Influences of Aeronautical Engineering at Motorsport Engineering (part 1)
Hello Everybody, Everyone that loves Motorsport is amazed about how complex is the aerodynamics of a Formula or Prototype car nowadays. Everything that is contained at bodywork design is there for some aerodynamic purpose, which is (in summary) to increase downforce (negative lift force) and decrease drag force, and normally they are made of carbon fiber (with some parts made with carbon fiber mixed with aluminum honeycomb). Fig. 1 - Modern F1 car (2022 concept) at Wind Tunnel testing All of these development came from the interaction of Aeronautical Engineering with Motorsport Engineering, when Motorsport Engineers started to figure out the gains that they could obtain into the car performance with the help of aerodynamics. Even if there were airplanes flying at the world since 1903 and the technologies of aerodynamics being very well studied since them, did you know that aerodynamics just started to play a role in Motorsport just at the end of 1960's and its methodologies ...