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Old 09-01-2009, 07:07 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by King Tut View Post
The chasing car is always faster. The driver in front will always be thinking about the car behind and will be distracted while the car behind just has to follow the lead of the car ahead
Thats actually only part of 1 fact. The front car reduces the drag on the car behind and lets it into its "slipstream" which enables the car behind to go faster. Also consider the KERS can be a boon and bane.. 30 kgs extra on an F1 Car.
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