Video: Tuning Shocks/Dampers For Speed – Part One

Alexander Rossi
Alexander Rossi

Shock absorbers (or dampers as our friends in the UK prefer to call them) have always been one of the deep mysteries of chassis set-up – sometimes more of an art than a science.

In our latest two-part series – “Tuning Shocks for Speed" – a stellar group of IndyCar Drivers and Engineers are going to help solve some of those mysteries for you.

In Part One they’ll explain how a modern racing shock works, the adjustments available and what those adjustments actually do for the handling of a race car.

Part Two “On-Track Testing" will follow shortly. It will go into how teams test shocks and how the Driver/Engineer feedback really works.