Virtually all racing cars of today have six or seven (forward) gears. F1 cars used to have the latter number of gears for a quite a while, until the hybrid era where they started having eight
But why would they need so many? Wouldn’t seven gears suffice?
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Every combustion engine has a range of rpms when it’s produces the most power. F1 Cars because of restrictions have a very high reving engine . That engine has a low torque ( which makes them relatively stable ) and very short range of rpms when it is in its optional revolutions. So too keep the engine in that range they have more gears . As to not lose top speed and acceleration.
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