porsche,996,gt1,flip,car,race Porsche GT1 - Amazing airborne end-over-end flip

Porsche GT1 - Amazing airborne end-over-end flip

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6 months 3 weeks ago • 2106 views

tags: porsche, 996, gt1, flip, car, race

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According to the announcers the driver was okay. Still, you don't see something this amazing every day.

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*brief

written by Stingray

| 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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This video has been flagged as being less than 1 minute in length - declared brief by Stingray.

written by siftbot

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the germans always make great stuff

written by jacobrecker

| 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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similar to this classic from Le Mans:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Horrifying-Sports-Car-Somersault

written by grinter

| 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Had to watch this four times. How did that happen? The aerodynamics must have been way off for the car not to have enough downforce to crest a hill.

written by arvana

| 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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One of the few situations where you can actually leave 3 skidmarks...

written by videosiftbannedme

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It was just so close to the car in front that it was running very slow air (relative to the car). Without the downforce from the body cresting the hill at that speed probably got eh car close to weightless and the faster air above the car sucked it up. The rest is down to Newton.

I don't think the aerodynamics were out for an open track, but you'd think they'd take slipstreaming into account too!

written by robbersdog49

| 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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The idea of drafting is to use the car in front as a drag barrier. The problem with this is that the drag is beneficial for keeping the car on the ground. Without the higher pressure above and maintaining the same pressure below the vehicle, it's lift off time.

Good for aviation, bad for race car driving.

written by rottenseed