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oversteer
[ noun oh-ver-steer; verb oh-ver-steer ]
noun
- handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.
verb (used without object)
- (of an automotive vehicle) to undergo or handle with an oversteer, especially excessively.
oversteer
/ ˌəʊəˈɪə /
verb
- (of a vehicle) to turn more sharply, for a particular turn of the steering wheel, than is desirable or anticipated
noun
- the tendency of a vehicle to oversteer
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oversteer1
Example Sentences
He ran on to the kerb at Degner One, twice had an oversteer moment at the hairpin, and then a big wobble out of the final chicane.
The car bounced over the kerb at the second apex of the chicane, which flicked the car into an oversteer and Norris slid into the gravel.
Leclerc damaged his front wing as his inside line around the first corners pincered him and Hamilton towards each other, and an oversteer snap slid him into the sister Ferrari as both managed to pass Verstappen, who slipped from fourth to sixth with his outside line.
This method of construction enables teams to build the carbon-fibre in their front-wing in such a way as to have the elements flex downwards at high speed, reducing downforce and therefore oversteer, but have them move back into optimum downforce mode at slower speeds.
They struggled to solve their mid-corner, slow-speed understeer without creating oversteer in the fast corners.
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