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Player2 on 26 August 2012
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ultima said:
Player2 said:
ultima said:
Player2 said:
ultima said:

Can I get a video of an F1 race? I'm not too familiar with that sport, so maybe they're allowed to use ABS. But any car without ABS will lock its wheels if you brake too hard, and the driver does not want that.

ABS have been banned in F1 since 1994, I think. You can see them locking the brakes in races. Qualifying example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddrkQ3DJvA

Edit: They use carbon brakes which are almost impossible to control with the pedal. Of course they calibrate the brakes accordingly to each track.

What does that mean? And I didn't really see the wheels locking in that video. When did it happen?

With carbon brakes, you brake... or don't. There's no middle term.

If you want to see brakes locking (at 1:01):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsLe8uoXp7Y&feature=related

How can you tell the brakes locked? If brakes lock, the wheel locks, the tire locks => smoke.

You can see smoke from the front right wheel at 1:01, and from the front left wheel of the Ferrari at 1:12...