Surprisingly it's closed to the ordinary commercial petrol available but with a tightly controlled mix.
It was not always so. Early Grand Prix cars ran on a fierce mixture of powerful chemicals and additives, often featuring large quantities of benzene, alcohol and aviation fuel. Indeed some early fuels were so potent that the car's engine had to be disassembled and washed in ordinary petrol at the end of the race to prevent the mixture from corroding it!
Indycars and F1 cars use alcohol-based fuels. NASCAR uses high-octane gasolines.
Of course. They burn fuel and produce exhaust, much the same as any other car. Granted, the total distance run by F1 cars is insignificant compared to everyday passenger vehicles, plus they burn more thoroughly burning, much higher octane fuel, but they pollute, all the same.
I don't believe that NASCAR is using ethanol. I know F1 race cars use it.
F1 is great but it depends whether your interested in cars and racing or not!
No but the F1 cars have a flappy paddle gearbox.
new regulations in 2009 limited the revs from 19,000rpm to 18,000rpm
180 litres, I believe, however all cars are under-fueled for the race so the driver must save fuel to make it to the end of the race, but this also makes the car lighter in the early stages of the race.
The F1 races are for Formula 1 cars only.
No, definitely not.
yes.
750 bhp
borin'