In part two of JR Hildebrand's lesson on Indy car downforce, he explains why downforce is so important to cornering on a short oval.

Downforce has an effect similar to putting a load of bricks in the car, but without forcing the engine to have to work hard enough to get all those bricks moving.

car and reduce the downforce level to what they thought the downforce would be on the 2005 car. The aim of the engineers is to recoup somewhere between 10 to 20 percent of the initial 30 percent loss.

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How to design a car (part eight): aerodynamics The science of aerodynamics has long helped shape the cars we drive, but what effect do drag, downforce and lift actually have on road cars?

While F1 manufacturers work to maximize downforce to improve grip, they also aim to minimize drag. Drag increases as an F1 car speeds up, making the engine work harder at high speeds.

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The purpose of the Tourbillon’s aerodynamic package is not to create massive amounts of downforce, but to cancel out the lifting effect of the body and make the Tourbillon car aerodynamically ...