Wear protection during the F1 season

Yes, we know that Formula One (F1) is more than just about fast cars. It's also a place where you can see some of the most beautiful hosts, grid girls and even waitresses in the country. But that is not what we are referring to when we said you needed protection. Rather, it's the incredible amount of noise an F1 car makes when it races around a track. In fact, unless you are lucky enough to enter the enclosed paddocks club area, sitting in the grandstands without any hearing protection can easily give one tinnitus. Here are three common devices to ensure that you have enough hearing left to lose it during the after-race concerts.
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Using your iPhone to track the F1

Unless you are one of the lucky few invited to the Formula One Paddock Club, being in the grandstands at the F1 race isn't all that it's cracked up to be. You only get to see a small section of the track and keeping up-to-date with the latest happenings can be difficult especially if your seating position is poor.
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F1's KERS system to be used on mainstream vehicles?

Recently, British company Zytek Automotive Technology was revealed as the driving force behind the KERS power boost system used in McLaren-Mercedes' Formula 1 cars. In a rather cruel juxtaposition, the same company has been gaining experience in the consumer market, providing drivetrains for the ever-so-slightly more sedate Smart fortwo Electric Drive. We laughed, then posed this question: Is Zytek working on an F1-style power boost system for everyday road cars?

Zytec is being tight-lipped on the subject, but its spokesman, Richard Gotch, has hinted that roadgoing KERS is not only viable, but also a definite possibility at some point "in the future". He also believes that while the system might seem best-suited to high performance uber-cars, it's ordinary motors that will gain the most.
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Legendary F1 photographer in town to capture speed demons

Race photographer Paul Henri Cahier has been capturing the drama of F1 Grand Prix since he was a teenager, and his memory of those days was: "The word 'security' hasn't been invented yet." Back then, he and his late father, Bernard Cahier, worked as a team and roamed the tracks to snap some of the most memorable shots of the high octane competition. Nowadays, photographers are allowed access only certain areas. But that's not stopping the spritely 56-year old from chasing the action with his lens.

Cahier is very excited about the first F1 night race that will rev off in a few days. Being the inaugural race to be held after sunset, the photographer is hoping to take plenty of interesting shots that would not be possible in a day race. With the weather station forecasting a 50 percent chance of rain during the competition, Cahier is expecting his job to be even more challenging.
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Toyota simulation tries to keep you in one piece

In high-speed crashes that is. Having made a fool of ourselves last Friday crashing at every turn in the SingTel F1 simulator race, it gave us great consolation that somebody else was also being a klutz behind the wheels.

According to Fareastgizmos, Toyota has developed a computer simulation dubbed Total Human Model Safety (THUMS), which recreates high-speed accidents in order to examine the impact it has on human physiology.

Driving a F1 car is unlike a conventional sedan. The seat is lower than usual and the driver is in a leaning back posture with legs stretched out at an angle to reach the pedals. For first-timers, this somewhat awkward position takes getting used to, and it doesn't help that your vision is limited to only what is immediately ahead. There are also other things to consider such as the G-force when traveling at speeds in excess of 300km and the immense stress on the driver's spine during rear-impact collisions.

Of course, no one in the right mind would wish for accidents to happen, thus the simulations to help prevent, or minimize, nasty scenarios. If all this talk sounds alien to you, that's because you are not an F1 driver. But you can still pretend to be one. Just sign up for the free F1 simulator ride making its rounds in Singapore right now.

Credit: Fareastgizmos

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