yeah, learning how a certain set up can effect a car or bike can change how some people design, like putting in a long straight and a set of open curves as a basic example.
and also what type of racing you are aiming for can also effect the shape in my opinion. because there are so many disciplines that have different ways of getting speed.
if you were to race prototypes at Bathurst or laguna seca, it wouldn't work out as well as Spa or Monza. if you were to put a F1 car on a track like surfers paradise, where the fastest way around is to bash the crap out of your suspension and no real straight, cars wouldn't make half distance.
its not just about which way the road goes or how steep it is, it the finer details like kerb profiling that can make a large difference in racing quality
|