F1
F1 is the pinnacle of open wheel, single seater car racing and arguably the highest level of any motorsport globally.... There's more... cars require dowforce to travel and corner
In formula 1, a corner is much more than a turn on the track, it is a considered and deliberate... There's more... at such significant speeds, with the rear wing generating approximately 20% of the total downforce
Downforce is a measure of how much vertical aerodynamic load is created by a Formula 1 car’s aerodynamic surfaces. The... There's more....
The rear wing on a race car is exactly that, a wing. The difference between a car’s wing and an aeroplane is that the car uses the wing to push it towards the ground, whereas the plane uses it to lift off the ground.
A downside of the rear wing is that it creates drag
Drag is the resistance caused by air hitting a solid object as it is propelled forward. When the solid object... There's more..., reducing straight-line speed. To compact this, the wing is fitted with DRS
The Drag Reduction System (DRS), is designed to do exactly what it says, reduce drag, resulting in the recipient gaining... There's more... (Drag Reductions System) where the driver
OK, so we all know what the driver is, right. I've always liked the description that F1 drivers are like... There's more..., under specific circumstances, can open the wing up, reducing drag and providing approximately 15kph of additional speed. The moment the driver touches the brake, the DRS closes, returning the total downforce to the car’s rear.
Rear wings also create turbulence that affects following cars, destabilising them, heating tyres
Today's F1 cars are running 18-inch wheels (up from 13 inches in recent years) with the widths unchanged - 305mm... There's more... and causing accelerated wear. To combat this, the FIA
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is the association responsible for the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users across the... There's more... revised the regulations for the 2022 season, shifting the design theory to a ground-effect
Ground-effect is the process of reducing the space between the floor of an F1 car and the track surface to... There's more... car, including a radical curved rear wing.
Estimated cost per wing – $385k
