On the night of Double Twelve, fireworks far away in Abu Dhabi are destined to bloom for one person. Is it to witness the great achievements of the "Eight Crowns", or to break the "monopoly" to welcome the first crown of the Netherlands? A non-complicated multiple-choice question, with the historic same entry, always "routine" closing battle in Abu Dhabi, after five red lights went out for an hour and a half, became a miracle comparable to "Night in Istanbul". The Dutch flag waving at the "final" venue of one of the world's three major sporting events is not the "uncrowned King" World Cup, but the F1 of the "world's highest level of racing". Verstappen's "big fall" can't help but sigh again, only the story needs logic, reality does not need.
On the other hand, Hamilton, who passed conservatively in qualifying, clearly gambled on the main game. The starting "pick-up wallet" may have come earlier than the expected undercut, but this "hidden danger" of "not being able" to solve the problem with round-to-wheel, under the "coincidence" that Maupassant could not write, "detonated" all the efforts of the 23rd leg of the season in the last lap. Perez's "man-made", Latifi's "providence"? This is an unfinished account. The "bumper car" of the British station, the "bowling ball" of Hungary, it is a bowl of uneven water. With a "must" and "at least" one lap, Hamilton watched verstappen become the Dutchman flying on the track. Hamilton, who was "calculated", like countless classic "controversies" on the football field, reflected the greatness of this tournament. It turns out that the classics and influences of F1 have never gone away.
F1 does not want to "create gods", but "gods" also have to use the power of electricity
With Schumacher's retirement and the "magic change" of F1 rules, the event has been "criticized" for the second decade of the 21st century. With declining ratings and no suspenseful results, Red Bull Racing's "four-game winning streak" brought an era to an end. In 2014, F1 officially entered the "hybrid era". This "controversial" overhaul has pulled F1 into the "small displacement" era of the 1.6T V6. Lower red line speeds, turbocharging, and the addition of kinetic energy recovery, in the era when talking about turbines are "deviant", have become the operations that many fans "can't understand". But what F1 has to do is actually to reduce the energy consumption of the engine and increase the proportion of electrification.
Today, the line of incomparable struggle was at that time "against the decision of the ancestors." At a time when everyone is always talking about how much good technology F1 has provided for civilian cars, few people have seen that the structure of F1 cars is actually "not complicated". There is no body stabilization system, not even ABS. Some are adjustable front and rear brake ratios, as well as adjustable rear-wing DRSs and so on. Not to mention how much inspiration this extremely mechanical, reliable and accurate technology can bring to civilian vehicles. In the cult F1 era, racing cars must ensure extreme reliability and rapid response at high intensity and high speed, and have become high-speed machines.
After entering the hybrid era, F1 cars have a more "modern car" look. MGU-H thermal energy recovery, MGU-K kinetic energy recovery, power mode (engine and motor output adjustment) and other functions, now look at whether there is a sense of déjà vu. Warm bead charging, flying circle discharge, this is already a well-known tactic for passers-by. While fans are still refueling in nostalgia races, the use of electric energy has become a key factor in determining the success of overtaking.
F1 is the pinnacle of the automotive industry and competitive sports, which boils down to the cult of mechanical structures, but instead deviates from the original intention and falls into a narrow category. For example, the kinetic energy recovery system that is now "rotten street", which was early in the primary form of F1 KERS, actually has the mechanical flywheel recovery form and the battery + motor kinetic energy recovery form. Now can you imagine adding a "gearbox" system to a civilian car and using a mechanical flywheel to recover kinetic energy? The use of electric energy is another exploration of F1's pursuit of speed. It's just that the Mercedes-Benz team seized the lead and almost "occupied" the honor of this era and became a "god car" in the paddock. It can also be said that this sharp "silver sword" will use the power of electricity.
F1 technology is never separated from civilian use
The kinetic energy recovery system mentioned earlier is a classic case of F1 technology decentralization of civilian vehicles in recent years. In the early days of the automotive industry, when it was still accumulating in the mechanical field, such as VTEC engines, turbocharged engines, active suspension systems, aerodynamics, four-wheel steering, ventilated disc brakes, etc., were all technical extensions of the contribution of the F1 field. There are even small details such as paddle shifters and multi-function steering wheels, which make the driving of civilian cars faster, more efficient and more fun.
With the evolution of mechanical structure, F1's contribution to civilian vehicles is bound to emerge more in the field of electronic electrification. For example, in the F1 competition in the hybrid era, you can already see a very mature BMS battery management system, heat + kinetic energy recovery system, vehicle ECU system (turbine speed, power mode), vehicle TCU system (shift, clutch control, differential lock lock ratio control), as well as driving operation, race management, data transmission and other plate system control and so on. And these permissions are responsible for fia, fleet, live signal, driver, etc. Compared with the complexity and reliability of civilian cars, F1 racing cars can give more complex calculations and stable output technical guidance.
For the majority of car fans, you can also recall whether the current broadcast lens picture is richer. Multi-angle camera, clearer picture, as well as tire wear status, two car data comparison and so on. I can't forget the inside of the car where Verstappen "sealed the gods" on yesterday's broadcast. The shaking perspective seems to be in the middle of a racing car, unconsciously holding your breath. And the monitoring of the tires can't help but recall the past era of refueling in the race. At that time, the broadcast could only estimate how much fuel was added based on the speed of refueling. In our current civilian vehicles, tire pressure monitoring is finally no longer a luxury.
With another major overhaul of the 2014 F1 rules, the 2022 F1 race will also make a "major overhaul" of the current rules and will further weaken the mechanical performance in F1 cars. For example, the more concise front nose wing, tail wing, as well as the removal of the broken air plate, and the more standardized DRS and so on. This will "correct" the "enchanted" state of the F1 car in terms of aerodynamics for many years, reduce the pressure in the following state, and make the speed use more pure. At the same time, the 18-inch tire is also closer to the standard of civilian cars. Finally, the new rules will also "freeze" the existing fuel-powered unit development process. And the second generation of biofuels (E10 fuels) will be introduced. F1 even plans to use 100% biofuels as energy in the future.
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It can be seen that the F1 events under the new regulations will not only be limited to technological innovation in the field of electrification, but will extend their tentacles to all fields in the new era. In the future, we are bound to see many technologies and concepts derived from F1 that are quoted in our civilian vehicles. In the case of the crazy "whole life" of the next door brother event FE, perhaps the development path of F1 will also be tortuous, but it will certainly not fall. This double meeting between Verstappen and Hamilton only moved the "dark war" of the F1 transformation and precipitation period in these years to the front of the stage.