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Fun fact: In oval racing with an average laptime at Indy of 300km/h, aero is much much more important than in F1.garygph wrote:Oh how I wish we could get away from the massive influence of aero in F1 (even though it is my favourite thing to read about). It just does not make for good racing.
repostedTim.Wright wrote: Fun fact: In oval racing with an average laptime at Indy of 300km/h, aero is much much more important than in F1.
There is a discussion to be had about that statement I thinkTim.Wright wrote:Fun fact: In oval racing with an average laptime at Indy of 300km/h, aero is much much more important than in F1.garygph wrote:Oh how I wish we could get away from the massive influence of aero in F1 (even though it is my favourite thing to read about). It just does not make for good racing.
, your aero requirements on the average oval is very very different to a twisty circuit, but on both aero is massively important to win!
You are right I was alluding to that. My mistake for not being more precise with my wording. It just seemed to be such a well discussed fact on this forum that I did not need to be. Lesson learnedhollus wrote:In that video I see aero actually deciding the race. Do you mean downforce in particular by any chance?
Tommy Cookers wrote:this seems the time to ask my perennial question ......Tim.Wright wrote: Fun fact: In oval racing with an average laptime at Indy of 300km/h, aero is much much more important than in F1.
do drivers brake for the turns at the Indianapolis motor speedway, or just throttle back ??
if there's no braking now, was there in pre-aero times ??
(the track was designed for zero lateral g at 90 mph, banking angle 9' 42")
At one point, ABC was on-board with the race leader, showing the (phony?) telemetry and discussing it. He was 100% throttle, 0% brake, and penultimate gear through every turn. The commentator noted the flat-outness and said something to the effect of that's how it's supposed to work when you have the car dialed-in correctly/luckily.Tommy Cookers wrote:Tommy Cookers wrote:this seems the time to ask my perennial question ......Tim.Wright wrote: Fun fact: In oval racing with an average laptime at Indy of 300km/h, aero is much much more important than in F1.
do drivers brake for the turns at the Indianapolis motor speedway, or just throttle back ??
if there's no braking now, was there in pre-aero times ??
(the track was designed for zero lateral g at 90 mph, banking angle 9' 42")
Curiously I have exactly the same feeling for F-1, it's only a very pale shadow of its former glory.It was a good finish..but the 500 seems to be a shadow of it's former self.
No flaming, but I prefer to watch a racing serie that is totally machine limited than a one that is tire limited...*awaits flaming* but it seems to be of such a dumbed down level that even driver skills make smaller gains than they should. It is totally machine limited.