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Originally Posted by yellowperil View Post
Thanks, So does it help that the ballast is below Yukis butt near to the floor
100% yes, all ballast is as low as possible to Z0 to keep the cars centre of gravity height as low as possible

Z0 as it's known is the flat horizontal plane of the lowest surface of the floor

Only part of the car below Z0 is the skid block

Might be wrong but I think if driver ballast is req'd it has to be part of the seat to stop teams using the ballast to tune the car within the regs for front/rear weight distribition
Old 12-07-2024, 05:23 PM
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