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bad corner. Its odd the way most of the drivers gets the snap back oversteer as the try to correct for the initial over steer. I am assuming the corner is off camber and then drops a bit. As they enter the corner and power out of it the weight of the car will forward as the car goes dow the incline . This will reduce rear grip. Most of the car will have more cosmetic damage but a couple were a bit more serious
They need to do something about that turn, everyone seems to be spinning out.
lol what? That is Brünnchen, one of the most challenging corners at the Nürburgring. It is just that these drivers do not know the track and underestimate the corner because they are pushing their cars beyond their abilities. There is a reason the cameraman chooses this corner to video at.
Originally Posted by I8ABMR
bad corner. Its odd the way most of the drivers gets the snap back oversteer as the try to correct for the initial over steer. I am assuming the corner is off camber and then drops a bit. As they enter the corner and power out of it the weight of the car will forward as the car goes dow the incline . This will reduce rear grip. Most of the car will have more cosmetic damage but a couple were a bit more serious
At this corner, the reason for the "snap back" is that the driver lifts off the throttle once he realizes he underestimated the corner (especially in the case of apex too early, as we see a lot in the video). This lift off shifts weight forward and causes loss of rear wheel traction and it's game over. Effect of lift off is amplified at this corner due to the elevation change, so there is already low weight on the rear tires. You can see that many drivers manage to fight the instinct to lift off and try to hold on through the turn (and some successfully do it in this video even if they go off), although sometimes with the same end result of a crash.
11-10-13, 08:59 PM
