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Old 05-08-2008, 07:03 AM   #3 (permalink)
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obviously not a stock Fit. Spoon Sports race car. I'm surprised the kart was only 1.39 g's (and the Williams F1 car less than that!). Somebody's not trying very hard...
I think they are just trying to focus on mechanical grip vs aero grip. An F1 car will do up to 5 g's, but that is almost all aero grip, which means it's speed dependent. I'm guessing they ran a skid pad test at low speeds where aero isn't much of a factor.
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