Why curve driving line when straight line is shortest
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:26 pm
looking back; Fisichella used to just turn in from where he was on the track width; and never really "turned out" before that. Result being he would leave a margin on his outside of the circuit.
N12ck and in karting that reason is?
N12ck and in karting that reason is?
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raymondu999
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:29 pm
One possible reason is that it makes your car slightly wider. If you leave 3/4 of a car width on the outside, then your car is effectively 1 3/4 cars wide. Do this repeately, and the FIA won't consider it to be defending, but instead taking your normal racing line.
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beelsebob
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Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:02 am
Maybe it's already said.
You have to make full use of the track in order to go faster. That's like rule #0 in racing.
But braking from the outside, hence dirty, is no good. So I think that's why you see that kind of not straight behaviour.
Jenson Button is one of those guys who goes to the extreme border of the track, using 110% of it.
you can see it all over the video at early time and in the straight, everywhere.
Is that what you mean?
Bye!
You have to make full use of the track in order to go faster. That's like rule #0 in racing.
But braking from the outside, hence dirty, is no good. So I think that's why you see that kind of not straight behaviour.
Jenson Button is one of those guys who goes to the extreme border of the track, using 110% of it.
you can see it all over the video at early time and in the straight, everywhere.
Is that what you mean?
Bye!
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Caito
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Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:01 am
Quite simply, driving those little cars that fast, do you think they do it sober?
I know, back to my room.
I know, back to my room.
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Ted68
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Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:19 am
Caito wrote:It's dirty, if the tire takes 1 turn to clean up, what's that.. a meter lost?
You're missing the point here. In just about every straight in Formula One; after they exit the corner at the edge of the track; they will move towards the middle. And then they will move back towards the edge for a wider entry.
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raymondu999
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Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:21 pm
Ted68 wrote:Quite simply, driving those little cars that fast, do you think they do it sober?
I know, back to my room.
"There is a credit card with the Ferrari logo, issued by Santander, which gives the scuderia a % of purchases made with the card...
I would guess that such a serious amount of money would allow them to ignore the constant complains of a car that was nowhere near as bad as their #1 driver tried to sell throughout the season.
Heck, a car on which Massa finishes in the podium or has to lift so that his teammate finishes ahead (As we saw often in the final races of the year) is, by no means, a "bad" car."
I would guess that such a serious amount of money would allow them to ignore the constant complains of a car that was nowhere near as bad as their #1 driver tried to sell throughout the season.
Heck, a car on which Massa finishes in the podium or has to lift so that his teammate finishes ahead (As we saw often in the final races of the year) is, by no means, a "bad" car."
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jdlive
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