Why do sports cars want low weight but high down force? It seems contradictory

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Why do sports cars want low weight but high down force? It seems contradictory

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Weight is one way to get downforce, but it’s a bad way, because it *also* increases momentum — making it harder to accelerate and harder to decelerate.

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