One of the new Formula E gen3 cars at its launch in Monte Carlo during the Monaco ePrix this year
(Picture: Sam Bloxham / LAT Images)Everyday car technology often begins its life on the racetrack. Back in 1911, for instance, street cars didn’t have rear-view mirrors and racing cars carried two drivers, one to keep an eye on what was coming up behind. Then Ray Harroun mounted a mirror on his car for the first Indianapolis 500 and… well, you know what happened next.
Since then, we’ve had disc brakes, active suspension, fuel efficiency, tyre design, new materials and of course the highly effective go-faster stripes come from the racing world.
