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In car design, ground effect is a series of effects which have been exploited ... IndyCars also rode higher than ground effect F1 cars and relied on wings for ...
The Lotus 79 is a Formula One car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman, Geoff Aldridge, Martin Ogilvie, Tony Rudd, Tony Southgate and Peter Wright of Lotus.The Lotus 79 was the first F1 car to take full advantage of ground effect aerodynamics.
A Formula One car or F1 car is a single-seat, ... The advent of ground effect cars in the 1980s, allowed to increase downforce with a small drag penalty.
The Lotus 78 was a Formula One racing car used in the 1977 and 1978 seasons. It was designed by Peter Wright, Colin Chapman, Martin Ogilvie and Tony Rudd, and was the first ground effect car in Formula One.
By 1981 the ground effect cars were so efficient and so fast that the drivers were suffering from the tremendous g-forces involved in cornering and braking. The FIA banned the moveable skirts fitted to the bottom of the cars' sidepods that were vital for achieving consistent ground effect and regulated a mandatory ground clearance of 6 cm, in the interests of driver safety.
The car was now so efficient in creating downforce from its ground effect design that the front wings were unnecessary. At the 1980 French Grand Prix, Alan Jones used for the first time (in a race) a specially prepared John Judd developed Cosworth DFV. Previously Williams had used "development" DFVs allocated by Cosworth to constructors who ...
Former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has pinpointed where it went wrong for Hamilton and Mercedes last season after his own problems on track
The problem was twofold: firstly, the ground effect's low pressure area under the car was moving around with the car's centre of gravity. The phenomenon was known as porpoising , as the car appeared to be lifting and squatting at different speeds, causing it to lurch violently through corners.