Racecar Engineering

Judgment days

Why can’t today’s F1, F2 and F3 drivers stay within the confines of track limits? I’ve previously acknowledged the difficulty the sheer cornering speed of current F1 projectiles must present in placing them within inches, when just a twitch of too much torque application can change trajectory, but this applies less to lower-performance single seaters.

I can understand occasional errors, but I can’t make out how these can be continually repeated, often two or three laps in a row. Even the best drivers have been guilty.

The oft-quoted observation that street circuit Armco doesn’t permit such dalliances

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