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Re:Italy wants an exception to Europe's gas-engine ban for F... by elif on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:11PM (#28654217)
No... the forces required to change a car's direction are friction forces on the tires reaching their limits.... your space calculations dont really mean much unless you are trying to build a rocketship.
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Re:Italy wants an exception to Europe's gas-engine ban for F... by sbakzbsmx on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:36PM (#28663908)
… he literally wrote Columb’s expression for frictional forces. Then pointed out that that expression overstates the amount of traction that weight gives you

What rules of physics do you propose we use? Ones where dead weight makes you faster? In the ideal case weight cancels out. But it doesn't, it forces you to take corners slower.

But hey, if you don't believe the math, watch an F1 race how the lap times drop and tyre life extends as they use up their fuel.

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