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> It can't be done in reality, because the effect on the car isn't predictable on a real race track. Maybe a driver could work it out in training for a single
by rad_gruchalski 4y ago
> It can't be done in reality, because the effect on the car isn't predictable on a real race track.
Maybe a driver could work it out in training for a single race and in a certain corner but the cost of getting it wrong is not only not finishing the race but also having a race car in the barrier, so a damaged car.
On a race track, drivers usually know characteristics of every corner for selected weather conditions. For example: at the Nordschleife, exit of Foxhole into Adenauer Forst is safe to cut in the dry but a no no in the wet, unless you’re in a GT3 class car with enough downforce.
It is the same with kerbs, stay out of then when it is wet, use them in the dry. But it’s all touch and go when the conditions change and sometimes that leads to a crash.