Downforce is a critical component in the design and performance of race cars, enhancing their stability and handling at high speeds. By pushing the car down onto the track, downforce enables better ...

If the new Roadster is as powerful as Elon Musk claims, it will need every bit of downforce it can muster.

A lot of people are involved in the building of a race car; there are countless components and parts that need to be developed, tested, and built. Some race teams can handle these tasks in-house, but ...

A new Tesla patent shows a Roadster-like car with a hidden two-piece rear wing that makes up to 700 kg of downforce and ...

6-20-16 update: Iowa State’s Formula SAE Team faced plenty of engineering challenges this racing season: manufacturing mistakes, Plan B’s, blown parts, overheating and long nights thrashing away in ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

The Chevrolet Intrepid RM-1 didn’t have the power of its turbocharged competitors, but it was a downforce monster. “Downforce is a mind fuck,” says Tommy Kendall. He would know. “Everything you’d ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the automotive industry and where it is headed next. Motorsport fans love to talk about how, theoretically, a ...