Why F1 Engines EXPLODE
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Formula 1 engines can go bang occasionally, sometimes just by grinding to a halt with some smoke. And sometimes pretty spectacularly, with a fair bit of fire.
And we saw this recently with Carlos Sainz in Austria. But what causes these failures?
Well, we’re going to wrap up the three most common failures - and explain how you can spot the tell-tale signs in a race. So you can know have a good idea about what’s gone wrong, before everyone else does.
Firstly, we’re not going to cover the hybrid stuff in this video - purely the mechanical bits about the combustion engine. And because they are so insanely complex, there are probably hundreds of different components that could fail. So