News Details

Does reducing downforce work?

Robert Wickens and Will Power lead the field into Turn 1 at the start of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg -- Photo by: Chris Owens The season-opening round of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, was the first time the new downforce-reducing bodywork for the Dallara DW12 chassis was used in competition. The new kit bears many significant changes from the previous, manufacture-produced kits including: the repositioning of the engine air intake, the reshaping of the engine cowling, the reduction in front and rear wing-produced downforce, and an increase in downforce produced by the undertray. The overall changes in the profile of the car...
Full Story »
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

TPF Podcast #565- The calm before the F1 storm

Join Grace and me as we discuss circuit character, Martini, Williams,...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Horner disagrees with Wolff's fuel comments

Photo by: www.kymilman.com/f1 We always enjoy Mercedes boss Toto Wolff's...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

New sidepod design worth quarter of a second - Mercedes

Mercedes claims the new sidepod design on its W09 is worth around a...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

McLaren still struggling on day 1 & 2 of testing

Day 1 of the second test in 2018 didn't start well for McLaren who...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Three points, and a little extra, up for grabs against...

Morning all. Arsenal are in Premier League action this afternoon, when...
41m ago from Arseblog.com

Chelsea rival Arsenal & Man Utd for 30m wonderkid...

Chelsea are reportedly showing an interest in highly-rated Rennes...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta eyes rising star as next big Arsenal...

Arsenal are hoping to sign the AC Milan defender, Davide Bartesaghi.  The...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Wage demand sparks transfer frenzy, Arsenal want...

Juventus attacker Kenan Yildiz continues to be with the move away from the...
16h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Arvid Lindblad handed 'special' Red Bull drive

Arvid Lindblad has received a 'special' Red Bull... Read More »
21m ago from GPFans.com

Is Piastri shopping around for a new drive?

Oscar Piastri may be looking for another drive,... Read More »
1h ago from GrandPrix247.com

Albon reveals proudest achievement of 2025 season with...

The 2025 Formula 1 season was nothing short of a... Read More »
21m ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.