The modern Formula One cars are considered as the fastest circuit-racing cars and often set industry benchmark through constant innovation and experimentation in machinery and technology. In addition, each F1 track has unique layout and provides different set of challenges for the cars to handle high speed cornering and straights.

SKF’s Racing Unit supplies Ferrari with around 150 critical components made up of bearings and seals for the engine, gearbox, wheels and suspension that all aim to increase efficiency, reduce friction, weight and manage power density which optimises the bearing performance through maximising fatigue performance.

Shishir Joshipura, Managing Director & Country Manager, SKF India said this week: “We take immense pride in being a technical partner to Scuderia Ferrari Formula One Team for the past 64 years.  Formula 1 racing is an opportunity for us to challenge ourselves to come up with the best in class technology and showcase our wide array of offerings. With our decades of experience in providing high specification engineering solution, we are well poised to address extreme challenges faced by today’s modern F1 car like high rotations, frictions, high accelerations, loads and extreme temperatures, critical for superior performance.”

SKF’s dedicated Racing Unit will help Ferrari endure technically demanding challenges of the Buddh international circuit involving combination of slow speed turns and high speed straights by providing solutions including ceramic balls and rollers that reduce the car’s weight, increase stiffness and sustain the temperature as high as 200 degree Celsius, 'NoWear' coatings that enable the car in sliding friction by 80 percent as compared to conventional un-coated steel, needle roller bearings with special coatings which can sustain high temperature with a reduced flow of oil, and 'Bearing Beacon', a computer based bearing simulation tool the checks the risk of development of new components.