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The cars are limited to 18000 RPMs by the rules. Before that, they reached over 19k and up to 20k during qualifying. I agree with you on the boring part, but it was still a nice experience witnessing it live once. When you are almost half a mile away from the track and you begin to hear this distinct howling of a F1 car, that's impressive. The sound/noise of these cars on the track is nothing like what you hear on TV. The acceleration is amazing. When they practice their starts and accelerate from zero, whenever they shift gears, it looks as if they make a jump forward. And when you watch the crew during the pit stops, it looks as if they barely do anything. Just a few moves and suddenly they are finished. I once looked away for a few seconds, looked back and still saw the full crew standing. I was thinking that they messed it up but instead, the first car had already left and the crew was waiting for the teammate.
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