The Price of High-Speed Grip
High-speed grip comes with a bill: the air that helps press a sports car onto the road can also hold it back. Wings, diffusers and carefully shaped bodywork generate downforce, increasing the load on the tires without adding the same amount of mass that brakes and suspension must manage.The bargain grows more tempting as speed rises. Downforce scales roughly with the square of airspeed, so doublin...More
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