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Re:2021 Williams F1 Computational Fluid Dynamics by kalal on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:06AM (#26939719)
> "I tried to match my lapsim program to telemetry from the 2020 Spanish GP, I arrived at CL = -5.421 and CD = 1.150"

This is very interesting. Does it mean that the author has access to 2020 Spanis GP telemetry from Williams?

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Re:2021 Williams F1 Computational Fluid Dynamics by t0mas88 on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:14AM (#26940092)
You can get quite detailed timing data from the F1 app. If you have the speed and time data for a sector that's completely full throttle and straight you can calculate quite a lot.
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