The front wing would mean there is too much downforce on the front, which can literally lift the rear off the ground. What they did was genius — they reduced the front wing angle to almost nothing. Now, this reduced drag, but also had another benefit. The thing to know here, is that an aerodynamicist is essentially trying to extract energy from the air flowing over the car, and with the use of wings and the floor — they can create downforce.
However, once this energy is taken from the air — it is then less useful further down the car. And, as we know, the diffuser produces incredible downforce with a smaller drag penalty than a wing — creating lots of downforce without slowing the car — perfect for this application. This extra traction was really needed, the Bonneville salt is a very loose surface — which was tricky to get traction on. The cars need to wind up speed over about 5 miles, as wheelspin can be a real issue.
This lack of traction also created another issue. When at high speed, the slightest wheelspin or crosswind could be enough to lose the rear of the car. And this surface could also cause the tyres to dig in, and start a roll.
The consequences would be huge. So Honda decided to break the rules slightly, in the interest of driver safety. They fitted a rear fin, where the rear wing used to be. And it was active, it could actually sense when the car was getting sideways and use hydraulics to move the fin and bring the rear of the car back in line. This would restore the downforce and stabilise the car.
Now, it would invalidate the run — but was there just in case. For the run to count as the F1 Land Speed record, they had to run the car over a flying mile in two opposite directions. This meant building up speed over about 5 miles, then doing a mile at full speed, before using parachutes to slow down.
They then do a second run in the opposite direction and take an average — all to ensure there is no advantage provided by the wind. They did break their kph goal, but only in one direction — with the average being kph.
The car could definitely go faster, they did over kph on the Mojave airfield — however not for a full mile. But the real question I have, is could a current F1 car beat this? The current cars are over 3 seconds a lap faster around Monza in qualifying than the cars, and they have much more power.
So surely they would be much faster with all the downforce taken off? Whilst the Mercedes is thought to have around horsepower, over horsepower more than the Honda — around of those are due to the Hybrid system. The cars are also kg heavier now, however weight is actually helpful at Bonneville. When you have such a long run-up — traction is very important, and so more weight means more grip. However, the biggest issue would be how big the cars are now.
They are over mm wider than the cars and are a lot longer. Even if you make the car very aerodynamically efficient — there is no getting around the difference in frontal area — something that is very important in reducing drag. In , Valterri Bottas was the fastest car on the straight at Monza — hitting In , Esteban Guerrieri took pole at the Hungaroring with a time of 2m When F1 last undertook a wet qualifying session at the same track Lewis Hamilton was on pole for Mercedes after a 1m Acceleration: surface dependent.
In , a stage of WRC Rally Sweden was cancelled over fears that the latest generation of cars - which had more power, better aerodynamics and centre differentials - were driving too quickly to be considered safe.
Ott Tanak completed special stage 9 at an average speed of These kinds of speeds are nothing compared to what you see in other forms of motorsport, although pitting track driving against rallying in this sense really is like comparing apples and oranges. Kris Meeke holds the record for the highest average speed over a World Rally Championship event, averaging The regulations state that cars must be based on front-engined, rear-wheel drive production vehicles that have four seats and are sold in Australia, and in the field consisted solely of Ford Mustang GTs and Holden Commodores.
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Photo by: Motorsport Images. The National Hot Rod Association NHRA was established in back then drag racers could hit speeds of mph in around nine seconds, the kind of acceleration some modern, road-legal supercars can achieve comfortably.
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But safety is. Each year, the cars change to become faster and safer for the drivers.
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