Watch In Car Video Of A Lamborghini Race Car Taking Flight And The Driver Handling It Like A Boss


Watch In Car Video Of A Lamborghini Race Car Taking Flight And The Driver Handling It Like A Boss

This is some amazing footage from Slovakia of all places featuring a balls out Lamborghini race car taking flight! The situation could have ended in complete catastrophe but the driver and some luck played into it coming to a remarkable mundane end. This is a study in just how dynamic the aerodynamic forces involved in driving at high speeds are. I have become more aware of this spending some time around land speed racing this year and the invisible hand of air continues to amaze and freak me out. This driver experienced a near blow over when hauling ass up a rise in the course.

As the car reaches the top of the hill at basically full tilt the nose starts to gather some air under it and then all of a sudden, the car takes literal flight and appears to be standing nearly on end. Amazingly, it flies a completely straight path and lands gently enough for the driver to regain control and actually steer around some water barriers in a run out area past the right hand turn he was supposed to take. We’re guessing that this car has a belly pan or some sort of aerodynamically enhanced setup under it, unfortunately when the car gets some pitch in the nose, that flat underbody will help make a situation like this worse. Remember the flying Mercedes CLR race cars at Le Mans in 1999? This was a far less dramatic situation than those cars experienced but the physics are just the same. Hell, the physics are the same for a top fueler during a blow over as well.

We give this driver credit for keeping his wits about him and actually driving the car from the first possible moment after it touched down. The man has ice water in his veins or he soiled his suit so badly that he was in desperate need to exit the car. Either way…hell of a driving job, buddy!

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE A LAMBO RACE CAR BECOME A LOW FLYING ITALIAN AIRPLANE!


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