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Difficult Corners, At the track |
Randal |
Feb 15 2011, 02:21 PM
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The most challenging corners I've experienced are turn 1 at Thunderhill (counterclockwise) and turn 10 at Sears. I'd also say turn 9 at Thunderhill when running clockwise. By challenging I mean corners that are tough to get right and take at maximum speed. |
grantsfo |
Feb 24 2011, 01:12 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
For me T3 at Laguna is always tricky to execute well. Go in to slow and it always seems to induce understeer, go in too fast and oversteer is possible result with not much run off room. Its easy turn to do at moderate speeds but at the limit it always freaks me out. My one off is at that turn. I just drove spec miata style and kept my foot in it and drove along in the dirt until I got back on the track. ITend to go with safe very late apex scrub off speed and do a little toss of the car to get rotation and full power if I get the rotation. If no rotation then its painful rolling onto throttle which never seems to get speed I want down that short straight. The rest of the turns are pretty darn easy there.
I find Infineon to be much more challenging. T2 to T4 is difficult combo to execute well all the time at high speeds. Lots of strange loading and unloading to contend with there. From Exit of T7 to T9 is challenging too. Again there is a difference between moderate speeds and "balls to the wall" in these sections. It takes cool head to hit those sections fast and to keep the car collected and stable so you dont slow down or spin or end up in area of the track where you wont be setup for next turn. |
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