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Old 05-25-2021, 02:27 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I always thought it dumb to increase cornering ability on a Formula 1 car by creating massive downforce, most of which isn't needed at high speed straights where the majority of downforce is created. I'd rather see a rudder that dynamically moves to fly the car around the track.
Active aero is banned in F1, but they do allow drag reduction systems now.
Also a lot of tracks have many highspeed corners and the tires have a grip coefficient significantly greater than 1,0 so downforce is what they use a lot.

They also kind of circumvented the active aero rule with the now obsolete "F-duct"
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