Interesting motive behind the F1 car's rear light

 Ultimately, Formula One cars are a magnificent development in the automobile industry around the world. F1 cars include many refining technologies and advancements and have the most powerful engine that sounds warmer than the other. Also, this F1 race proves the quality of the manufacturers and their involvement. With many auxiliaries and additionals, the performance of the F1 car has improving year by year. As per the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobil (FIA) regulation passed in 2014, Formula One cars shifted to a 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged hybrid engine from the 2.4-liter naturally-aspirated V8 engine, which combines with a simple hybrid system. This engine can generate higher power at the rotational speed of 15,000 rpm.

Ok. Apart from Engine advancements. Will, you notice a red light at the rear side in F1 cars? and

Will you think about that why the light blink sometimes and glows sometimes?

There is a logic behind the red light. During wet conditions, the rain makes a driver feel uncomfortable due to continuous droplets fall on their view. So the driver turns on the red light to glow continuously to show a car moving in the front. It helps the driver, who comes behind, that there is a car in the front. It acts as a protector and has used mainly for safety considerations. The driver, who is leading in the first, and the other drivers have guided the route by the team management using radio communication.

While in dry conditions, you may notice that the light blinks sometimes. At that time, the car gets slower than the usual speed. The light blinks indicate that the driver harvests the power through Energy Recovery System (ERS) with MGU-K (Motor Generator Unit - Kinetic Energy) and MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit - Heat Energy). Generally, if the driver wish to recover energy while cornering, the car gets slow down with light blinks, that moment, MGU-K harvests the kinetic energy from the wheels in the form of electricity and store it in the Energy Store (i.e.,) battery.

And MGU-H is another unit placed between the turbine and compressor of the turbocharger, collects power (electricity) continuously while the turbine is spinning, and store it in the Energy Store. Both recovered energy can deploy by the drivers while overtaking and to increase the speed after cornering. With this power, the car gets extra power up to 160bhp over 33 seconds for each lap.

 

Also, if any issues in the car or cockpits, the driver blinks the light to slow down so the cars behind can aware and can go further.

 

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