As is well known, the 1.7-mile, 13-turn short course at Sebring is the nearest that IndyCar squads can get to testing on a street course, its bumps and curbs able to send the chassis into paroxysms, and putting a team’s shock and damper program under the spotlight.
“Yeah, it’s not bad – the best representation we’ve got of a street course,” said one driver. “The two things it helps with, as a driver, are [1] learning how to make the right calls for keeping the car in the window as the track constantly evolves as more and more rubber goes down. And then [2] power-down out of turns, when it’s slippery at the start of the day and when it’s rubbered up near the end of a test day… I reckon that’s pretty similar across all street tracks. There’s always bumps to deal with, so if it goes light, you get wheelspin, so you need the rear tires really digging in and finding traction. Testing at Sebring can point you in the right direction there.
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