The more downforce a car gives you, the harder it is to correct if the downforce breaks off. At the same time, the former Ferrari driver explained the drivers must keep confidence, given the fact that not fully committing can have the opposite effect and cause the downforce to “collapse”. The concept behind the ground-effect idea is that the cars are sucked down to the road by the downforce, so when they are disturbed, as the bygone era showed, the driver can become a passenger. They will try to balance the car optimally for themselves.” But otherwise, everything will stay the same. I guarantee the new 2022 cars will feel different for the drivers at the beginning. If it’s right, you go as fast as the car can go. Several drivers confirmed that they will need to change their driving style as a result of the new rules, but Mario Andretti in convinced little will change beyond that: “We had to adapt, but it was not more difficult,” he said, speaking from his own experience – “As with any car, the balance had to be right. If it were 30 per cent better, that would already be progress.” – he added. But I don’t dare to predict whether that will be enough for the drivers to stay close to the car in front in the corners again. Now they are rightly going the other way.
That increased the turbulence and they were even more dependent on DRS. That’s why I couldn’t understand why F1 went to wider cars and wings a few years ago. The idea is to generate more downforce under the car to reduce the areas above that produce bad air. “As far as I understand it, these cars are supposed to radiate less turbulence to the rear so it’s easier to drive behind each other,” he said, as reported by German magazine Auto Motor und Sport.
Show your support for Scuderia Ferrari with official merchandise collection from Puma! The former Ferrari driver is not certain that ground-effect aerodynamics will in fact be able to lead to improved racing in the modern era, but feels that if it becomes 30% easier for a driver to follow the car in front he would consider that to be a big step forward. Or at least that is the intention ahead of the 2022 Formula One championship. Despite the fact that ground-effect cars were no longer used in the sport after 1982 due to safety reasons, they are back this year with the goal of reducing turbulence which affects the car behind, and thus giving drivers the possibility to follow each other more closely and try more passes.
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