Driving style

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ss.vamsikrishna
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Driving style

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Does drivers use opposite wheel locks and braking bais change settings at each turn
at steering wheel to get a better time at corners or they are static values of car set up????????? :?

Scotracer
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Re: Driving style

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I'm sure the wheel-lock is fixed but they can definetely change the brake-bias for each corner if they choose. Michael Shumacher was definetely one for doing this.
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timbo
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ss.vamsikrishna wrote:opposite wheel locks
You mean differential setting? Or opposite lock technique?
If differential - they do not change for every corner definetely. More likely changes are done when having new set of tyres, or race conditions change dramatically.
As for brake-bias - Ferrari drivers change a lot but not for EVERY corner, rather than for some special ones like that require turn in on the brakes. I also remeber last years Monza race when among with common telemetry (throttle+brake) brake-bias setting was shown (only briefly though) and Renault driver (more likely Fisicella) changed it couple times through the lap.

ss.vamsikrishna
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Re: Driving style

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Guys thanks for your replies
but two things - what does opposite wheel lock is fixed ?????
how it is done and used ???i am really interested in that...

also i am not talking about differential settings it is braking bias only
i was talking about. i know differential settings are static.

timbo
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Still don't quite understand what you mean by "opposite lock is fixed"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite_lock
maybe this woll help

Ogami musashi
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AFAIK the differentials are not fixed.

They do change them because they have different settings for each section of a corner (entry, mid and exit) so they change them along the straight for some corners.