Let me out it this way. C6 and c5 vettes have 50/50 distribution, but the run a 245 front with a 295 rear. Steady rate. Cornering the car pushes. As far as race cars and what's ideal there are a lot of other factors. In F1 engine packaging and aerodynamics dominate. Those cars are so light that the driver is a significant mass. They car more about overall weight and packaging. The tightest corners they are still doing 90mph. Aero is always in play. I red a great article about the development of carbon fiber transmission housings. They were lighter than the magnesium units, but the cars were already running ballast to make weight. The big gain was that the magnesium units got soft at something like 300c. They CF ones can run hotter which allowed them to use smaller heat exchangers. This resulted in a big top end gain and a big gain in fuel efficiency. The best advice I ever heard was to look at what the competive guysare running. GT cars have much more room for design levity and this you see much more varing competitive cars. In gt2 we see mid engine ferraris fighting with ass happy 911s fr M3 and Big bore Corvettes having very tight battles in long 24hr races. Ultimately you can make anything work. Vary tire sizes componds, suspension tuning, wings whatever. The key is to get out there and see what works.
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