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Old 2007-09-20, 11:21 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Dean View Post
Just because you can negotiate something with a lift does not mean that it is faster. Only segment times will really tell you, but if you can go faster longer, brake and get on the gas earlier it may well be faster than lifting. Lifting is most often used by "momentum" cars that cannot afford to give up any more MPH than they have to.
+1. If you've got enough horsepower to break the wheels loose on corner exit, then you're probably faster going deeper into the corner, braking harder, and using all that power to blast off out of the turn.

But if you find yourself stomping the throttle on the way out of the corner and having traction left over, you're probably faster if you brake earlier and smoother on the way in and try to carry as much speed as possible all the way through to the corner exit.
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