Sentences with phrase «cars more downforce»

It's hoped that the faster lap times achieved by giving the cars more downforce and more grip will make the cars more exciting to watch for the fans, and more challenging for the drivers.

Not exact matches

There are a number of reasons for this - as well as the obvious loss of downforce, by following in the wake of another car the dirty air generated causes the follower to slide around and overheat their tyres, which makes the idea of a driver dropping a couple of seconds behind a rival a more effective strategy.

The team also tried a biplane rear wing to try and get more downforce (again, it didn't work) and the car struggled to get heat into its front tyres, meaning it had colossal understeer.

Increasing downforce levels means it will be more challenging for drivers to follow other cars through corners because of the aero disturbance and instability.

According to IndyCar the new bodywork generates a whopping 66 per cent of its downforce from underneath the car (19 percent up on the current cars) and following distances have been cut in half, which should lead to much closer racing and more passing opportunities.

But I talk of way faster, because we can make cars which go 450kph and have way more downforce.

While many teams have gone down the shark fin route Mercedes (who have tested a shark fin but generally run without it) seem to be more focused on the T - wing, which is designed to try and give the cars even more downforce.

He's also the current chairman of the GPDA and has said he'd like to see cars have even more downforce and more powerful engines so that the cars can go up to 450kph.

The new bodywork generates a whole lot more of its downforce from the underside of the car.

Newey conceded that most of the development had occurred at the rear end of the car in order to generate more downforce.

That will almost certainly not be the case in 2017 as, like in F1, the regulations have changed to allow for faster cars with more downforce and more power, which should make for some spectacular viewing.

There were concerns the higher downforce levels would make the cars easier to drive and more planted, but they're still tricky beasts to tame.

It's never easy finding the right balance here because the high altitude has a big impact on the car: you slide around more with the lack of downforce and it makes things quite tricky.

This time, two bodystyles were offered for the same car — although as they were the same length it's not accurate to call them «short» and «long» tails, more like high downforce and low drag.

There's no extra power, but when your car already packs 800 hp and makes close to 30 percent more downforce than the competition - spec Vantage GTE, who cares?

The car has five different drive modes (see more detail below) plus a computer controlled aerodynamic package that helps it develop less drag but more downforce than any rival, says Ford.

Such is the frightening magic of working with a high - downforce, active - aero car: more speed produces more downforce, which produces more speed and more downforce!

A new aero package, with a higher rear wing, produces 20 % more downforce (without any increase in drag), and also differentiates the car visually from the gen1 model.

As if the standard car's performance wasn't impressive enough, Aston Martin has extracted more power from the V12, taking total power past 1100bhp, dropped the weight to 1000 kg, and grafted an aero package on that generates 1000 kg of downforce.

With its lower ride height, front splitter, and bigger and taller rear wing, the racing car generates exponentially more downforce, and that's what causes lap times to plummet.

It wasn't enough to just up the power with the new - era cars: downforce and chassis tech had to be increased too, so the speeds went up, and the cars are more capable than ever.

The eight - setting Motec traction control and 12 - setting Bosch ABS system can be dialed in from a ««Knight Rider» - style steering wheel, and more than twice the downforce as the road car is delivered courtesy of an adjustable rear spoiler the size of a park bench.

More accurately, you miss the downforce when driving the standard car around a circuit.

Aerodynamics — In addition to the usual wings and diffusers attached to the cars, this Ferrari has active aerodynamic aids (also known as fans) to extract air from under the car and provide even more downforce as needed.

The car's aerodynamics also made a pivotal contribution to performance: its 1.67 efficiency figure is a new record for a production Ferrari, and is the fruit of 50 per cent more downforce than the previous model and reduced drag.

MINI claims the aero qualities of the car are improved, too, but makes no specific claims about downforce, so take it as read that there is a little bit less lift than before, but not much more than that.

Its curved exterior design helps the car gain more downforce making it stable and gain superior road grip.

The improved downforce on the axle and reduced weight with the aid of the carbon fiber elements does make the car more stable at high speeds.

Although the aerodynamics package does not produce the same levels of downforce as the GT1 car, the C6.R is more predictable over a wide range of speeds.

This upgrade of the GT3 in its design and contours serves above all to optimise the car's aerodynamics: The modifications increase downforce both on the front and rear axle, ensu - ring more than twice as much downforce overall as on the former GT3.

The car's enhanced aerodynamic design includes an extending rear wing providing more downforce at high speeds and is equipped with rear - wheel steering for increased agility and stability.

But even more impressive are Apollo's claims the IE's maximum cornering grip is equal to two times the force of gravity and that as the car nears its top speed all that wild aero generates more than the car's curb weight — 1,350 kg — in downforce.

The GT - R NISMO generates more downforce than any other Nissan production car to date, which results in exceptional high - speed stability.

Two aero packages are offered with the car - a low wing that is claimed to generate 70 % more downforce than the Z06 and an adjustable high wing that Chevrolet claims to generate over 431 kg of downforce at the rear.

The Z06 creates more downforce than has ever been measured by a production car inside GM's wind tunnel.

2014 DP cars will be significantly faster, thanks to more HP, significantly more downforce, and traction control.

The downforce created by the aerodynamics makes the car more stable during high - speed cornering and the stickier tires make the car capable of handling 1.2 lateral g forces (compared to 1.04 for the last ZR - 1).

The Z06 with the Z07 delivers more downforce of any production car ever tested at the GM wind tunnel.

Every surface on the car has been honed for aerodynamics, but the AMR Pro Valkyrie also gets a larger front and rear wing for more downforce.

We're going back after a couple of years with the extra downforce in the cars; we should see some pretty quick lap times, which will make it even more demanding.

Chrysler engineers found the wing actually made more downforce — improving traction — at a lower height, but NASCAR forced Plymouth to sell similar cars to the public, so they raised it up so people could open up the trunk lid.

And the high - mounted rear wing on the GT3 Cup car is nine inches wider than the wing on the RS version, for more downforce.

Here's the translation: Just by routing air over and through the car more efficiently, McLaren is delivering more downforce with no increase in drag.

Should you apply all available optional goodies, the R8 will generate 551 lbs of downforce at 205 mph, which is 220 lbs more than the stock car without the optional items.

An all - new aerodynamic kit generates more downforce and affords the car more aggressive, muscular styling.

With these changes, the car breathes better, cools more efficiently, and perhaps most importantly, generates far more downforce than the road car.

This wing works with the aerodynamic flaps in front of the front wheels, and the whole package produces 10 percent more downforce than the P1 road car, at 660 kg at 150mph / 240kph.

The race car also generates more downforce and uses an active central differential, which, according to the company, enables the i20 WRC to compete with longer and wider vehicles.

The front end of the car has been redesigned completely: a more «open» view, with the forward - stretched line of the front skirt and two front wings - one in black carbon fiber and one in the car's colour - generating significant downforce in the front of the car.

The car's aerodynamic design includes an extending rear wing providing more downforce at high speeds.