New in the Pits – Serpent
The full Serpent team is in attendance here at the ETS in Wels, with their top drivers Wilck, Fisher and Borowski debuting a completely new platform called 4X. Conceived by the newly appointed touring car designer David Ehrbar, the car features a completely new decoupled, pull-rod suspension system that uses two separate shocks to take care of the downtravel and the roll respectively. Designed to work without a top deck, the layout also features a very low center of gravity and an inverted steering system – the brackets facing towards the rear of the car – which allows for a more consistent Ackermann angle throughout the whole travel. Also completely new, the suspension arms and hubs use the pivot ball system and are completely identical for both front and rear end.
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