Italian GP Preview: Red Bull
September 4th 2007 13:26
A beginner's guide to aerodynamics:
The F1 cars go very quickly at Monza. Apparently, this is because of something called aerodynamics. Here is a handy guide to a mysterious subject…
AERO package - The wrapping on a chocolate bar called "Aero." If your car looks like a bar of chocolate, it probably won't go very quickly
Rear wing - When very old F1 drivers go to heaven they wear these on their back to get around quicker than normal people
Gurney Flap - Named after American F1 driver Dan Gurney who competed in 86 Grands Prix, winning 4 of them. The first man to win a GP driving a car he built himself (the Eagle-Climax.) He got upset about tools dropping on his head when working on the gearbox of his car, so put a small flap on the rear wing to stop the tools rolling off the edge of the wing
Wind Tunnel model - A fashion term for girls who like to be photographed with their hair blowing backwards
Fifty Percent Wind Tunnel Model - As above but with a very bad contract that means the modelling agency takes half her money
Turning Vain (sometimes spelt Vane) - What happens to a wind tunnel model if you say too many nice things about her
Aerodynamicist - a difficult word to say
Front End Plate - the plate most likely to fall off the edge of the table
Drag - the way time passes slowly for the crowd watching a long procession of cars supposedly racing
Drag coefficient Cd - very boring music that drivers listen to when going down the main straight at Monza
Down Force - Police Force who work on the South Downs near the coast of England
High Down Force - The same Police Force after they have burnt illegal marijuana plants
Low Down Force - How the Down Force feels the day after inhaling the marijuana smoke
Winglets - Baby wings
Lift - What lazy aerodynamicists use to go to their office rather than walking up stairs
Deflector - Word to describe an aerodynamicist when he no longer wants to work for a team and moves to another one
The F1 cars go very quickly at Monza. Apparently, this is because of something called aerodynamics. Here is a handy guide to a mysterious subject…
AERO package - The wrapping on a chocolate bar called "Aero." If your car looks like a bar of chocolate, it probably won't go very quickly
Rear wing - When very old F1 drivers go to heaven they wear these on their back to get around quicker than normal people
Gurney Flap - Named after American F1 driver Dan Gurney who competed in 86 Grands Prix, winning 4 of them. The first man to win a GP driving a car he built himself (the Eagle-Climax.) He got upset about tools dropping on his head when working on the gearbox of his car, so put a small flap on the rear wing to stop the tools rolling off the edge of the wing
Wind Tunnel model - A fashion term for girls who like to be photographed with their hair blowing backwards
Fifty Percent Wind Tunnel Model - As above but with a very bad contract that means the modelling agency takes half her money
Turning Vain (sometimes spelt Vane) - What happens to a wind tunnel model if you say too many nice things about her
Aerodynamicist - a difficult word to say
Front End Plate - the plate most likely to fall off the edge of the table
Drag - the way time passes slowly for the crowd watching a long procession of cars supposedly racing
Drag coefficient Cd - very boring music that drivers listen to when going down the main straight at Monza
Down Force - Police Force who work on the South Downs near the coast of England
High Down Force - The same Police Force after they have burnt illegal marijuana plants
Low Down Force - How the Down Force feels the day after inhaling the marijuana smoke
Winglets - Baby wings
Lift - What lazy aerodynamicists use to go to their office rather than walking up stairs
Deflector - Word to describe an aerodynamicist when he no longer wants to work for a team and moves to another one
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