Firstly, thanks very much for the link!
I already knew the 2010 Red Bull had the highest cornering speed ever and I also knew it surpassed 5G at many corners. I heard somebody saying the 5,5G figure but it's better to hear from the horses mouth.
Interestingly, the way Newey speaks, makes you think the benchmark for max downforce in F1 were the "spoiler cars of the 1980s" which would confirm it had more downforce than the 2000's cars, contrary to what some members said earlier.
It's also worth noting that Newey mention lateral acceleration rather than downforce figures. The lateral acceleration depends highly on the tyres, as well as the total vertical load acting on them. Despite all the downforce of the skirts/ground effect cars and despite their wide slick tyres, they only peaked at 3G during cornering.
I would have liked if he presented some aero figures to give a real insight into it. But I won't keep taking this thread into other subjects, later I plan to open a new thread to post all the numbers I have
On topic, on the same RedBulletin, they say the total power is 800HP, so they leaked that Renault combustion engine generates 640HP. Interesting.
