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Alex Harrington

How McLaren's F1 Team Accidentally Helped Invent Torque Vectoring

the breakdown

  • McLaren’s third pedal braked one rear wheel to rotate the car in corners.
  • It gave a major lap-time advantage and helped win the 1998 title.
  • F1 banned it, but the idea evolved into modern torque-vectoring systems.
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