what is the term CHICANE IN FORMULA 1?

Answer 1

read about it here

Answer 2

Contrary to the answer from "vmmhg", a chicane is not a double 'S' curve. -It is a single 'S'! A chicane involves a rapid change of direction so a left turn is followed very closely by a right, or a right turn is followed very closely by a left.

The purpose of many modern chicanes is to slow the cars down in the interests of safety but due to the F1 car's reliance on aerodynamics, an unwanted side effect of a chicane is often that it makes overtaking even more difficult. -Usually there is only one 'racing line' (fastest route) through a chicane, meaning that cars tend to go through it in 'single file', each driver following in the wheel tracks of the car ahead.

The San Marino Grand Prix uses a circuit with several chicanes. One of these has been known as "Variante Alta" where there was very little room for error, but for the 2006 Grand Prix this was modified (again in the interests of safety) and the result is far less exciting to watch or to drive! ...shame.

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-Please use the link above to see a photograph of a chicane at Le Mans in France. (The pic was taken during the 2006 epic 24 hour Endurance race). At the top right you will see a photo album of various content. Click on 'View Photos' and go to picture number 30, it's specially for you!

Answer 3

As a verb, "chicane" (or the noun, "chicanery") means to play a trick or to deceive someone. That is essentially what chicanes do to drivers, force them to change what they're doing or how they do it.

A chicane is the European equivalent of speed bumps. On public roads, they are used to slow the traffic for reasons of safety. Usually, on long and straight roads, you will find "circles" breaking up the road into sections, and forcing the cars to slow. It's also good for preventing "tunnel vision" and drowsiness in drivers on long trips by forcing them to react to conditions constantly. (Chicanes on public roads are never as severe as those on race circuits.)

In auto racing, a chicane is added to a track to slow the cars in the interest of safety. This is done because of increasing technology in the cars: faster acceleration and top speed. On newer tracks such as Sepang, chicanes are unnecessary because the track was designed for the F1 cars of today.

Some chicanes are added solely to slow the cars, but on narrow tracks, such chicanes simply remove passing opportunities both before and after the chicane. San Marino is the best (or worst) example of this.

Other chicanes are added to create passing opportunities by changing the speed and direction of the cars in a very short time. Properly built, a chicane can be as effective as a hairpin for creating passing opportunities. Good examples of this are Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Spa-Francorchamps (at the end of the Kemmel straight, not the "Bus Stop"), Monza (both the Ascari Variante and the 90/45 start line chicane), the pre-2003 Hockenheim circuit, and the new 2005 layout of the Nouveau Chicane at Monaco. The chicanes at Le Mans also provide some opportunities, but in endurance racing, chicanes are more for safety than for track position (think of the backflipping Audis from a few years ago...).

Answer 4

A chicane is the section of the track that goes in a double "S" curve shape. If the section is wide enough you can go fairly straight through it. If it's a tight one, then the cars have to slow right down.

Answer 5

What Is A Chicane

Answer 6

Corners on alternating sides that are separated only by up to around 15 meters of track. Usually with kerbs all the way on the side of the track, on both sides. In order to maximize width and allow for better control in the succesion of turns. (Kerbs make a car vibrate, warning the driver that he is about to go off route)

Answer 7

chicanse is to reduce the speed, the track goes in s "s" form

Answer 8

double corner left right or right left