F1
F1 technical analysis – The front wing
Lots of thoughts behind this front wing design © Xavi Bonilla / DPPI
A car racing car is immediately identifiable by its front and rear wings, but this was not always the case. In fact, we had to wait until 1968 to see a Formula 1 to sport a wing for the first time at the initiative of the brilliant Colin Chapman, founder of the Lotus brand, well inspired by a pilot engineer from the 1960s, Jim Hall. Based on the premise that a plane flies thanks to a wing creating lift, Jim Hall decided in 1967 to graft one with an inverted profile to the rear of his Chaparral 2F prototype in order to pin it to the ground (PHOTO 1).
Chapman takes up the idea, but goes further
Gautier Calmels
Journalist MotoGP, Nascar, Rallye France, Endurance and Classic... Among others.
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