// setup · car & track
Ferrari 296 GT3
Spa-Francorchamps
// driver asks
“Heavy understeer through Pouhon — car won't rotate mid-corner. Rears feel OK on entry.”
// marco · race engineer
MID-CORNER UNDERSTEER · POUHON The car is talking to you — it wants more front end through a fast left-hander loaded at 6g lateral. Quick fixes (try in this order): › Front ARB: soften 2 clicks (e.g. 6 → 4) › Rear ARB: stiffen 1 click › Front tyre pressures: drop 0.3 psi each side › Front toe: shift toward neutral by 0.02° each side › Brake bias: forward by 0.4% Why: Pouhon is a sustained-load corner — at that speed the front loses grip not from geometry but from compliance. Softening the front ARB lets the inside-front load more progressively; stiffening the rear shifts the balance the other way. Driver line: turn-in 50m later, brake to 145mph, trail the brake to mid-corner, then progressive throttle. If you still understeer after these changes, it's a steering input issue — you're rushing the wheel. The car is ready — are you?