F1 cars have power steering?

[Edited on 6/6/09 by omega0684]

yep. have done for many many years.

i remember about 10 years ago one having a lot of trouble the race because he lost power steering

Yup, have done for ages, you try turning a 270 section tyre with a 1.5 turn lock-to-lock steering rack

Nick

Yeah they do. Stupid i know. They run a clip of oll the trainging they go though, and they cant even drive a car without power steering

think about it...
probably about 1 turn lock to lock, i think there slightly heavier than the average 7 and also think about all the downforce they have making the front even heavier...

and then bend after bend for 2 hours... would you want to do it without powersteering?

The last company I worked for made power steering, electric power steering in our case. We sold them to Fiat amongst others and they would only agree to taking EPAS if we developed a system for their F1 team. We didn't want to. They only decided against because of the power drain. F1 cars don't have a big electrical system but do have plenty of hydraulics. We got away with that one then.

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Originally posted by Miks15
think about it...
probably about 1 turn lock to lock, i think there slightly heavier than the average 7 and also think about all the downforce they have making the front even heavier...

and then bend after bend for 2 hours... would you want to do it without powersteering?

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