Aston Martin/Red Bull Supercar revealed

Aston Martin/Red Bull Supercar revealed
youtube.com/watch?v=lTs8mvvccgg&feature=share

looks like a mclaren

Who cares? The Red Bull team stopped being good years ago. Should've built the car before F1 became a Mercedes/Hamilton show.

I dont know how i feel

The aero on this looks insane

>it's going to be faster than an F1 car on track thanks to it's underbody wings that provide massive amounts of downforce

In race-trim, faster than LMP1, maybe.
Faster than Formula 1? I don't think so. The numbers just don't add up and at the end - the mechanical grip from the tires wouldn't be enough because they are much, much narrower than the Pirelli tires they use in Formula 1. The car is still a 100kg heavier and still has to meet road legality standards.
There is just no way, man. Much respect for Adrian but, saying *this* is faster than an F1 car.. I'm a little skeptical.

>Narrower tires
>Less grip
>Not realising size of contact patch has no effect on frictional force

I'm not sure this implies you're best placed to make judgements about the engineering decisions taken in designing this, senpai...

>frictional force
Son, if you have a wider tire, it has better heat management. And since tires don't follow basic friction theory on the dot since they are made from deformable rubber. Tires only give proper grip when they're at a proper temperature - too cold, no grip. Too hot, they disintegrate.

So F=mu*r doesn't necessarily apply.
In addition, a wider tire offers better linear acceleration.

What I'm trying to argue that since it is only using road tires, how in the fuck can the tires manage the heat that is generated from having a road legal car go as fast as a Formula 1 car.

Senpai, they do follow basic frictional theory - rubber isn't magical... but yes, energy dissipation over a wider area in the case of slipping tires is a pretty important factor. So the solution must be not to slip the tires, desu

tyres deform so you can't apply the standard theory