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Old 07-26-2015, 07:06 PM   #8
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What do you mean by 'they push'?
Push, tight, in a steady-state turn, our cars <wink> understeer which makes it impossible to effectively use the engine to modulate F/R weight bias. Who, at the traction limit, wants to slow down just to get it to turn? Extremely frustrating.

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Oh and there is a little backstory to the Suzuka event in the Senna movie where Senna had pole position but was gridded to the inside line going into turn 1, he felt that was a sleight against him (as this was the dirty line traction would be compromised giving the outside starting position a traction advantage) as Prost was known to be very chummy with the rulemakers of the FIA, notably Jean Marie Balestre who had a bit of French pride going for him...
Felt? Yeah, I'd say that was a pretty obvious dig. I thought pole position meant you get the best spot. Obviously out of my league here. That's why I only lurk in the F1 thread.
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