what are the principal(physics)involed in the making add working of a formula1 racing car?

Question

I would like to the working of formula1 cars and physics involved in it for making a physics project.

Answer 1

F1 cars are the most interesting automobiles ever designed. It is a convergence of a whole lot of technologies from Aerodynamics, kinematics to computers and communication.
The Aerodynamic drag and lift are balanced when deciding the bodywork of the car so that they remain balanced under braking, taking turns and at high speed. The wings at the back and the aerofoil in the front have angles which are adjusted to balance the car under braking and in speed. Wind tunnels are used to design the body work.
A material called Kevlar or may be even lighter materials now is used to design the frame. It is honey comb design for maximum flexibility and strength.
Suspensions and truning angles are designed for maximum torque and traction. Even aerodynamics play a role in creating traction.The suspension adjustment has several adjustments like castor and camber, bump and roll, tow in and tow out etc;.
The steering assembly is basically the rack and pinion type for maximum turning angle. It is an old way to create steering but F1's use it instead of the box type steerings.
The engines are fuel injected variety now. No carbs per se. Old Cosworth engines were normally aspirated. Now they have a whole variety of engines. The engines produce maximu torque and the design incorporates maximum torque under braking.
Side pods are created for smoother air flow for traction and stability.
As to the Physics involved the airflow is designed to give a vaccum effect at the bottom so that the car is hugged on to the road surface for traction and control. Like a vaccum cleaner. There used to be real fans fitted at the back of cars like Brabham then to create this vaccum cleaner effect or the side pods of Lotus F1 cars in the 70's called to create what we call 'ground effect'. Such cars used to be called ground effect cars.
Last but not the least, the power train or the gears. It is now a days automatic meaning it works on the principal of centrifuges. The physics behind it is that of the Pulley, how mechanical efficiency is created. Instead of string to generate mechanical connection between the large diameter pulley and the lower one here toothed wheels directly connect to each other.
That pretty much sums up the F1 car.

Answer 2

there are a bunch of things that you need to think of when you make a formula1 race car.

Aerodynamics. How do you make a shape of the car so that it minimizes air resistance. But then again, if the car hits a little bump it could catch the wind and flip over, so you have to chanel the air over the car so that it also provides a "down force" for the car. (this give stability, traction, and safety)

Feul economy. If the car is carrying less fuel it weighs less, that is good. So if you can make your feul last longer, that is better. This is done by improving engines, and perfecting parts.

Weight. This is the main issue. What light composit substances can you make the car out of, so that it does not weigh as much, but still is just as strong. A lot of this is in the engine. what matirials can you make the engin block out of so that it weighs half as much, or how do you get ride of parts of it so that it is smaller.

there are hundreds of more ways to make a car better, and almost any of them is a good project.