A car with 2X power weight Downforce half CdA beat an F1?

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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:34 pm

2X power, 2X weight, 2X downforce, yet half CdA
Would such a car beat an F1?

Despite weighing twice as much power to weight ratio is the same.
So in theory low speed acceleration would be the same.
The car would have a higher top speed because of the lower CdA.
What about the corners?
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:49 pm

Depends on the race track -around a high speed Oval -almost certainly it'll be quicker...

Around a go-kart track; almost certainly slower....
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:09 pm

are the tires bigger? wider?
thisisatest
 
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:17 pm

Weight stays the same but downforce increases with the square of the speed increase. So, are you saying it has twice the downforce at a given speed e.g. peak speed or that the aero devices have a lift coefficient twice that of the other car?

And then what about tyres? Are they the same in both cases?

Sounds like you need to define the problem further - too many variables to give any sort of answer really.
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