March 3, 2008

Negative lift

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Testing at airfields, particularly this one on the island of Menorca, has become quite the rage recently and this time it's BMW-Sauber's turn.    It must be that teams are getting data that cannot be simulated in the wind tunnel or that, somehow, testing away from a sanctioned track does not count towards the testing limits.  Any theories?


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  1. AnonymousTuesday, March 04, 2008 12:19:00 AM

    Torque from engine leading to small suspension geometry changes that can't be replicated in the tunnel.

    That's my guess :)

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  2. ACTuesday, March 04, 2008 6:31:00 AM

    And maybe sensitivity to even small bumps?

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  3. AnonymousTuesday, March 04, 2008 9:28:00 AM

    I guess it's to test suspension and wing dynamics to prevent the sort of failures that have happened at the begginning of the seasons for a couple of years now; plus it must be cheaper to partially rent those lightly used airstrips for straight line testing than a full course F1 track given that they already have all the security equipment required for such use.

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