Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:40 pm
BuCkEt wrote: The backend wasn't the first thing I lost control of.
I got massive understeer coming into the corner and through the apex, sliding towards the grass, so I touched my brakes and tried to turn.
ahhh classic

in FWD cars its soooo important to get the right corner entry speed, one bad corner like the last corner before the front straight and you'll loose heaps of time.
for example on my sh*tty worn out tyres the last time i was at wakefield at the start of the session my mid corner speed was about 80km/h within 3 laps it was down to 65km/h... this was all due to worn out tyres. if i went through any faster i'd understeer the whole way through the corner.
i had a pro fwd guy in my car at oran park a while back and he used heaps of throttle and break through the corners to keep the car stable and on track quite interesting to watch. i haven't been able to develop this to the level i'd like to yet but it was worth 1 second a lap on my fastest time.