I take it for an exploratory lap around Millbrook's Hill Route, appreciating both its security and ability to spin all four wheels
exiting slow corners.
And with so much power and such a precise throttle, you can choose at will your angle of attack as
you exit slower corners.
The coupe doesn't
exit slow corners explosively, so maintaining momentum is a matter of compromise and patience, but the rear steering helps get the car turned into a corner and is the option most worth having.
Not exact matches
But then, suddenly, as they
exited the final
corner to start the last tour of the Circuit de la Sarthe, Taylor's Corvette
slowed and Adam stormed ahead.
Then, at the
corner exit, Karam
slowed again.
Coming up to lap a
slow - moving car, Hildebrand went slightly off line and ended up careering into the wall on the
exit of the
corner.
In
slow corners it can understeer a bit (it's got a massive great V8 up front after all), but for the most part it's neutral and shifts into small angles of oversteer on
corner exit.
With such massive performance and a damp track, it's no surprise to find that the Shelby wants to spin its back wheels on the
exit of
slow corners.
Especially the way it steers and
slows down for
corners, and then just sits so sweetly in them for a second or so before taking full power once again at the
exit.
Practically tasting the creamy deliciousness in my mouth, I didn't bother to
slow down much for the
exit ramp, sliding through all 270 degrees of slightly banked, constant - radius
corner with all four tires howling and the stability control light flashing.
The braking points have been backed up a little, and the
corner exit speed is slightly
slower.
It was easy to get the car
slowed, hit my apex and get on the gas through the
exit of the
corner.
The cruise control will even
slow down for
corners and speed back up when
exiting them.
This results in an unsure driving style, I brake early into
corners and accelerate very slowly on
exit, if I carry good apex speed, I need to
slow down on
exit, it's as if there's a speed cap, over-run that and you'll spin.