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what do you mean by launch control and traction control in formula 1 racing. is this mechanism used in normal?

Launch control refers to an electronic device that is used to assist a Formula 1 driver in the very moment of the start of a race.In high-performance racing vehicles, the driver has a very small threshold when it comes to acceleration. High power delivered by the engine to the gearbox and driven wheels can not be easily managed even by the most experienced drivers. Facing this issue, and with the growing development of electronics during the 1980s, led to the introduction of this type of software. In 1985, Renault's RE60 F1 car had a device that hosted a diskette which stored information inside and was unloaded at the pits, giving the engineers detailed data about the cars' behavior. Later on, telemetry allowed the data to be sent by a radio connection between the pits and the car. The increase of electronic-driven devices on the car allowed the engineers to modify the settings of certain parameters on the car while it was on the track, this being called bi-directional telemetry

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1. Launch control was banned a few years ago - traction control exists but is limited. Higher spec production cars have TC but 'launch control' is unlikely to be a manufacturer option although I am sure there will be details of how to retro fit one if you are crazy enough. You can get data loggers for production cars (stored telemetry) but I can't think of a great reason if you are not racing them. Enjoy.
2. as far as i know, launch control is used during the start, or let's say, when the car starts from still. when the car steers, and when the driver accelerates, the wheels, especially the ones with the lower load on them (because of centrifugal force) starts skidding. traction control prevents this skid to maintain the handling of the car. the basic difference between them is LC is used when the car is not moving and TC is used when the car is moving.