Here's The Ridiculous Amount Of Work And Effort That Goes Into One F1 Car Bolt

An F1 car is made up of millions of components, many of which are tiny and not visible to us. Red Bull decided to track the life of a bolt and it’s a brilliantly intricate story of just how much effort goes into getting it on the RB12

Jack Leslie

30 Sep 2016

This bolt, more specifically, is for the front suspension and is called RB12-FS-00663-02. All F1 parts have to be named and documented, so the teams know just what’s going on the car, what’s working and what isn’t.

Many of us watch F1 cars flying around race tracks without even thinking of the journey even one component takes from being designed, made and then getting fitted. Red Bull has lifted the lid on the amount of effort it takes to make even a tiny part of a car.

Comments

I used to love F1 ten years ago…

Well,that explains why I should buy a can of that drink,I suppose

So this is why Red Bull is soo expensive!

Then you go and cross thread it 🙈

Thats nothing, it took me two days of tugging, lubing, and flexing, just to get one rusty bolt off my truck, and didnt break the bolt!

Thanks, CarThrottle. Now I regret not completing my Mechanical Engineering degree.

Maldonado aproves

What if, just imagine if, french car manufacturers made this kind of effort just on making their cars more reliable. Not on a single bot, but on the whole car!!! #triggered