I just think think he went in to fast, you can’t be braking and turning in a super car, or turning and accelerating for that matter. Given its all wheal drive, (not 4×4), it will be prone to understeer, so you can’t trail break,like you can in a rear wheal drive car. You would break in a straight line, turn in late, and power out weary.
A FWD is the same, but you can power out as early, wheaseca RWD, break later and you can turn in earlier, meet the apex earlier, but you have to wait to power out.
An electric car with regeneration and AWD, I have no idea.
More likely not having the gear box motion to balance the car and to aggressively slow the car, just caught him out.
Or depending on how aggressive the break regen is, he may of been expecting extra help from the regen, and just went in 10 yards to far, or as mentioned above, the regeneration just didn’t materialise. That’s what it looks like to me.
I know in F1 once the batteries are full, the regeneration just stops. Or did on the early CERS cars. Though this shouldn’t happen on a full EV. Given it would never be full.
Most of these electric cars in normal driving you will rarely need the breaks, as the battery regeneration effect slows the car really fast, it’s a strange sensation. Most will turn it to its lowest setting. So I’d imagine if your racing you have to factor the regeneration effect into your breaking point. But in theory you would want it set to it highest most aggressive setting, to act as a faux, but extreme, engine breaking.
Given this was a timed event, I reckon it’s most likely he just pushed limits.
Too brave for his ability.
Though these cars, especially that one, is fast, like no other, match that with little noise, and I’d imagine it would be a hard thing to drive one fast. as judging your own speed in near silence would be hard. Judging when to slow even harder.
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