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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OSFlanker" data-source="post: 69203" data-attributes="member: 12">Why, scared ah???  I am going to tell Steward about your comment, then you will see who will be taken out during the next MyKart race <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Touring car racing has been like this since the beginning.  I guess when you are in a tin top, the car can take bumps better than an open wheeler!Bazet, seems that RWD vs FWD will depend on :1. the track2. the rulesSeems the RWD accelerates out of corner better due to being able to power through the corner and also the squat during hard acceleration (thus better traction).  So it seems in tracks where there are more slower corners the RWD is advantageous.  Every year the BMW dominates the Macau GP - eating the Hondas and Alfas for breakfast and the SEATs for lunch.The Super2000 rules stipulate different minimum weights for FWD and RWD cars,   At the moment it's 1140kg for FWD and 1170kg for RWD.  In the Silverstone round, the FIA decided to reduce the minimum weight for FWD resulting in Alfa winning race 1 and a SEAT winning race 2, and no BMW on the podium for both races.</blockquote>