10 Formula Racing Terms You Should Know
The Apex Doodles NFT collection is now live on OpenSea for the community and fans to enjoy and collect. The collection rightly called the Apex Doodles Genesis Collection is going to enable Oscar Joyce and the team to receive a more impressive presence in karting, excel in Formula 4 and proceed to F1.
The genesis issue comprises 256 artworks that will make OJ’s racing car a marvel.
Like any specialist sport, motor racing, Formula 1 racing to be specific has its own unique language glossary. If you are an F1 newcomer, don’t panic. It’s very easy to learn — especially when you have the help of our extensive F1 glossary.
We have put together a glossary of 10 unique Formula racing terms for the community to learn. This list though not exhaustive provides members with an easy-to-understand explanation of all the most commonly-used F1 terms and terminology. So get reading, and you will soon be talking the F1 talk like a seasoned fan.
Apex
By now you must be well acquainted with this term as it is the first thing that everyone will encounter when they hear of our project–our name, Apex Doodles. An apex is the middle point of the inside line around a corner at which drivers aim their cars. In other words, The apex can also be described as the point of minimum radius and slowest speed achieved in a corner and a driver will typically choose their apex based on their vehicle’s corner exit abilities with higher acceleration optimally requiring a later apex.
Bottoming
This refers to what happens when a racing car’s chassis hits the track surface as it runs through a sharp compression and reaches the bottom of its suspension travel.
Sectors
For timing purposes, each racing track lap is split into three parts, each of which is roughly a third of the lap. These sections are officially known as Sector 1, Sector 2 and Sector 3. They are roughly equal in length around the lap — with a white line across the track marking them out. The main timing loops are placed here on the track — and will be the ones you see on the screen during practice or qualifying.
Formation lap
This is the lap before the start of the race is when the cars are driven round from the grid to form up on the grid again for the start of the race. A formation lap is sometimes referred to as the warm-up lap or parade lap.
G-force
A physical force that is equivalent to one unit of gravity that is multiplied during rapid changes of direction or velocity. Drivers experience severe G-forces as they corner at high speeds, accelerate and brake.
Installation lap
This is a lap done on arrival at a circuit at medium speed, testing functions such as acceleration, braking and steering before heading back to the pits without crossing the finish line.
Retirement
When a driver has to drop out of the race, either because they crashed and suffered damage that cannot be easily repaired or the car has developed some mechanical problems. The driver will have no choice but to become a spectator.
Safety Car
In motorsport, a safety car or a pace is a course vehicle that is called from the pits to run in front of the leading car in the race in the event of a problem that requires the cars to be slowed.
Tyre warmer
An electric blanket that is wrapped around the racing car’s tyres before they are fitted to the car so that they will start closer to their optimum operating temperature. The warmer will heat the tyres up to a certain temperature so as to extract peak performance out of them.
Visor strip
This is a strip of carbon fibre-reinforced Zylno that is fitted to the top edge of a driver’s helmet for added protection.
About Apex Doodles
Apex Doodles is an NFT project that allows fans to follow Oscar Joyce through his karting journey and onto Formula 4. An up-and-coming racer, Oscar Joyce combines two of his passions through the Apex Doodles NFT project: Art and racing.
The first set of Genesis NFTs has just dropped. It features the nassau panel (nose cone) portion of Oscar’s kart and the artwork will be raced through the summer of 2022 and featured digitally through the NFTs.
