A racing car that can't overtake is like an airplane without wings, or a song without words.
Yet this is what happened to Formula 1 during the Grands Prix last year.
To once again favor overtaking and the spectacle that accompanies it, the 2022 season therefore saw the removal of the fins placed on the upper part of their bodywork and the return of the flat bottom, as in the 70s. But with it reappeared the so-called "porpoising" effect.
This phenomenon causes the car to violently oscillate up and down like a porpoise on the surface of the sea.
To discover
Formula 1: the calendar for the 2022 season
Formula 1: manufacturers' classification
Formula 1: drivers classification
The return of the flat bottom
To eliminate wake turbulence, which caused the pursuer to lose almost 50% of its grip, the single-seaters had been stripped of their complex aerodynamic tricks, fins, side deflectors, etc.
Instead, the manufacturers have bet on the flat bottom acting as a suction cup thanks to venturi effect tunnels.
The air, passing under the car in a section…
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