The front splitter has a raised center section to help reduce pitch sensitivity. The splitter’s side winglets reduce spillover on the splitter and probably act like vortex generators that help manage flow around the front wheelwells and the sides of the car as do the front canards. The canards are not a particularly efficient downforce creating device but maybe they’re vortex generators and a styling element? The heat exchanger venting above the splitter reduces its effectiveness by reducing stagnation pressure. At least the heat exchangers have beautiful properly shaped carbon ductwork that exit on top of the hood that probably contributes to downforce as well.
This is the upper fender vent. It strips high-pressure air off the top of the tire to help activate the front diffuser and to kill the lift that the tire can create.
The top of the beautiful carbon fiber fender with the flawlessly molded vents. Drool.
You can see the exit of the rear fender vents here.
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I liked this change of pace! I wouldn’t mind seeing more car analysis or review, hypercar or track build. Keep it up guys!
Man…. 3 years since I wrote about the 720S. Sorry, life got in the way.
https://motoiq.com/nerds-eye-view-mclaren-720s/
This was an awesome article, and a cool change of pace from the usual MotoIQ build spot lights.
I would absolutely enjoy seeing more of these close looks at the hypercars – the detail helps us mere mortals see which ones are legit and which ones are not worth the hype.
I consider the Pagani to be a hyper-styled hyper car that focuses on form over function. It’s not my cup of tea in terms of performance objectives, but it’s absolutely a work of art in every aspect. I honestly think that most billionaires can’t even drive these machines to the levels that they are meant to be driven at, and considering that, why bother spending all your ‘hard earned’ money on a bunch of performance metrics that you will never take advantage of?
You are ALWAYS going to appreciate the craftsmanship, and you certainly won’t get any competition in that department from the other hypercars.
The Pagani makes the Bugatti look cheap.
The workmanship is one thing you notice, no kit car cheapness here like some other hypercars. I was surprised by the aero though didn’t seem very sophisticated and I was also surprised by the mere chrome-moly subframes.
Yeah, it’s too much form over function for my taste. But there’s the crowd that likes to have something different and more rare just because it’s more rare. I think I’ve maybe seen one Pagani? I’ve seen at least a handful of P1s actually driven on the road. I saw a Senna on the 405 a couple weeks ago.
Hey Mike, would you say the movable flaps/ailerons would make up for the aero deficiencies you noted? I was hoping to see you mention them, and your thoughts on their pros and cons.
Illegal in every race series I know of.