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Testing F1 Race Car Airflows Using UV Sensitive Body Paints

Story in Motorsport.com about how formula 1 cars can be tested for air flow over the vehicle body using ultraviolet light sensitive paints so that other viewers cannot see the data being collected.Excerpts:Formula 1 teams use pre-season testing to extract as much data as possible via various methods -including flow-visualisation paint and aerodynamic rakes.Both play…

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