From the McLaren Mercedes website...
For the 2007 season (which begins 18 March in Australia) Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes:
- began development of the MP4-22 in mMarch 2006
- began windtunnel development in May 2006
- sends between 95 (flyaway races) and 135 (European races) personnel to each race
- has a race team which is comprised of : race team manager, race team engineer, chief mechanic, software engineer, race strategist, 2 driver engineers, 2 assistant engineers, 2 system engineers, 2 data analysts, 10 mechanics, 2 gearbox mechanics, 2 fabricator/carbon repairmen, engine dress, chief truckie, 2 tyre men, 2 support crew, electrician, security, senior fuel technician, fuels technician, spares coordinator, team coordinator
- used a total of 7 chassis in the 2006 season
- transports approximately 30 tons of freight, (including 3 complete race cars at approx. 600 kilos each) to each race
- takes 3 spare gearboxes to each race (2 built with complete suspension and 1 "loose")
- takes 8 engines to each race -- 1 in each car,2 for Friday practice sessions, and 3 spares
- completed 53,750 kilometers during testing in 2006
- completed 16,349 when racing in 2006 during practice, qualifying, and the race
- generated 100 gigabytes of data during all race meetings, and 300 gigabytes during testing throughout the 2006 season
- was supplied with 236,000 liters of Mobil unleaded fuel for all track and dyno work during the 2006 season
- competes with a car that typically handles 3,000 gear changes during a race. This figures varies from up to 4,000 at Monaco to a low of about 2,000 at Indianapolis.
- competes with a car that is capable of stunning performance:
- was supplied 3,024 tires for the 18 race weekends in 2006 (2,016 dry and 1,008 wet)
- take 160 Enkei wheel rims to each race
- take approx. 7 seconds for a pit stop, with up to 29 crew working on each car, to refuel and change 4 wheels/tires, refueling occurs at 12 liters per second
2 comments:
Sweet Jebus! 185 to zero in 3.5 seconds? That's brickwall fast. How many Gs is the driver pulling when that happens? How big are those rotors and how many calipers each? And what the hell are those tires made of? Superglue?
Atually, the G load is tremndous, and drivers are SEROISLY belted in... check the technical information provided at http://www.formula1.com/race/ for brake/tire/aerodynamic data.
AND, get the SPEED Channel if you can... first 2007 race 18 MARCH, Australia.
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