Photo Gallery «Wedges and cigars - from slipstreaming to downforce»
While air was still considered the number one enemy of speed before the war, engineers recognized its benefits in the mid-sixties in the search for ever higher cornering speeds. All kinds of tail units were used in an attempt to control and steer the airflow according to their own wishes. Part 2 of our history of racing car aerodynamics tells the story of the journey from the flow-optimized cigar to the downforce-generating wedge.
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