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Re:Electric fan car shatters the Goodwood hill climb record by jackmott42 on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:28PM (#31901069)
the T.50 has a fan, and it is used for aerodynamic benefit, but it does so by helping speed up air through the under car diffuser, which allows them to use a more aggressive diffuser than would otherwise work. It all adds up to a modest downforce improvement and/or drag reduction.

The McMurtry by comparison is more like the old F1 fan car, in that it is literally sucking itself down to the road, with tons of force, with a skirt and so on.

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Re:Electric fan car shatters the Goodwood hill climb record by MrFoof on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:39PM (#31901209)
Yep. As Gordon said about the Brabham, the McMurty is, “more of a blunt instrument.”

When I watched it do the hill climb I was thinking of all the drivers they might’ve approached, and thought that if Mark Webber hadn’t hung it up a few years ago he would’ve, “noped out” of that conversation immediately given his history of flying for Mercedes in the beginning of his career.

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Re:Electric fan car shatters the Goodwood hill climb record by rjvs on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:32AM (#31904101)
Plus that time when he flew his Red Bull at Valencia. Definitely the F1 driver with the most air time... so maybe the idea of a car that is actively pushing into the ground (instead of passively with wings/diffusers) would appeal.
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