Hacker News with Generative AI: Motorsports

F1 Wing Trick That Helped Oscar Piastri Win the Azerbaijan GP (thedrive.com)
Oscar Piastri’s dominant win at the 2024 Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix can be credited to a variety of factors: McLaren’s comprehensive in-season upgrade packages, Piastri’s cool-headed skill, a helping hand from teammate Lando Norris, and the driver’s executive decision to ignore his race engineer’s request that he avoid overtaking Charles Leclerc. Oh—and a little rear-wing trick that ever so carefully skirts the limits of legality.
Ford RS200-Engined Hill Climber Uses Helicopter Turbine Engine for a Turbo (thedrive.com)
Lag is the bane of every turbocharged engine, and the ways people have tried to eliminate it boggle the mind.