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9 Setup Changes to Optimize Racing in the Wet | Articles

9 Setup Changes to Optimize Racing in the Wet | Articles

It’s raining, it’s pouring, and you have to be on grid in 15 minutes. What do you do?

Fortunately you won’t be the first person to face wet tarmac, so these aren’t uncharted waters. The basic wet setup hasn’t changed in years: deeper tire tread, softer suspension.

But what exactly does that mean? Should you mount rain tires at the first hint of moisture in the air? And should you soften the entire suspension or just parts of it? Thanks to BimmerWorld and the BMW Performance Center, we recently tested some popular wet racing options under varying conditions. Racing in the rain may be an art, but we hoped to make setting up for it more of a science.

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