13 Jan 2011: Spa Francorchamps

M Waechter wrote:When you react fast (braking and then steering into opposite direction) the KS2 is catchable too.. , but the bottom priority you need with the KS2 is a good balanced setup, I doubt that all of the less
experienced drivers always have a good setup they can handle quite common and safe... . That's probably the main reason why some might have problems or may find the car difficult.

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What I also found out about the driving style of the fast (alien) guys like Albert or M Raymond is that they can brake 20m-30m later all the time than I can do (for example at Spa at the end of both straights or Monza towards the chicanes). That might be one of the major reasons why they can do 1 - 2 sec. faster laptimes than me. When I try to brake as late as they do than it is simply too late.. -my car needs more way to slow down- or I can't steer the car into the right direction properly anymore then.. . Don't know what's their 'secret'. Since I set at Monza for 80% brake mult in the setup I can brake a bit later than before as well, but still not as late as they do (I was using 60% brake mult every time before...). When I use 100% brake mult then I lock the tires too easily and it feels not smooth enough to drive in a fluend way, maybe they are just more kind of sensible on the brake pedal or it's because of a more stiff damper-setup which might be more stable on braking.. ?
I would be interested if they have a 'secret' hint how they manage to brake such late.

Albert McSaltens wrote:
regarding on braking in a low downforce setup i move bias to 60 front in a more downforce setup i move it to 58 or 59, the brake multiplier i use 90%

the technique i use is simple brake hard and as the speed goes down i release the brake a bit to avoid spinning,a nd also blipping the throttle each downshift specially onto 3rd 2nd and 1st gears. otherwise you lock the rear, on end up with larger braking distance cause you cant brake that hard.