Car racing is one of the most common sports. Despite the extreme nature of this hobby, interest in it is growing more and more, and with it the level of popularity is increasing.
Motorsport history
Racing appeared around the 1890s in France and immediately interested people. In the first round, more than 100 people took part. But it was the initial race, which had no restrictions in transport and its management, there were no obstacles on the track. The race track was installed from Paris to Rouen, and it was necessary to overcome it in no more than eight and a half hours. What was the essence of these competitions?
The main criterion in choosing a winner was the safe and least costly control of your vehicle. Conducted these competitions Pierre Giffard. It is worth saying that they did not have input technical control. When it was introduced, the number of participants decreased almost four times, but the tour was much safer. Subsequent competitions were held exclusively between machines with similar technical characteristics.
Motorsport today
Since then, the race began to develop rapidly and now they are very popular. Many celebrities thought about trying themselves in technical sports, and there are even more people who just like to watch competitions on various types of vehicles. What is so keen on motor sports?
Today, races of various types are held. Competitions can take place between players using different vehicles to find out which car is more practical. Or vice versa, only riders with the same cars can participate to test only the driver’s skills.
Sports transport
In modern auto racing, the winner is the one who was able to come to the finish line first. But for this it is not enough just to drive the car at high speed. It is very important to be able to correctly and timely turn the car at high speed, overtake opponents and pass various obstacles, since the distance is now not an ordinary direct route, but is a real quest. In order to test the driver’s skills, as well as to appreciate the technical characteristics of the vehicle, the competition became more complicated. Now the track has many chican turns, turns or other obstacles on the road.
For the passage of difficult distances, special racing cars of various models are used. They have good maneuverability and stability, which is very important in competitions such as, for example, 24 hours of Le Mans.
Features of street racing
Today, there are many different types of motorsport, which differ in the use of transport and distance. Street racing is an illegal passage of a public distance. Despite the fact that this hobby is a traffic violation, such competitions can sometimes be seen in broad daylight in the city center. The participants of this tour agree in advance about the place of finish and choose the road on which they must pass.
Drag racing is a type of street racing in which players must make their way to the designated place any way. Everyone chooses his own distance, which will go to the finish line. Undoubtedly, such a tour requires a good knowledge of the city from the driver.
World motorsport
As for international competitions in vehicles, the most popular of them are rallies, Formula 1 and Le Mans. The first type of race is the passage of public roads. One by one, all the competitors leave, and the winner is the one who arrives at the finish line in the shortest time.
Formula 1 is considered the most popular form of motorsport. It uses special racing models with effective brakes and capable of speeds up to 350 km / h.
Le Mans is an automotive competition gaining in popularity. These races are held every year, the only missed tour was during the Second World War. These competitions last 24 hours and their essence is to determine the most hardy rider. Despite the duration of this race, various obstacles such as a winding road can be found on the track - this is chicane.
Obstacles at a distance
The most commonly used road obstruction is sharp turns, or chicanes - winding sections of the road. In order to overcome all obstacles at a distance without problems, incredible attention and ability to do various maneuvers on your car is required from the rider, be able to turn it out in time and always keep control under full control. No wonder the races are considered one of the most extreme sports, in their history there have been quite a lot of accidents and accidents, the causes of which were both technical malfunctions and the unpreparedness of some participants.
Due to such incidents, not only the riders, but also the public could suffer. Therefore, to participate in these competitions is possible only with sufficient preparation of the athlete and the full serviceability of his car. In order to reduce the number of accidents during races, tough entrance controls were introduced for drivers and their vehicles, and spectators are always behind a strong fence. All these precautions guarantee complete safety, and therefore it has become possible to complicate racing distances.
Shikana is ...
As already mentioned, cornering, drifts and various winding sections of the road are a common obstacle on the track. Shikana is a combination of successive turns at a distance that require extraordinary attentiveness and certain courage from the rider. Indeed, not everyone can overcome such obstacles by force, and even at full speed of the car.
Since the turns in this situation are as close to each other as possible, we can say that chicane is a road in the form of the English letter S. This obstacle is used at almost every modern distance, it gained great popularity after using it in Sarta and Monza. It should be noted that these bends are now used not only on racetracks, but also on ordinary public roads. When the car passes this winding section, the driver cannot help but reduce the speed, so the road in the form of the letter S has become actively used to control speed limits.
But fans of motorsport do not always like the presence of a chican in racing, as this reduces the speed of cars and "spoils the spirit" of the competition. Of course, the use of a winding road slows down the heroes of the race, and from the outside it may seem boring. But in fact, the use of chicane in motorsport increases the level of safety of competitions, which is an advantage of bends on the track.