I'm in Europe for awhile, and get to watch World Rally Championships about
every other week. These cars are usually all-wheel drive, 4-cylinder,
overboosted cars, such as Mitsubishi Lancer, Suburu Impreza, Peuguot 206,
Citroen something-or-other, Skoda, etc.
Anyway, on tight road courses, the drivers corner like they are on dirt. For
example, on a hairpin switch back, they will brake, turn-in, stomp the gas
which gets all 4 wheels spinning and the car rotating, then oversteer (power
steer, really) through the rest of the turn.
Is this really the quickest way through a turn? It seems counterintuitive to
what we normally do on the autocross courses.
Anybody with a V8-powered car want to go through $1500 in tires in one day
and find out if it's faster? :)
Idley curious.
Thanks,
Rob
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