Glossary / General

curbs

15 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Curbs are the raised edges on the sides of a race track's turns. Drivers sometimes drive over them to go faster, but it can make the car bump and shake.

Technical Definition

Curbs are the raised edges on the inside or outside of a race track's corners. Drivers often use them to maintain speed through corners, but they can cause jolts or shocks to the car and driver when driven over aggressively.

Hear It Discussed

"But the way they drive the bloody things round there and also those curbs are serrated and they're like little peaks. And they all use the curbs on turning, which I don't know how a car does it."
Ayrton Senna | The Car Podcast #94 The Car Podcast with Chris Harris & Friends 42:55

"...because of the country roads and the buttocks and particularly the curbs. And I, you know, if we are going to have cover our cars in radar..."
The NEW Audi A2, the Morris Marina, innate optimism My week in cars: the Autocar podcast 50:04

"Because if you have curbs that are quite aggressive, [1397.2s] you can make it a much slower corner than if you leave it a little bit more open [1400.6s] and really let let the drivers run the curbs"
Elevation changes and an 'iconic' corner - Why Madrid's F1 track should be a hit The Race F1 Podcast 23:14