How are f1 cars different from each other?

F1 commentators frequently talk abbot how a Ferrari is, say, faster than a Red bull? What makes certain cars better than others? How are some better around corners? I'm not a big f1 fan, but it confuses me.





Howq do you remember these things?


And lastly, how do cars slip stream and pass so quickly?|||Engines are the biggest difference. The car manufacturers do wind tunnel and track testing and try to find stronger, lighter parts to gain an advantage over the competition. Slip streaming or drafting works in auto racing because the second car has less air to push through on the front end making it faster. The first car also gains some speed since less air goes across the rear end of the car. The second car gains speed, approximately 10 or 15 mph, for a few seconds before the air drag increases back to normal and slows it down to its normal racing speed after the pass. NASCAR works the same way, Indy cars have more turbulence coming off their wings so it doesn't work as well. However, after an Indy car pass, you see the passing car speed up in the clean air and pull away rapidly after the pass. F1 has that also.