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Old 07-14-2015, 12:38 AM   #42
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I agree with CSG Mike's advice to enter the corner slower... we have found that on the slower long corners we encounter a great deal of understeer through the corner if entry speed is too high. It is usually ideal to take a wide, slow entry, to get braking done and then turn and get on the power immediately. You will likely be running a very different line to many of the other cars but this will give you a much higher speed down the following straight by eliminating the understeer.

If you watch how late the entry is in the very 1st left hand turn in the video vs. the entry into the same corner at 5:28, the first line / technique is 6mph faster down the very short straight on this track configuration. You can hear the understeer with the tighter line in the second example. (Ignore the use of slightly more than the track, I'm simply showing the result from different lines.)
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN7EIqAqqB0"]Using more than the track... - YouTube[/ame]
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