Here's The Ridiculous Amount Of Work And Effort That Goes Into One F1 Car Bolt

An F1 car is made up of millions of components, many of which are tiny and not visible to us. Red Bull decided to track the life of a bolt and it’s a brilliantly intricate story of just how much effort goes into getting it on the RB12
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This bolt, more specifically, is for the front suspension and is called RB12-FS-00663-02. All F1 parts have to be named and documented, so the teams know just what’s going on the car, what’s working and what isn’t.

Many of us watch F1 cars flying around race tracks without even thinking of the journey even one component takes from being designed, made and then getting fitted. Red Bull has lifted the lid on the amount of effort it takes to make even a tiny part of a car.

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BusaTurbo

RB12-FS-00663-02 is a long name, why not just call him Fred?

09/30/2016 - 18:12 |
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Anonymous
09/30/2016 - 19:39 |
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Anonymous

this is just the average production process for most things. the bolt from design to finished product most likely costs around 15 bucks. Im sure they mark up the price since its F1 but still

09/30/2016 - 23:34 |
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Anonymous

It could have been made stronger if the thread was rolled instead of cut

10/01/2016 - 09:15 |
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deand

This is so nice. It makes me cry

10/01/2016 - 12:31 |
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Emil Leirud EL.Motorsport

So. Basicly the same as aircraft parts then?

10/01/2016 - 18:38 |
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Anonymous

mind blown

10/01/2016 - 20:17 |
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Anonymous

And then that bolt broke and the car crashed…..

10/02/2016 - 04:03 |
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Hamza Qureshi

Meanwhile Manor uses a 3D printer

10/04/2016 - 14:01 |
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Anonymous
10/16/2016 - 10:33 |
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