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Originally Posted by Suberman
The more power you're trying to put down the more understeer you need. In fact, that is the major problem with this car. Even at the modest power available it still power oversteers. In enter this becomes a terminal problem.
Gentlemen this is just elementary suspension physics.
In fact, a F1 car understeers terribly in hairpins. It goes neutral only under basically full power and full downforce.
I mean do any of you watch the onboard camera shots in F1?
Do any of you read up on suspensions and how they work? Can some of you who aren't getting it read this stuff and actually understand it?
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F1 cars understeer in hairpins because of their long wheel bases and lack of steering lock. It's not because of the suspension springs rates, like you propose it is. Yes, that plays a role but less than you think it does. Besides, suspension geometry is less important to F1 as they win and lose based off aero.
This is one article I was able to dig up, quickly.
http://www.auto123.com/en/racing-new...s?artid=155793
They are designed to be stable at 300+km/h, stable being relative here, as you or I wouldn't be able to handle a F1 car around a long sweeper at 180+km/h.