Chris Harris

Dirty. They just knew that sometimes when they got in a car, someone did that with a lever.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's incredible. They put on one of the best races of the season here, isn't it?

It's incredible. They put on one of the best races of the season here, isn't it?

It's incredible. They put on one of the best races of the season here, isn't it?

They do have some shorter ovals, but yeah, Formula One is more complex.

They do have some shorter ovals, but yeah, Formula One is more complex.

They do have some shorter ovals, but yeah, Formula One is more complex.

I think it's this gray area of interpreting a rule book that's complicated, but also try not to get caught. And some of the, just the way that they've, through the years, and it creates subterfuge. It creates games. Another great story, we covered this on Top Gear, was one of the great interpreters of the rule book was Colin Chapman, who was the man that founded Lotus.

I think it's this gray area of interpreting a rule book that's complicated, but also try not to get caught. And some of the, just the way that they've, through the years, and it creates subterfuge. It creates games. Another great story, we covered this on Top Gear, was one of the great interpreters of the rule book was Colin Chapman, who was the man that founded Lotus.

I think it's this gray area of interpreting a rule book that's complicated, but also try not to get caught. And some of the, just the way that they've, through the years, and it creates subterfuge. It creates games. Another great story, we covered this on Top Gear, was one of the great interpreters of the rule book was Colin Chapman, who was the man that founded Lotus.

And he had found a way in something called the Lotus, I think it was 77. It was a car that Andretti won the championship in. They created something called ground effect. So it's now a common thing, but he worked out that if you sealed the sides of a car on the road, you could effectively accelerate air underneath the car and create a low pressure area, which basically sucked the car to the ground.

And he had found a way in something called the Lotus, I think it was 77. It was a car that Andretti won the championship in. They created something called ground effect. So it's now a common thing, but he worked out that if you sealed the sides of a car on the road, you could effectively accelerate air underneath the car and create a low pressure area, which basically sucked the car to the ground.

And he had found a way in something called the Lotus, I think it was 77. It was a car that Andretti won the championship in. They created something called ground effect. So it's now a common thing, but he worked out that if you sealed the sides of a car on the road, you could effectively accelerate air underneath the car and create a low pressure area, which basically sucked the car to the ground.

So you were generating downforce, not through wings, but through accelerating air under the car. By the way, any engineers listening to this, I'm not an engineer, but I have a basic understanding of it, having driven these things. But if my terminology is wrong, I apologize. But effectively, you're generating downforce in a way that you can't see it on the vehicle. It's not got wings.

So you were generating downforce, not through wings, but through accelerating air under the car. By the way, any engineers listening to this, I'm not an engineer, but I have a basic understanding of it, having driven these things. But if my terminology is wrong, I apologize. But effectively, you're generating downforce in a way that you can't see it on the vehicle. It's not got wings.

So you were generating downforce, not through wings, but through accelerating air under the car. By the way, any engineers listening to this, I'm not an engineer, but I have a basic understanding of it, having driven these things. But if my terminology is wrong, I apologize. But effectively, you're generating downforce in a way that you can't see it on the vehicle. It's not got wings.

And what they would do is they'd lower these. There was a sort of a handle. They'd lower these skirts when they went out onto the track. So when the car went out on track and in the paddock, it looked like a normal car. But they were going so much faster than everyone else, he needed to find a way of diverting the attention to the other teams.