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Originally Posted by Tokay444
My point is, you can be faster with all 4 contact patches on the ground.
If you're lifting a tire, potential grip is reduced.
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So you might think. In the real world, weirdly, it ain't so.
Research tire load v grip at the contact patch.
As load goes up so does grip. That's how aerodynamic downforce finds grip that wasn't there before the aero load. It's not linear though.
Even F1 cars can usefully increase roll resistance such that the inside tire lifts off the road and yet the other three tires deliver more grip than is lost.
Chassis engineering is INCREDIBLY complex.