Dynamic weight balance

 

Maybe right name for this should be Aerodynamic weight balance, because is mainly achieved by aerodynamics of car, but not entirely. That is very important aspect of F1 tuning. Dynamic weight balance is not a constant value because car downforce is constantly changing with speed, and important is to find right compromise, which depend mainly of configuration of the track. If a front wing is producing too much downforce, the car will appear much heavier on front tires, and result is oversteering. Opposite will give you an understeer. If this condition exists, driver will have hard time making rear or front of the car behave well.
Part of dynamic weight balance is produced also by consumed fuel weight. Race engineer, during setup procedures, have to take this into account to. However, when all aerodynamic components are working in harmony, the result is a group of the fastest cars in the world racing on twisting road courses.

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Some useful links:

- f1technical.net, , a great site with a lot of technical information’s and explanations. Site is updated daily with news from F1 word.

 - autosport.com, This site is a legend. A bible for racing lovers. News from all around the word. Unfortunately, to get access to all news, interviews and to open the site completely you should be subscribed to Autosport magazine. Anyway, great read.

 - f1network.net, Good read. Fan’s from every team can find his team forum. For me, like Ferrari fan, forum is the best Ferrari forum, very visited, with great threads.

 - Ferrarif1forum.com is another great Ferrari site for Ferrari fan’s like me. Site is relatively new, but great fun, with great discussion, news and Ferrari F1 car Development topic. Twitter and Facebook are also there.

 - f1.gpupdate.net, Site with fresh news from Formula 1

 - planetf1, another site with many different articles, news and statistics. Biased toward British teams, but anyway good read.

 - gurneyflap.com, Great history site. You can learn a lot from this site. Pictures, cars and many many more. Great.

 - fia.com, La Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, representing the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. Head organisation and ruler in auto sport.

 - wikipedia.org, I don’t believe that I have to tell you anything about this site. It’s not about Formula 1 technology, but you can learn a lot about that too.

 - suttonimages.com. source of great images from autosport

 - carbibles.com, a great site for normal car users. Here you can find explanations of almost everything about your car and how it works. Technical reviews and explanations of some in-car gadgets.