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An Electric Racecar Drives Upside Down

Formula One cars, the world's fastest racecars, need to grip the track for speed and safety on the curves — leading engineers to design cars that create downforce. And racing fans are even told that "a Formula 1 racecar generates enough downforce above a certain speed that it could theoretic...

And racing fans are even told that "a Formula 1 racecar generates enough downforce above a certain speed that it could theoretically drive upside down," writes the automotive site Jalopnik. Dry-sump combustion engines aren't designed to run inverted and would eventually fail catastrophically. "McMurtry is working towards finalizing a production version of its hypercar, called the Spéirling PURE.

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