Sunday, January 4, 2009

F1

Last year, Singapore made history made history again! One of the recent events that made Singapore more popular was last year's F1 Night Race. F1 is a set of technical regulations for single seater racing cars which is published annually by the FIA. F1 started in 1894,the year of the first motor race in history, from Paris to Rouen to 1900. The existing vehicles were simply raced. A differentiation was made between the cars on the basis of their method of propulsion (petrol or steam), and their number of seats. At the time, cars always had at least two seats, and it was not until the end of the 1920s that single-seater cars were used. The invention of the rear-view mirror made an important contribution to this development, since one of the mechanic's tasks was to warn the driver that someone was trying to overtake him. From 1907 to 1939, almost every possible formula was tried. Minimum weight, maximum weight, consumption and bore were each restricted in their turn, but the formula most frequently used, even after 1939, was to limit the cylinder capacity of the engines. This restriction was first introduced in 1914. I think Singapore deserves to host more F1 races as it boosts Singapore's economy and F1 fans in Singapore can enjoy F1 locally. I sort of like F1 as when you watch the cars race, you will feel the pleasure of speeding.

Posted by Alina Tan at Sunday, January 04, 2009