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Originally Posted by fatoni
with a car this slow, it is almost a guarantee that the advantage in mechanical grip gained from tire is more advantageous than whatever you are trying to accomplish with aero. downforce is drag no matter how you slice it. the net result might not always show that but thats because nobody is talking about lift. once you realize that an f1 car has a cd of 1.5-2.5 and a prius has a cd of .25, it becomes a little more apparent where the priorities are in performance cars.
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An F1 car also has a much MUCH greater amount of horsepower as well as something like... 8x our power to weight ratio.
You'd be surprised how much speed the car can carry through turns. Aero is a larger factor in this than most people think.
Crude example: I can take a high speed sweeper faster in our BRZ with 225 tires, than I can in my S2000, with aero, with 255 tires. The S2000 has more power, and similar weight.