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UBC Sports Car Club hosted lecture on the physics behind racing and car set-up. I will ultimately evolve this lecture into a multi-part series for online delivery.

Two short videos have been trimmed out of the lecture for copyright reasons. The impact on the content should be very minor. Links to the original videos are provided at the end of this intro.

Please sign up at https://physicsofracing.com/ if you'd like to be notified when the course offerings become available. I hope to be able to develop at least the first of these in 2022 - thanks for your patience. I hope to include many elements left out of this lecture, including some material on powertrain, engine tuning, aerodynamics etc.

In the meantime, I've created an IG account - Physicsofracing - to answer any questions people may have on car physics. If you have a question, tag me in your post and I will try to answer, or DM me with a question.

Please forgive any errors and usage of a broad range of material from the internet. If you have any comments or spot any errors, please do email me at [email protected] and put "Physics of Racing" in the subject line. Thank you to all who provided material for this lecture, and special thanks to Ferrari for use of their Pilota Corsa slides.

Trimmed videos:
Sebastian Vettel 2017 Singapore pole lap
https://www.youtube.com/watch/RhM_04g...

Ari Ventanen near miss (at 2:03)
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