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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd then, because I am a petrol head, I started wondering how far the pistons in the engine move in that time \u2013 sad I know but here we go\u2026<\/p>\n
A 2.4lt V8 engine means that each cylinder is 300cc. To achieve 300cc but to minimise the stresses, the stroke of a Formula One engine is approximately 39.7 mm (1.563 in), less than half as long as the bore is wide (98.0 mm). This is called an \u2018over-square\u2019 configuration.<\/p>\n
Ok, stay with me. The current lap record (2002) held by Michael Schumacher, is 1\u201943.726\u2019\u2019 at an average speed of 241,837km\/h.<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s image 44 laps at about this rate\u2013 the race would be won after 4532 seconds, which is a bit under an hour and a half.<\/p>\n
Just for arguments sake, we will assume the engine averages at about 15,000rev\/min during the race, which is 250 revs per second, so in each second a piston in the engine has moved up 39.7mm and down 39.7mm, 250 times. It therefore moves 19850mm or 19.850 metres every second.<\/p>\n
Times this by the 4530 seconds of the race and you get: 89920500mm or 89920.5m or lets call it 90km. If you multiply this by 8 then the pistons in all the cylinders cover a combined distance of about 720 km or 450 miles<\/strong> \u2013 which is more than twice the race distance.<\/p>\n Is the technology of an F1 engine just amazing or what!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok, I was just thinking\u2026 last year I was at the Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps and I remember it being 7,003m and 95cm (call it 7004m) round the track, and I remember it being a 44 lap race. Doing the sums means that the cars travel 308176m or 308.2km \u2013 or about 193 miles. 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