Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:
Yet another great shot. Because Sebring is sooooo bumpy the cars must have a much softer suspension setting than at other tracks. That's one of the things that gives Euro teams such fits; they're used to racing on glass-smooth ashpalt. Speculation I've heard claims this is the reason the Maserati was so slow. Anyway, good shot of the DBR9 showing just how soft their setup is.



Good stuff. Watching it in real time, you don't get a good feel for the kind of load scenarios the chassis and running gear must manage -- it takes a still shot like the one you pointed out, and that Maser shot coming out of the chicane which shows the RR suspension just about fully compressed.

I really wanted to freeze some of the cars coming out of Sunset Bend (similar to those DC or Miami pics where they're fully airborne), but there wasn't a location from which to get a good perspective. Well, and my 300D can only fire at a max of 2.5 fps -- the 8.5 fps 1Ds MkII would make that kind of work easier (but then that creates an $8000 debt issue). Oh well...it's the thought that counts...

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