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
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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In 1994, a young and already very talented German F1 driver told his team that the car was not behaving right. He wasn’t sure what it was, but something was off. The mechanics looked the car over and could find nothing, yet the driver insisted. He was given a different chassis that weekend. After the car was completely dissembled later by the mechanics, they found one of the bolts that held the powertrain to the monocoque had lost its bite and was causing the car to flex ever so minutely on the track!
and then, it snaps as you install it.
but seruously,there’s no way they’re putting THIS much effort into every single bolt they’re doing.