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In order to direct airflow, they also have aerodynamic appendages. The front and rear wings are highly sculpted and fine tuned along with the rest of the body. The wings are fixed rigidly to the chassis. The design of the wings is a major determining factor for the carsвЂ™ performance. Aerodynamics also focuses on the cornering forces, so as to reduce turbulence which slows down the car, while also ensuring that the inherent downforce created helps the car take the corner as fast as possible. For this reason, every single surface of the car has its aerodynamic effect considered. The cars aim for developing aerodynamic principle which would create the maximum amount of downforce for the minimum amount of drag. These ratios will be used on all tracks and can be changed once during the season.ДЄ graphical model of the air flow around an F1 car The gearbox is fitted onto the back of the engine, and is constructed from carbon titanium to minimise heat dissipation.В Prior to 2014, the gearboxes were 7-speed semi-automatic transmissions but from the 2014 season onwards,В 8-speed semi-automatic transmissions are used with teams having to set the ratios for all eight gears which cannot be changed to suit the needs of specific tracks.

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The transmission is semi-automatic, and not fully automatic, in order to keep driver skill an essential factor in controlling the car.

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From the 2014 season, the cars have been limited to a fuel flow rate of 100 kg/hour above 10,500 RPM to improve fuel efficiency and limit the use of the full potential of the turbo engines. In order to increase performance, blends of (at least 50 different) high-density fuels heavier than water are used. The Red Bull is 6.7 km/h slower than the AlphaTauri with the same engine, probably due to more downforce, more fuel and later DRS activation, and Williams is the fastest car with a Mercedes engine as expected as they certainly have less downforce than the Aston Martin and Mercedes.ДЄlpine is the only team to use RenaultвЂ™s E-Tech 20B power units, and the slower than them were only McLaren, Aston Martin and Mercedes using Mercedes F1 M12 E Performance power units.Though the fuel used is similar to the ordinary petrol, it is not the typical unleaded gasoline. In its fastest lap on the last day, Tsunoda achieved the highest top speed in the pre-season tests (322.7 km/h), but they almost certainly had less fuel than their sister team Red Bull with the already mentioned earlier use of DRS, which will not be allowed in the first race of the season.ДЇerrariвЂ™s progress is also impressive, as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Haas are in second, third and fifth place, and three cars with FerrariвЂ™s engine have their top speed within 2.2 km/h. Yuki Tsunoda surprised on the last day of testing with the second fastest time for AlphaTauri Honda, but later it turned out that in the fastest lap he opened the DRS on his AT02 much earlier thus gaining a few kilometers per hour of speed on the main straight.

Top speed is affected by many factors that are not easy to identify in tests such as fuel quantity, engine mode, downforce levels and moment of DRS opening as its use in tests is not limited to DRS zones. Last year, Ferrari struggled with straight line speed, both due to the lack of power of its power unit and the car that provided too much air resistance in an effort to create as much downforce as possible.ДЇerrari F1 team principal Mattia Binotto confirmed that FerrariвЂ™s speed on the straights is no longer a weakness, and top speed data of Ferrari and their clients Alfa Romeo and Haas support the theory that Ferrari managed to find plenty of power from the new 065/6 powertrain. The top speeds on the Bahrain International Circuit are achieved towards the end of the start and finish line, and although testing is not always the most accurate indicator of the form and speed of an individual team, they still give the first insight into where each team stands.

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