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  • 7 weeks ago
Gordon Murray describes the effects of the 1981 F1 regulations on suspension travel.
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00:00We all know that the closer the skirt or the side of the body is to the ground, the more downforce we've got.
00:05And the curve goes up so steeply the nearer you get to the ground that we're all trying to run as close to the ground or the side of the car as possible.
00:12And to do this, in simple terms, you have to cut the amount of suspension travel down to a minimum.
00:19So what we've all got now, or at this meeting in particular, we've all ended up with Formula One go-karts, which are forced upon us by the regulations, really.
00:27And the cars are quite dangerous.
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