Australian GP at Melbourne dry ice before race?

[pgfpro]

What's with the dry ice box before the race when they were on the grid???

[mx_tifoso]

It's to give the blowers a source of super cold air.

[pgfpro]

It's to give the blowers a source of super cold air.

Cool Thanks!!!

Its the first time I ever noticed, still somewhat new to f1

[snoop1050]

sometimes they pack the radiators with dry ice to keep the engines cool while they are on the grid or used to

[stefan_]

I remember being very impressed when I saw dry ice for the first time used to cool down the radiators of a Formula 1 car. It was at Suzuka 1998 (I was 9) and the mechanics were just sticking their hand inside of the sidepod to put dry ice.

[Cam]

Here's some pics from Malaysia 2012 - showing the ice being packed into a blower.

Not sure if this is the blower with dry ice in it, but you can get the gist.

[Cam]

As mentioned, they also can use it to cool the drivers - or hide which driver is racing.....

[aussiegman]

As mentioned, they also can use it to cool the drivers - or hide which driver is racing.....
http://www.lolwtf.com.au/F1/dry_ice_3.png

Maybe cool the compartment, but with that much CO2 gas/H20 vapor I wouldn't want to be sitting in the middle of it just before going racing. Maintaining O2 blood sats is hard enough and very important during a race let alone starting behind the 8 ball by sitting in a cloud of CO2