F Terms:[]
- Factory-backed
- A racing team/driver that competes with official sanction and financial support from a manufacturer. In Europe, known as a works team.
- 2. Factory team
- A more specific version of Factory-backed referring to racing teams run directly from the factory of the vehicle manufacturer.
- 3. Fastest lap
- fastest time in which a lap was completed by a driver during a race. Sometimes rewarded with bonus championship points.
- 4. Field
- The competing cars in an event.
- 5. Field-filler
- A driver or team usually slower than the majority of the field that only participates if there are open spots.
- 6. Flag-to-flag coverage
- Television or radio coverage that consists of the entire race start-to-finish rather than highlights, tape delayed, "packaged" coverage, or highlights of the first portion of the race before broadcasting the final quarter of the race live. Derives from green flag (start) to checkered flag (finish). Instituted largely in the late 1970s, with the 1979 Daytona 500 being the first major 500-mile race with live, flag-to-flag coverage.
- 7. Flat spot
- When a wheel locks under braking, the car skids and leaves a flat spot on the section of the tire that was touching the ground at the time.
8. Flat-Footed
When a driver gets up behind another driver and intentionally pushes them off the track or into the wall.
- 9. Flying lap
- A lap started by a competitor at optimum speed, as opposed to a lap from a standing start, usually in qualifying.
- 10. Formation lap
- The lap cars make before forming up on the grid for the start.
- 11. Formula racing
- A type of racing, generally open wheeled, where the conditions of technical entry comply with strict rules.
- 12. Free practice
- When drivers or riders learn the circuit and/or teams experiment with race settings for the track.
- 13. Fuel cell
- A fuel tank with a flexible inner liner to minimize the potential for punctures in the event of a collision or other mishap resulting in serious damage to the vehicle. Mandatory in most forms of motorsport.
- 14. Full course yellow
- When yellow flags are deployed at every flag point around a race circuit and a Safety Car leads the field until a hazard is cleared.