Yeah :thumbup:
Mitäpä olisi F1-kaara ilman ABS-jarrujaan, saati vailla turvatyynyjä? Kuka muistaa milloin adaptiivinen cruise-control ja LCC tulikaan ykkösiin?
Pakko koittaa jotain sanoa kun ei asiasta mitään ymmärrä vai? :yuck:
Transportation of F1 technologies to road cars is common. Luca Colajanni, director-communications of Ferrari refers to his F1 team as "our living R&D department". Increasingly, transportation of F1 technologies is going beyond cars. "There have been many technological and material spillovers from motor racing into more mainstream uses over the years," says Professor Rick Delbridge of Cardiff University, who has researched F1 technologies.
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Take materials. Carbon fibre, for example, is used in wheel chairs and hitech fishing lines. Or, take processes. Delbridge points to the influence of F1 pit-stop crews on the efficient transfer of patients to the intensive care unit. Last month, McLaren signed an agreement with pharma company GlaxoSmithKline to share its capabilities in engineering, technology, analytics and strategy modelling.
This flow of technology is about more than just the top F1 teams flaunting their technological prowess. Today, a search for new revenue streams is a business reality for F1 teams as they have lost two big sponsor constituencies: tobacco and auto. Advertising restrictions started blowing cigarette money away in the late-nineties, while the ongoing 'green' shift and tough business conditions have driven away auto manufacturers.
BUSINESS COMPULSIONS
"All businesses have to grow," says Martin Whitmarsh, CEO of McLaren Racing. Two years back, the AT&T Williams F1 team developed a flywheel energy-storage technology -- an alternative to a chemical battery in hybrid cars -- and used it to power the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid.
Alex Burns, CEO of AT&T Williams, says the flywheel saves fuel, and can be applied to vehicles that stop and start frequently like buses and trams. The team is developing this technology for a metro train. Its Williams Technology Centre, located in Qatar, is dedicated to expanding into the non-F1 world.
Williams has identified three areas where it feels it can capitalise on the reach of F1 and the technology it generates: energy efficiency, road safety and education. "We are developing businesses relevant to each of these themes," says Burns.
In energy efficiency, Williams is working with Jaguar to bring the latter's CX75 concept car to market. "This hybrid super-car will use technology adapted from our F1 cars to offer performance on par with the fastest cars on the market along with incredibly low CO2 emissions," says Burns.
Similarly, in road safety, Williams is adapting its simulator technology to let fleet operators use it to train drivers.
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-25/news/30320319_1_martin-whitmarsh-carbon-fibre-mclaren-f1
http://www.fastcompany.com/1769766/can-simple-flywheel-replace-high-tech-electric-battery
Crash Tests
While their principal aim may be F1 safety, the above tests have also helped improve safety for road users, 3000 of whom die each day across the world. For example, the FIA has an active role in the Euro-NCAP road-car testing programme, while Williams partners Allianz use the global reach of Formula One racing to alert fans to the importance of safety, both on the track and on public roads.
http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/safety/cockpit_and_crash_tests/9504.html
Professor Sid Watkins
Whilst working in Formula One, Watkins also managed to juggle a family life and a separate full-time role as a consultant at the Whitechapel Hospital in London. After 2004, Watkins became a European ambassador for road safety with the FIA, using his extensive expertise to implement improvements to the safety of production road cars and their occupants, eventually retiring from motorsport duties in 2011.
http://www.formula1fancast.com/2012/09/formula-1-blogs/professor-sid-watkins-1928-2012-a-tribute
Jos et tiedä kuka tämä jamppa on ja mikä merkitys herralla on F1:sen ja autoilun turvallisuuteen ollut niin suosittelen perehtymään asiaan.
1994
Ban on electronic driver aids such as active suspension, traction control, launch control, ABS, and (without ever appearing in a race) 4 wheel steering at the beginning of the season.
-Wikipedia-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Formula_One_regulations