Entry 9 - Mosaics in F1 races

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A mosaic is a pattern made of small pieces which covers a surface. One of the most common mosaic techniques is the regular tessellation of the plane. A regular tessellation is a pattern exclusively formed by a regular polygon and which fully covers the Euclidean plane without overlapping. Owing to this, they can only be made out of squares, equilateral triangles or hexagons.
Now let's take a look at some mosaics we can find in F1 races.


THE CHEQUERED FLAG


The chequered flag is arguably de most iconic symbol of motor racing, since the waving of it traditionally announces the end of a Grand Prix. As its name indicates, it is a mosaic made out of squares.


THE MONACO TUNNEL




Even when Monte Carlo held its first motor race back in 1932, the old tunnel was already there. Originally it was way shorter and its roof had a curved shape but, on account of the construction of a new hotel just on top of it, it was exhaustively modified in 1973. Before the remodelling, the interior walls simply had a rectangular tesselation, but currently there is also a series of pillars with cuboid shape which combines squares and rectangles to form a mossaic.


YAS ISLAND HOTEL





Inaugurated in 2009, the Yas Island Hotel is one of the most distinctive features of the Yas Marina track, as the stretch between turns 18 and 19 goes under this majestic building. The outer cover known as the Grid Shell is a mosaic made up by rhombus. This tessellation features an LED lighting system which creates an spectacular atmosphere at nighttime. Another mosaic is formed by its countless rectangular windows.


MONTREAL BIOSPHERE





Located next to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the Montreal Biosphere is an environment museum built in 1967. With spherical shape, it is covered by a regular tesselation made up by equilateral triangles.

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