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The Ground-Effect Revolution: How Underbody Aerodynamics Changed Racing from the Seventies to the Modern Era

The Ground-Effect Revolution: How Underbody Aerodynamics Changed Racing from the Seventies to the Modern Era

Psaila, Etienne
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Paperback

Technology & EngineeringMotor SportsAutomobiles

ISBN13: 9798901947234
Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: Jun 11 2026
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

From the radical experiments of the 1970s to the controlled underfloor tunnels of the modern era, The Ground-Effect Revolution tells the fact-based story of how racing engineers learned to turn the underside of a car into one of motorsport's most powerful performance tools.

This professionally researched narrative follows the evolution of underbody aerodynamics across Formula One, endurance racing, American open-wheel competition, touring cars, GT racing, and modern prototypes. It explains how wings, skirts, tunnels, diffusers, fan cars, flat-bottom rules, double diffusers, blown diffusers, CFD, porpoising, and modern regulation changed the relationship between speed, grip, safety, and design.

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