Formula one race car drivers#
On the other hand, during a Formula 1 race, all of the drivers are going to slow down at pretty much the same spots throughout the circuit. On a public road, you have people braking at different times depending on the obstacles/intersections they're slowing down for, so it makes sense to have a way to let other drivers know when they might be slowing down. The truth is that on a Formula 1 car, brake lights would be kind of a redundant feature. While you might at first think this to be an incredibly negligent safety oversight on behalf of the car designers, this is decidedly not the case. In fact, Formula 1 cars don't even have brake lights at all. This is not so while the light is a safety feature, it's not used to indicate when the car is braking. If you've only managed to get a quick look at the light on the back of a Formula 1 car, you might have assumed that the light was just a brake light. In this article, we'll be talking all about this mysterious red light and what it's actually used for. Having been a required feature on all Formula 1 cars since the 1970s, this light is indeed used for safety, although its purpose might not be what you'd expect (and its purposes have changed a bit since it was first implemented).
You might be wondering what precisely this light is for since if you pay attention, you'll see that the light is often flashing in situations where the car isn't braking. If you've watched a Formula 1 race before, you've probably noticed the presence of the red light on the back of the cars before.
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