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Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1
Myth.
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I mixed up the acronyms, but it's no myth. The JTC became the JGTC after FIA changed its rules/regulations for Group A. With the debut of the R32 in 1990, it dominated, with all six cars taking the top six positions. It dominated to the point where they became a one-make race. Toyota tried firing back with a Supra, then three Corollas before giving up. Diversity only came into the picture after FIA changed the regulations and banned AWD. Don't think it's coincidence.
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Originally Posted by Dimman
Current mechanical and aero grip levels are such that they are faster RWD than they could be AWD with the extra weight. They would need to chop the tires in half or double the power on the F1 cars before an AWD system would be competitive.
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Think you're overstating the significance of weight. In Group A back in the day they packed 200 lbs+ more weight of ballasts, still didn't bridge the gap between AWD and RWD. If weight were such an insurmountable obstacle, why would they need to ban AWD?
Oh and KERS only goes to the rear wheels. It's part of the reason why teams were ambivalent about it, because that weight was at expense of ballasts to the front to even out the weight distribution.
I'm not a fanboy of AWD, just want to counter the notion that it's only good for handling in the snow and wet.