Can a formula 1 car drive upside down. However in order for the f1 car to drive upside down wed require much more than high levels of downforce. F1 cars driving at high speed generate much more downforce than their own weight so the true statement is that force is enough to counteract gravity. At maximum speeds f1 cars can experience up to 2500 kg 5500 pounds of downforce the equivalent of a small elephant sitting on top of it.
Because the minimum weight of the car plus the driver is only 740kg 1600 pounds the amount of downforce generated is significant enough that they could theoretically drive upside down. That means that theoretically at high speeds they could drive upside down this statement from a few year ago and so is an underestimation as the 2017 rule changes have increase aerodynamic forces substantially. Get the down low on downforce aerodynamics and drag from mercedes f1 technology director mike elliott and find out whether an f1 car can really drive upside down.
The idea of an f1 car of any car for that matter driving on a ceiling is quite sci fi. Fbd of formula 1 when it will be upside down in a tunnel. Dear physics legendsaerodynamicists of stw sky tv are running an advert for the new f1 season that claims there is so much downforce that an f1 car could drive upside down.
Its been a long discussed idea.
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