F1 Clutch

[Mark.S]

I have read that the clutch is performed electro-hydraulically at speed and is controlled using a paddle behind the steering wheel for starts. My question is, what type of wear do the standing starts cause on the clutch/how many standing starts can it take? Also, I am curious as to how they affect the 0-60 times posted in the other thread, I think sometimes that I can hear the car bog when launching from the pit box and the occasional driver stall or if it is not that could someone explain what it is that you do hear? Does anybody know any real information about the f1 clutch?

[coysht]

An F1 clutch can probably manage less than 5 full-on racing starts from standing. This mainly being due to the clutch being held at 'bite' point for an unspecified length of time as the 5 lights come on and then stay on for up to 7 seconds - meaning maybe as much as 10 or so seconds of holding the clutch.

At a pitstop you might only get a few seconds of holding before the car is released, generally straight into the rev limiter, as opposed to going straight up the 'box.
This will put less wear onto the clutch.

After a stop its unlikely that you hear the engine 'bog down' unless the bite point was selected wrongly. More likely is that the effect of the limiter as the engine spark is cut.