tyres help to maximize traction by providing larger contact patch with the racetrack. Earlier a specific tread pattern was introduced for racing cars to ensure the safety of the car drivers but now, the entry of slick tyres have become essential to improve car performance and acceleration on tracks. These tyres have no grooves and cuts in between, thereby boosting driver’s confidence and increasing the car speed on a racing circuit. This also helps to achieve maximum grip in dry conditions.