Prior to the Le Mans appearance it raced at the 2012 Donnington Historic Festival.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Le Mans at last.
Paul Stubber took the Veskanda to Le Mans this year where it raced in the curtain raising Group C race. They acquitted themselves very well and impressed a lot of people.
Great to see it back in its old West End colours. Don't know why it hasn't got the front wing.
Prior to the Le Mans appearance it raced at the 2012 Donnington Historic Festival.
Prior to the Le Mans appearance it raced at the 2012 Donnington Historic Festival.
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THE FRONT WING ONLY CREATES MORE POSITIVE DOWN FORCE ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR MEANING THE REAR WHEELS HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO GAIN TRACTION IN THE WET.
Also, on a track with those long, long straights that extra drag slowing the car even slightly will more than offset the little gained by extra front turn-in afforded by the improved grip.
A delicate balancing act as this also reduces front braking capability so the driver must slow a little earlier.
The front wing creates extra drag making the car slower on the straights. At Le Mans there aren't enough slow corners to make the it worth running the front wing.
IIRC there were a lot of privateer Porsche 956's running around in 1984-85 with the same style front wing. I believe this is where Bernie Van Elsen and K&A Engineering got the idea from.
I believe that Porsche actually wind tunnel tested a the front wing and found that it disrupted the airflow to the rear wing meaning less rear downforce. It was the reason the Rothman's Porsche's were never seen with the wing. Porsche didn't tell any of their leading customers such as Kremer, Lloyd, Joest or Brun. They never did make it easy for the private teams to beat the factory backed mob......
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