Aerodynamics - a modern Formula One car has almost as much in common with a jet fighter as it does with an ordinary road car. Aerodynamics have become key to success in the sport and teams spend tens of millions of dollars on research and development in the field each year.
Brakes - when it comes to the business of slowing down, Formula One cars are surprisingly closely related to their road-going cousins. Indeed as ABS anti-skid systems have been banned from Formula One racing, most modern road cars can lay claim to having considerably cleverer retardation.
Cornering is vital to the business of racing cars, and Formula One is no exception. On straights the battle tends to be determined by the power of engine and brakes, but come the corners and the driver's skill becomes more immediately apparent. It's the area where an ace pilot can extract the tiny advantage that makes the difference between winning and losing.
Driver fitness - Formula One drivers are some of the most highly conditioned athletes on earth, their bodies specifically adapted to the very exacting requirements of top-flight single-seater motor racing.
Engine - the engine and transmission of a modern Formula One car are some of the most highly stressed pieces of machinery on the planet, and the competition to have the most power on the grid is still intense.
Fuel - surprising but true, despite the vast amounts of technical effort spent developing a Formula One car, the fuel it runs on is surprisingly close to the composition of ordinary, commercially available petrol.
G-force - a physical force equivalent to one unit of gravity that is multiplied during rapid changes of direction or velocity. Drivers experience severe G-forces as they corner, accelerate and brake.
Heart rate of drivers can reach 170 - 190 BPM on the starting grid.
Installation lap - a lap done on arrival at a circuit, testing functions such as throttle, brakes and steering before heading back to the pits without crossing the finish line.
Jump start - when a driver moves off his grid position before the five red lights have been switched off to signal the start sensors detect premature movement and a jump start earns a driver a penalty.
Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) -the device recovers the kinetic energy that is present in the waste heat created by the car's braking process. It stores that energy and converts it into power that can be called upon to boost acceleration.
Logistics - for Formula One racing teams one of the biggest battles of a race weekend or testing session will be over before a car even turns a wheel: the vast logistical effort required to get all of the team's equipment to the circuit.
Marshal - a course official who oversees the safe running of the race. Marshals have several roles to fill, including observing the spectators to ensure they do not endanger themselves or the competitors, acting as fire wardens, helping to remove stranded cars/drivers from the track and using waving flags to signal the condition of the track to drivers.
New tyres - the pit stop is vital to help teams to turn their race strategy into success - changing a car's tyres, replacing damaged parts and adjusting front wings in a matter of seconds.
Overtaking - as only one driver can ever sit on pole position for a race, and the entire grid wants to finish on the top step of the podium, overtaking is of vital importance to the business of racing. Simplified to its most basic form overtaking is nothing more than gaining track position to get past an opponent.
Parc Ferme is an enclosed and secure area in the paddock where the cars are weighed and any other checks deemed necessary by race officials.
Qualifying - the Formula one qualifying session is split into three distinct parts, each with multiple drivers on track simultaneously, and each with the drivers running as many laps as they want.
Race control - during a Grand Prix weekend, race control lies at the very heart of Formula One, responsible for monitoring and supervising all stages of the practice, qualifying and race sessions.
Steering wheel - Formula One drivers have no spare concentration for operating fiddly controls, or trying to look at small, hidden gauges. Hence the controls and instrumentation for modern Formula One cars have almost entirely migrated to the steering wheel itself - the critical interface between the driver and the car.
Tyres - a modern Formula One car is a technical masterpiece. But considering the development effort invested in aerodynamics, composite construction and engines it is easy to forget that tyres are still a race car's biggest single performance variable.
Understeer - where the front end of the car doesn't want to turn into a corner and slides wide as the driver tries to turn in towards the apex.
Vettel, Sebastian driver for RBR-Renault was number one for a staggering 11 races during the 2011 season (Australian, Malaysian Turkish, Spanish, Monaco, European, Belgian, Italian, Singapore, Korea, and Indian Grand Prix races). RBR-Renault currently in #1 place on the team point tally.
Webber, Mark - Also racing with the RBR-Renault team Webber finished 1st in Brazil and 2nd in the Turkish and Belgian 2011 races. Cheer on the world class Aussie driver as he attempts to improve on his 2011 Singapore 3rd place position.
Apex - the middle point of the inside line around a corner at which drivers aim their cars.
Bodywork - the carbon fibre sections fitted onto the monocoque before the cars leave the pits, such as the engine cover, the cockpit top and the nosecone.
Zylon – a strip across the top of the visor which has been added to helmet as a new safety improvement. This is intended to reinforce the weakest point of the otherwise tough racing helmets. The polycarbonate visor is more vulnerable than the overall shell, but the addition of the Zylon strip now doubles its impact performance.
The Stamford Grandstand is located in between turns 7 and 8 boasting several excellent vantage points, which include views of the cars negotiating multiple turns and dramatic scenes of the cars breaking from nearly 300km/h through Memorial (turn 7) down to 110km/h for the third gear left-hander onto Nicoll Highway. The Lateral G-forces exerted on a driver can be as much as 4.5 G, which means about 25 kg on the neck