Comparison of Red Bull vs Ferrari aero turbulence at COTA
11-20-2013 | 11:05 PM
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Comparison of Red Bull vs Ferrari aero turbulence at COTA
11-21-2013 | 09:41 AM
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I didn't realize F1 cars did that. The only vehicles I've seen before that do that are jet aircraft and fighter planes.
-Mike
11-21-2013 | 09:44 AM
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11-21-2013 | 10:12 AM
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You could clearly see vortices coming off of the wings of all of the cars on Saturday morning. There was enough moisture in the air to generate some pretty clear vortices spilling off of the rear wings. They would appear just prior to initiation of braking going into T12.
11-21-2013 | 10:45 AM
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Now we see a bit of why Newey is a genius & kicking everyone else's *****...
11-21-2013 | 12:04 PM
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I think the NBC broadcasters would have said both cars must have leaks in the radiators.
11-21-2013 | 01:43 PM
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Happens all the time off the rear wing of top fuel cars. Fun to watch.
11-21-2013 | 01:49 PM
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You can see it happening at most of the high speed tracks like Spa, Monza and Malaysia.
11-21-2013 | 02:40 PM
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Looks like they had some in the wind dull paying attention to the details.
11-21-2013 | 03:03 PM
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11-21-2013 | 03:57 PM
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Now we see a bit of why Newey is a genius & kicking everyone else's *****...
Those million little winglets aren't there for nothing...
11-21-2013 | 06:10 PM
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And none of it makes the racing any better...
11-21-2013 | 06:51 PM
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All the good racing comes from overseas now, DTM, V8 Supercars, Supercups.
But I don`t get FS2 so now I get none of them, not even BTC. Blows.
I need an Adrian Newey designed Motorsports channel.
11-21-2013 | 09:38 PM
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I think the NBC broadcasters would have said both cars must have leaks in the radiators.
+1, they are TOTALLY worthless.
11-21-2013 | 09:49 PM
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And none of it makes the racing any better...
+1 Million. To quote Racer magazine: "Sunday's race was nothing but a high speed parade lap."
Almost as exciting too.