From:	annachie@********.com.au (Paul)
Subject:	Vehicle Acceleration (was: Fat Bottomed Girls)
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2003 09:31:21 +1000

> Classic aerodynamics. Id have to say Matt is right here...
>
> Anyhow.. the whole bit about the 'wing' on an F1 car ruining its
> aerodynamics is way off, as a few have said. It does limit top speed
> slightly, but only in a straight line. The average track speed is 15%+
over
> what it would otherwise be, and morer if you accountt for the accidents
> which would occur at the speeeds they travel without the downforce holding
> the cars to the track.
>
> For example, when his rear wing got smashed off after corner 1 at the
> brazillian GP (I think it was this round), Montoya made a 10-20% top speed
> increase down the back straight, but overall didnt manage too much better
on
> the lap time (into the pits for a new rear-wing) than other undamaged cars
> did, since he couldnt go anywhere near as fast on even the slightest of
> turns.
>

The beauty of the Vacuum cleaner car. The higher the engine revs through
the corner, the more downforce generated and the faster it could go :)