A car is said to be neutrally handled, if the car is pushed neither to the limit of oversteer nor to that of understeer. It is quite natural that the racing car drivers prefer their car to be in a slight oversteer condition to rotate the car around a corner. But still this seems to be wrong for two reasons. The main reason is that, in racing, the most important thing is to accelerate early as the car passes the apex. The driver who accelerates harder and/or sooner gains the advantage. In this critical phase of the corner, the rear tires of the car need some excess traction to accelerate while the front tires can dedicate all their traction into the turning of the car. This should make the car to slightly understeer. Also, it would be virtually impossible to trail brake an oversteering car, as the trail braking will induce more overstter on the car and might spin out the car. Though trail braking is considered to be a faster way through many corners, it is not recommended for all corners. While exiting a corner, if a race car shows a noticeable oversteer, the trailing car behind will accelerate better off the corner and make ground or pass the former car. This is applicable only in pavement racing and when it comes to dirt racing, it is a different matter.
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