BTW, this is exactly the kind of articles suitable for this forum but as we all can see no one except official F1 website can access such information and photos (those are not drawings at formula 1.com but photos made to look like drawings).
I mean photo can be shown here but since it already exists there we can never beat them with fresh stuff. I'm mentioning all this regarding complaints that f1t is going in wrong direction...
It is apparently a new thing. I think that tyre pressure is monitored using some other system built in each tyre/valve. There are Pirelli valve caps available for passenger cars, bikes and trucks that send data to driver’s mobile phone or to onboard system. So I bet F1 has something much fancier.
AcousticBlue: signal via wireless link to the mobile phone; Acoustic: signal via the onboard electronic management system; Optic: optical signal on the valve cap (white: OK – red alarm).
Some really nice technology, but I don't think a lot of people will buy it. Now you can show your tyre pressure to all of your friends! Well that's seriously cool...
Indeed if this is already available for private use, what kind of technology do the F1 teams have?
I think F1 teams are capable of developing a rocket and sending it to the moon. It should be possible with a Toyota-budget, all those engineers and some years of work.
Maybe the F1 teams should get UN-inspections... You never know Ferrari is developing a long range missile to bomb Renault's headquarters
Show that you're a loser with a lot of money who can't get a racing license, drive the Gumball 3000...
There's a lot of equipment that a car can carry during testing and practice, but it is removed for the actual race. The philosophy is simple, if it can't help you during the actual competition, then get it off the car.
For instance, during testing a car could carry IR sensors to read the tire temperatures during testing. Or in the case of the previously posted picture, a ride height sensor. But there are also sensors that monitor suspension movement. So if you integrate the data from the suspension ride heights and chasiss ride heights, voila, you get a very good indication of tire deflection. And who knows, maybe the sensor also includes a small doppler radar, and sideslip can be recorded.
Another good example is shocks. During testing and practice, the teams use adjustable shocks. But before the parc fermee is enforced, the teams build non-adjustable (therefore sturdier and lighter than the adjustable) shocks that mimic the characteristics of the settings on the adjustable shocks.
By the way, each tire has it's own built in air pressure transducer and wireless transmitter. They look like a little CO2 bottle nestled inside a wheel spoke.
Very important sensors to monitor vehicle attitude for aero, such as pitch etc.
Tyre pressures- Sensors are availible for club level motorsport - valve caps monitor pressure and tyre nitrogen temperature and radio it back to t he logger. 2D supply these for example.
