When the turning gets tough... (cover story)
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Spackman, Kerry; Tan, Sze
- Source
- New Scientist. 3/13/93, Vol. 137 Issue 1864, p26. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 8 Graphs.
- Subject
- *AUTOMOBILE racing
- Language
- ISSN
- 0262-4079
Examines how international car racers can use mathematics to gain optimum performance when they race. The performance boundary curve; How aerodynamic design complicates matters; How drivers gauge when to accelerate into a corner. INSET: Nigel Mansell does this in his head--can you?.