How to Use downforce in a Sentence

downforce

noun

• That means downforce is the name of the game.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
• There was so much downforce with the last couple of years of the aero kits.
  — Lear, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
• There's no big wing, but downforce is made with a full-width diffuser.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 19 May 2021
• The idea is a bigger battery, a lot more power, more grip and more downforce.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
• Close the air intakes and the wing makes high downforce, for extra grip in corners.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2018
• One thing that popped out of his practice sessions was a sizeable amount of downforce with the car.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
• Aero changes mean that the Sabre has about a third of the downforce of the Senna.
  — Travis Okulski, Car and Driver, 20 July 2021
• That's thanks to the light build, the downforce that provides traction, and the lack of wings which would add drag.
  — New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026
• Singapore is a challenge again with the high downforce.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
• This makes for a sizeable air gap that allows air to flow over the seamless canopy for downforce at high speeds.
  — New Atlas, 26 May 2026
• But did that huge rear wing really need to be so tall to maximize rear-end downforce?
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
• The car will be lighter and smaller with less downforce and drag to encourage close racing.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
• Forty points of downforce is good, but four tenths on the stopwatch is what interests me and the drivers.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
• His team removed one winglet, then the other, then reduced the car’s downforce in other ways.
  — Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY Sports, 21 May 2017
• The flexi-wings bend slightly at high speeds to reduce drag or increase downforce, helping the car go faster.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 29 May 2025
• With hot weather creating a slick, 2 ½-mile oval, new cars with less downforce proved to be handful.
  — Jenna Fryer, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2018
• The aerodynamics and downforce give you a leg up over a car with a more normal driving profile.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2018
• At the front, downforce is increased by 33 percent thanks to a complex front splitter.
  — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2023
• This was due to how dependent an F1 car was on its front wing to generate downforce.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
• Kellett was racing with Ben Hanley when the car looked to have lost downforce and crashed in the north chute.
  — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2020
• Some cars do shine, though, like the new R Class time-attack weapons with their titanic downforce.
  — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
• And two hood vents form part of an S-duct system that enhances front-axle downforce by 20 percent.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 29 June 2023
• For 2026, gone are the heavy ground effects and a downforce reduction.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• It's matched with a small wing that's incorporated into the front bumper to provide downforce at the front of the car.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 20 Nov. 2019
• Yes, the new, low-downforce cars had something to do with all the slipping and sliding, Newgarden said.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2018
• While true enough – the simple math is that a car would need to generate more downforce than its own weight – proving this in the real world is tricky.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• Even at speeds where the Maserati’s prodigious downforce isn’t on display, a sense of balance is among the clearest takeaways.
  — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025
• The lifting of the flap, controlled by the driver, reduces rear downforce and provides a momentary boost.
  — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
• Higher downforce wings are needed for slower, more technical tracks, while thinner wings are better on tracks with long straights.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• The Ti 22 was the first body design to use side fences to channel the airflow over the body increasing downforce.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2021