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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:35:07 +1100
From: Byron Forbes <hosh@comcen.com.au>
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The point I was trying to make John, is that in my experience, the key to getting any
corner right is the braking and turn in. If you brake to early you lose time, too late and
you miss the apex. Obviously, it's possible to stuff up by not steering well thru the
corner, getting on the juice too early or late coming out. But in my experience I find it
considerably easier to drive a car thru and out of a corner after a good turn in
(performed, of course, after perfect braking), than getting the braking and turn in itself
done. Of course, speaking about the difficulty of turn thru and out is irrelevant after a
stuffed up turn in, since by then the corner is stuffed anyway :)

John Wallace wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:02:44 +1100, Byron Forbes <hosh@comcen.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
> >All this is becoming totally futile IMO. The biggest discrepancy between your lap
> >times and the fast guys would be most profound under braking and turn in.
> 
> I disagree - braking and turn-in will gain you time through that small
> portion of track, but anything you gain on exit will be amplified by
> being carried with you for many seconds along the following straight.
> 
> >The
> >easy part is turning thru and driving out - something just about anyone can do.
> 
> You would think so, but it's surprising how many people take the
> second Lesmo exactly the same as the first. There is no "perfect line"
> for a particular type of corner, it depends utterly on what goes
> before and comes after, and the line is compromised or adjusted
> accordingly.
> 
> >The
> >interesting part is always the braking and turn in at any corner on any track. Which in
> >turn leads to how good the mid corner is. So, you see, the braking and turn in is at least
> >2/3 of the corner.
> 
> Again I disagree, you cannot take a corner in isolation. It is a
> matter of little consequence how fast you are through one corner,
> never mind how fast you are through 1/3 or 2/3 of a particular corner.
> What matters is how fast you are over the full lap or even a full race
> - you've heard of "slow-in, fast-out"? Often it is better to take it
> easy into a corner to ensure a near-perfect exit. You may lose a tenth
> on the way in, but you'll pick it up and more on the way out and along
> the straight to the next turn. Compromise is in everything concerning
> racing.
> 
> Cheers!
> John

-- 
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