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McLaren F1 stumbled into torque vectoring, and changed driving
McLaren did not set out to reinvent how road cars corner, yet its obsession with shaving tenths off a lap in Formula 1 quietly birthed a new way to think about traction and stability. What began as a ...
Many automakers use torque vectoring to shift torque between the wheel or wheels that need traction the most. In spirited driving, the system can improve handling by helping rotate the vehicle and get ...
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How McLaren's F1 team accidentally helped invent torque vectoring
McLaren’s 'Fiddle Brake' pedal let its drivers brake a single rear wheel to rotate the car into corners. Now it's used everywhere.
However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...
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