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Old 03-23-2017, 11:53 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by nextcar View Post
3) Light wheels can flex more contributing to slower lap times - ideally you want very strong, light wheels.

At a former team that I worked for, we tested different wheels, and with multiple drivers, running multiple laps, and not telling the driver which wheels were on the car. The lap times, and driver feedback showed a clear difference in how the car reacted to different wheels, stiffness being the difference.
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