John Rhodes, Mini racing legend, explains his driving style in this short clip from the late 1960’s. The cars were setup for chronic over-steer. By lifting off Rhodes could encourage the rear to slide before mashing the throttle and pulling out of the corner.
“One thing he used to ask for if he was driving one of our cars was that it had to have violent oversteer. We’d use the strongest bumpstops on the back so that as soon as you’d turned into a corner it sat straight on the bumpstops which would put you straight into oversteer which he loved.” – Harry Ratcliffe, British Vita Racing Team
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John Rhodes Driving Style …… marvelous, I watch it every morning with my first cup of tea. It really needs to be a couple of seconds sooner at the beginning to study the front wheels and a few seconds longer at the end !!!!
I love this video. What a legend.
Daniel I’m 72 you are only 30 but if you are not careful you will soon be as bad as me !!!