Fun fact: that Ferrari had an insane amount of oversteer and understeer in almost every corner, it was so unpredictable that Alonso absolutely hated it
I remember seeing someone say that Alonso actually wanted to have an understeery setup for the car to somehow balance out the oversteery nature. I'm not sure how true it is tho.
yeah true the problem mostly was apart from the aerodynamics being shit. That the power going to the wheels when applying the throttle was really inconsisent. It had like three stages of power when applying any throttle. when ERS levels change trough a lap the power available from the electric motors changed a lot, While also the amount of rpm from the tubo varies when going on throtle Because the way ferrari setup their Battery deployment in combination with the turbo kicking in. I've watched a video where someone explained in very much detail how the car behaved. Really interesting. That's in short the reason why the drivers wanted a strong rear end.
im watching this and its pretty similar to flying a plane. so often student pilots have a death grip on the controls especially during moments like landings, and that overcontrolling just doesnt let the plane do its own thing and usually ends in a fucked up landing or poor general flying. when you're light with your hands on the controls is so so so much smoother of an experience in all aspects of the flight. its great
Light hands technique is legit. I first heard it from Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley. Ross mentions Michael Schumacher used appear to grip the wheel with just his fingers at times and he was one of the quickest - and strongest and fittest - drivers ever.
In truth, that car actually had an insane amount of oversteer (probably more than RB19) to the point where it would be undrivable, so they made the car understeer a little. But that's the end result😂
I feel like there is a happy medium between death gripping the wheel and barely touching it and it varies from person to person. I think that, once that medium is found, pace can start increasing rapidly with practice. For me it feels strange barely touching the wheel. But it also feels strange gripping it. So I grip with my outside fingers and keep my thumb and pointer lose enough to feel what the cars doing. Gives me confidence knowing that the wheel won't just suddenly snap, which mine does a lot with the light hands technique. (Thrustmaster TX L.E.)
