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In Formula One, each car is numbered. Since the inaugural Formula One World Championship in 1950, several numbering systems have been used. This list covers the numbers used by drivers since the start of the 2014 Formula One season, when drivers have been allowed to choose a number that they would carry throughout their career. [1]
Ahead of the 1994 season, the FIA banned electronic driver aids such as active suspension and traction control. [12] [13] The speed of the change (the FIA was so eager to implement the ban that it initially suggested imposing the ban in the middle of the 1993 season [13]) was criticised by several drivers, who believed that it would lead to unsafe design flaws in the 1994 cars.
BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Singapore Grand Prix.
An active suspension is a type of automotive suspension that uses an onboard control system to control the vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels and axles relative to the chassis or vehicle frame, rather than the conventional passive suspension that relies solely on large springs to maintain static support and dampen the vertical wheel movements caused by the road surface.
Williams had debuted their own version of the computer controlled "active suspension" on the FW11 at the 1987 Italian Grand Prix, with Nelson Piquet taking victory in the system's debut (it was called "Williams Reactive Ride" by the team as Lotus had the copyright on the "Active Suspension" name in F1). Williams made revisions to the system in ...
The 92 was used by Lotus in the first part of the 1983 Formula One season. The car was driven regularly by Nigel Mansell and also in one race (the 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix ) by Elio de Angelis . Engine problems on the warmup lap for de Angelis' Renault turbo -engined Lotus 93T forced him into the spare 92, which eventually led to his ...
Formula 1 failed to apologise or issue refunds to fans despite the fact they witnessed just eight minutes of cars on track before being told to leave on a farcical opening day in Las Vegas.
In order to combat the spiraling costs of running a Formula One team, and to counteract criticism that over-reliance on technology was reducing the drivers to a secondary role, sweeping rule changes were introduced for 1994, most notably a ban on all electronic "driver aids", [11] [12] such as: Active suspension; Anti-lock brakes; Traction control