Chris Harris Drives the DeltaWing - Race Cars News

Monkey gets the lowdown on the groundbreaking racecar that is the DeltaWing and takes it for a few laps around Road Atlanta, home to the Petit Le Mans where the team crossed the finish line for the first time. If, after discovering the DeltaWing finished the Petit Le Mans in fifth place, your first thought was "how can it compete with cars that have twice as much power?" then check out Chris Harris' latest video which sheds some light on the highly innovative racecar. Before hitting the play button, however, clear your mind of every pre-conceived idea of how a racing car works. Then sit back and watch Harris drive it around Road Atlanta before receiving a layman's explanation of the DeltaWing by its engineer and designer Ben Bowlby. What you will discover is that the DeltaWing is a car with fundamental stability. It has a light front end with 100mm-wide tires, wishbones less than a millimeter thick and a spring and damper unit from a mountain bike. The whole set up of the car has been approached from a totally fresh perspective, particularly with regard to how it tackles corners.


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