#Scandinavian flick drivers

If you're talking low-grip situation like gravel or snow, 'faster' is a distinctly relative term. But for a car with a soft suspension and slippery tires it just might. Translating that to a tarmac situation is difficult because for a car set up for track events (very stiff suspension) the point where it's faster to slide should never be reached. Note how the faster cars use all the road, but as you progress through the order they start using less and less of the road at the exit (they are on the right side of the road instead of the left side of the road). The cars have been reseeded so they are pretty much in order of fastest to slowest. This is a video I shot of one corner at last year's Tall Pines.

#Scandinavian flick drivers

Having observed a number of stage rally drivers I've noticed the less experienced ones tend to try sliding too much and end up not carrying enough speed through the corner, while the more experienced drivers do a lot less sliding and use the whole road. If you're not using all the road then you could have gone around the corner with more speed. That is, you want to start near the outside, cut across and hit the apex and then use as much of the road as possible on the exit. I'm not a expert rally driver, but my line of thinking is regardless of whether you're driving straight around a corner or sliding sideways you want to follow almost the same line. That point depends on the surface, the car's set up and the driver's ability. There's a point at which sliding sideways becomes faster than just driving around the corner.