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Re: How much will 5kg slow me down?
Posted by 'Inter61' on 22 Nov 2009 @ 20:23

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The whole weight issue is a common thing in Formula Blue due to the restrictor system.

What you tend to find in Blue is that the Top weight drivers will warm up their tyres quicker and, because of it, tend to make up places in the first couple of laps.

But, then the tyres drop off quicker and earlier than the lightweights due to the fact they are carrying more weight under breaking and accerlating which will kill the tyres quicker. So the lightweights will always end up catching them and passing before the end of the race.

So, even in a class where it's designed to allow lightweight and heavyweights to compete against each other, you're still better off being smaller to get that tyre and shorter breaking distances advantage. When the Junior and Seniors were on similiar restrictor and weight bands, it was common to see the Juniors produce faster laptimes than the Seniors for this very reason.

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How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'gez65' (18 Nov 2009 @ 22:04)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'Aquila' (18 Nov 2009 @ 23:08)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'michaelg36' (18 Nov 2009 @ 23:26)

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Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'NJB' (20 Nov 2009 @ 9:44)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'pratty' (20 Nov 2009 @ 18:05)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'BanzaiBoy' (20 Nov 2009 @ 21:45)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'RobF1' (21 Nov 2009 @ 7:11)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'Aquila' (21 Nov 2009 @ 13:05)

Re: How much will 5kg slow me down? by 'BanzaiBoy' (22 Nov 2009 @ 17:00)

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