Friday 12 February 2016 14:17, UK
The name of Sauber's 2016 car. Successor to, yes-you-guessed-it, the C34. And no doubt set to be succeeded by the C36. F1 tends to be imaginative on things like this, like cricketers with nicknames.
A season's worth of races. Increasingly subject to rabid, not entirely explicable speculation (unless, that is, you're going to a race and want the cheapest deal going) and has grown like Leylandii in recent years. 2016's calendar will feature 21 races, a record.
The angle of a car's wheel in relation to the track surface.
One of F1's favourite destinations, Montreal, home of a cracking motorsport circuit, and full of people who love to party when the F1 circus is in town.
The alterable angle of displacement of the front suspension from the vertical axis. Obviously.
Tony Fernandes-founded outfit which originally ran under the badge of Team Lotus in 2011 but didn't quite do as well as hoped and finished bottom of the Contstructors' Championship in 2013. Sold to a mysterious group of unknown-and-unseen Swiss and Middle Eastern investors in 2014 before collapsing at season's end.
The people who stand around gormlessly on the grid getting in the way of the people who actually have a purpose being there, but who help make F1 the glamorous travelling circus that it is.
The expensive liquid refreshment wasted as a cooling-down agent on the podium by F1 drivers - apart from in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi where rosewater is wasted instead.
The phrase used when F1 is either unsure if it is about to rain or has just been caught out by an unexpected shower.
Multiple-championship winning team owner and designer with Team Lotus who is credited with leaving a lasting legacy on F1 following his work in the 1960s and 1970s.
Alternative word used to describe a Formula 1 car when the word 'car' has been overused. See also: The Sky Sports F1 website.
The main shell of the car to which the front and rear suspension, in addition to the engine, transmission, bodywork etc are fitted.
The essential item that all grands prix venues need to be in possession of to signal the end of a race when the winner crosses the finishing line.
An artificial corner used to slow down cars at the end of straights or fast corners. Generally unliked and occasionally missed due to what we will euphemistically describe as 'over-eagerness'.
The disparaging description applied to backmarkers by disgruntled frontrunners.
Baby-faced Marussia driver in 2013-14 who became the first rookie to finish every GP in the season.
The tarmacked bit at a grand prix venue.
The imaginatively-titled name of Austin's Grand Prix circuit. See also: Austin.
Genius Scottish driver and sheep farmer. World Champion in 1963 and 1965, Clark was tragically killed in a F2 race at Hockenheim in 1968.
The official final order at the end of a race. Just so you know: A driver can still be a classified finisher even if he has retired before the chequered flag, provided he has completed 90% of the race distance.
The turbulence-free track conditions that teams love their cars to run in. In effect, it means no one is directly in front of them. See also: 2013; Vettel, Sebastian. And: 2011; Vettel, Sebastian.
The side of the grid that also includes the cleaned-up racing line, thus offering more grip than the other side. Usually the odd-numbered grid slots. See also: Dirty side, The.
The analogy which found favour in 2011 and through the first half of the 2012 season for describing the critical moment when the performance of the Pirelli tyres started to rapidly deteriorate. See also: Pirelli.
The snake-sounding term that became an important area of focus for F1's designers - and a certain Adrian Newey in particular - owing to the downforce benefits gained from using clever sidepod and exhaust exit designs to direct airflow between the diffuser and rear tyres.
The area of the car in which the driver sits.
The section of the tyre that is in contact with the track surface. F1's tyre supplier Pirelli provide four different dry weather compounds during the course of the season - super-soft, soft, medium and hard - and two wet-weather tyres. See also: tyres; Pirelli.
The binding contract between the FIA, the Formula 1 teams and Formula One Management by which the sport is governed and run. Also a matter of considerable mystery and one of the greatest unknowns in the entire tapestry of sport.
The fancy alternative to saying 'teams'.
The title all the teams are trying to win and worth a big fortune.
The turns that connect the straights to make up an F1 circuit. Sometimes named, sometimes numbered. That's about it.
The commodity that F1 lives on.
Concept agreed in principle in December 2013 by the F1 Strategy Group and the Formula One Commission which was due to come into force in January 2015 before it was agreed it was all too much hassle and shelved. See also: Believe it when you see it.
Former McLaren designer banned from the sport for two years in 2007 for his role in the 'Spygate' scandal who then returned to F1 in May 2011 as Williams' technical director before leaving after the team's dismal start to 2013.
The name applied to events in the 2008 Singapore GP when Renault driver Nelson Piquet Junior deliberately crashed into a wall in order to bring about the deployment of the Safety Car that in turn facilitated the victory of team-mate Fernando Alonso.
Sky Sports F1 commentator. Universally known as 'Crofty' and quite the fan of Darts and West Ham.
The regulation brought in from the 2011 season to prevent sleep-deprived mechanics working all-nighters working on car repairs/changes for the next day's sessions. Team personnel are barred from entering the circuit nine hours before the start of a day's first on-track session, although teams do have four exemptions during the season. In addition to everything else, the new rule proved a relief for the paddock's overworked coffee machines.
The short-hand for CVC Capital Partners, the private-equity firm that since 2006 has had a majority stake in the Formula One Group which controls F1's commercial rights.
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