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Originally Posted by Purist
Harsh Compression/Expansion Zones
There do appear to be various features that can influence how much of a separation you see between the cars when negotiating a slower corner. Circuit flow and rhythm play a role. One of the most obvious factors though seems to be elevation change. The steep downhill run after La Source at Spa looks to negate a substantial amount of the expected growth in the physical gaps between cars. On the other hand, the largely uphill run out of Spoon Curve at Suzuka appears to somewhat frustrate attempts to close the gap on the car in front heading toward 130R.
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That does not seem to make sense. If the widening of the gaps is mainly caused by hard acceleration after a slow corner, than increasing that acceleration by having the acceleration zone on a downhill slope would only increase that problem, and keeping acceleration intact by doing it uphill would decrease it.