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Vanderwall Speed Shootout
During the 2011A homologation and inspection process, Vanderwall paid of....er...sponsored a speed shootout at Jacksonville among all of the new GP cars. Each car was run at 1/1 wing and of course Vanderwall tires.
| ASR02 | 333 kph |
| ASR03 | 325 kph |
| Hyundai11A | 337 kph |
| MP-11A | 352 kph |
| MRDCXT1 | 351 kph |
| rusyn-11a | 329 kph |
| Kelly | 332 kph |
A bystander Rusyn engineer scoffed at the value of this data stating that the B/B wings dominated (MP-11A and MRDCXT1) these silly tests, but that in real races it will be the A/A wings to look out for (ASR03 and Kelly). Strangely, he had no good answer for why Rusyn went with A/B wings (as did Hyundai11A and ASR02). He did mention that B/A wings are 'right out'.
An Antares engineer went on to point out that the airboxes skew the results as well, showing only their advantage of more power, at a level not normally seen, since most races never go north of 300 kph, and average in the low 200s at best. These tests do not show drivability, fuel mileage, or pull out of slower corners.
In any case, another test was run using full wing (50/50), even though the Antares engineer still protested the airbox issue. The Rusyn engineer muttering 'whatever' to the retest.
| ASR02 | 269 kph |
| ASR03 | 269 kph |
| Hyundai11A | 271 kph |
| MP-11A | 265 kph |
| MRDCXT1 | 263 kph |
| rusyn-11a | 267 kph |
| Kelly | 275 kph |
An SDL investor was seen quietly smiling off in a dark corner.