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Re: How To Brake?
Thanks for the feedback! I am with you on long sweepers and threshold braking.
In my experience, T12 at Mid Ohio is indeed tricky if you hold the brake as you approach the apex. As you describe, the track flatens and falls away but has positive camber on the approach. Keeping the front end loaded with the track falling away equals For me it's best taken with straight line braking, off early, settle, touch of throttle and all is good. Quote:
I can't imagine the braking in a kart can compare to a GT car at Mid Ohio but what do you do in Keyhole and Carousel? I find my chassis has the best balance if I apply LIGHT brake at initial turn in and hold the same pressure half way to 2/3 through the corner.....basically braking and turning together but very gently and with steady arc'd steering. The tough part is in not applying too much initial brake and trusting that I can maintain constant pressure and the car will arc smoothly. |
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Re: How To Brake?
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The Carousel at M.O. is tricky because of the big bump in the middle of the apex. That tends to separate ribs if you're not careful. We tend to go through T12 hot, flatfoot on the throttle, then brake in a straight line right before the turn in for T13, double apexing it as opposed to a single apex specifically because of the bump. End result is you lose .1 second on that corner, but you keep your ribs intact, and since T14 comes up quickly, the speed you lose through T13 actually helps give you time to set up for T14. I should be there in two weeks for the WKA National. I can get some on kart footage and post it if you want. |
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Re: How To Brake?
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IMHO the guy lost it primarily because of the brow he was going with too much steering lock on. To make matters worse he seemed to apply the brakes as well. I was taught to momentarily straighten the steering when going over brows in a turn. It unloads the tires for a moment until the car settles again on the other side of the brow. It's the short version of making it a double apex. -Christian
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Re: How To Brake?
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Yes, please! I'd like to watch. Quote:
Check out the turn before the spin, turn 11. It's exactly the type of turn where you need to open the wheel as you crest a "brow". It's awesome! I've only been to Mid Ohio twice, most recently last month. It's such a unique and fun track that on my 7 1/2 hour drive home, which is normally a drag, I found myself smiling, seemingly for hours, as I reflected on the weekend. I can't recall ever doing that before |
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Re: How To Brake?
The Boxster spins because he/she is braking too hard with too much steering input - too much traction on the front, while the rear has hardly any weight on it. Look at the attitude of the car as it begins to enter the corner - it looks to me the driver thought they were carrying too much speed into the corner, and tried to fix the situation with progressive braking - adding more pressure as they continued to turn the wheel - look at how fast the car with the camera in it catches up to the quickly, and progressively slowing Boxster. Unfortunately the back end also gets light because of the slight crest in the middle of the turn - this exacerbates the situation. but the spin actually begins before the elevation change.
IMHO, one needs to use very different braking techniques for each kind of corner... if you're trying to threshold brake at each corner, no matter it's configuration, then you're using your brakes too much, and probably over-slowing the car in many instances.
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