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2024 Miami Grand Prix - [SPRINT QUALIFYING] discussion thread (lemmy.world)

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ROUND 6: 🇺🇸 United States

FORMULA 1 CRYPTO.COM MIAMI GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

First Grand Prix: 2022
Number of laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
Race Distance: 308.326 km
Lap record: 1:29.708 Max Verstappen (2023)
2023 winner: Max Verstappen

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Several years back Lewis showed how strong those front wings are by standing on his and sort of bouncing up and down.

F1 bodywork seems weak because of the forces involved when they crash at hundreds of kilometers per hour. But they’re actually quite strong. If you think about it, that front wing is designed to handle a significant weight of air.