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Originally Posted by byndbad914
. . . but it takes some huevos to drive faster and faster "into the downforce" thru a turn to see if the DF picks up or lets go . . .
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A number of years ago, I read an interview with Alex Zanardi, who was describing working on setup at Indy. His primary engineer (whose name escapes me now) casually mentioned that, now that Alex was laying down consistantly fast laps, they were going to "really trim out" the car.
Zanardi couldn't believe it, pleading his case that he felt he was inches from crashing several times on each lap. The engineer proceeded confidently with his plan, reducing wing angles, etc., and then said, in essence, "There, now go out and drive really fast!"
To Zanardi's amazement (and relief), lap times fell, AND the car felt more controlled.
So, fellow Wizards, try plotting this one: By reducing the extra DRAG that slightly steeper wing angles (higher downforce) generate, the car will go faster, thereby generating - uh - higher downforce. Where are our huevos when we need them most?