Formula 1 cars have around 800bhp but only weigh 640kgs including the driver. That means they have similar power to a Bugatt . It costs around £20,000 alone and has a multitude of buttons to control absolutely everything. This season the drivers have a new button which, when pressed, will help them to overtake the car in front – as long as they’re no more than a second behind it.While aeroplanes use their wings to lift them into the air, F1 cars use theirs to create downforce – the force that pushes them onto the track and helps them corner faster and have more grip When drivers brake for the first corner they go from 200mph down to 60mph in just over two seconds.some drivers have said that this force is so great that their tear ducts squirt water into their visors. heat up to around 1,200 degrees C – typically the average temperature of molten lava.Even after a race has been completed, a car’s tyres will be about 120 degrees C – hot enough to cook an egg .
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