Pushes at the apex

Understeer family

Steady-state, so this is a mechanical or aero grip split, not a damper problem. Dampers will not fix this.

The default order

The sequence for this symptom on no car in particular, at no corner in particular. Pick both and the order changes.

1. 01
   Softer front anti-roll bar1 clickbar

   Lets the front axle roll and build slip angle, adding front grip as the car takes its set.

   Slower initial response; more roll to wait through.

2. 02
   Stiffer rear anti-roll bar1 clickbar

   Takes rear grip away to shift balance toward rotation.

   Check exit traction afterwards.

3. 03
   Lower front tyre pressure0.5 psityre

   Bigger front contact patch. Verify against carcass temps rather than guessing.

   Fronts run hotter and fall off later in a stint.

4. 04
   More front negative camber0.1°geo

   Keeps the loaded front tyre flat at full roll. Only helps if the outer shoulder is running hot.

   Weaker straight-line braking.

5. 05
   Softer front springsone stepspring

   Front grip, plus a lower nose under load which adds a little front downforce as a bonus.

   Watch you're not bottoming the splitter.

6. 06
   More rake — raise the rear1–2 mmaero

   Shifts aero balance forward. Only meaningful where there's real speed.

   Looser at the rear in fast corners.

7. 07
   Slow the entry, wait for the car5 km/htechnique

   Overdriving the entry saturates the front tyre into understeer you cannot unwind before the exit.

   None — costs nothing to test.

8. 08
   Open the wheel and wait for it⅛ turntechnique

   Mid-corner push is a front tyre being asked for more angle than it has grip for. Less angle is more grip, and the car comes back to you.

   Requires trusting the car for about half a second. That is the hard part.

9. 09
   Hold one steady input1 inputtechnique

   Sawing at the wheel through a corner never lets the front tyre settle at a slip angle, so it spends the whole corner somewhere below its best.

   None. A quiet wheel is faster almost everywhere.

10. 10
    Use the full width on entry1 car widthtechnique

    A wider entry makes the corner's radius larger, which is the only way to ask less of a front tyre without going slower.

    Needs the room to be there. Check your mirrors first.

Step sizes are a first move, not a setting. Cars differ by a factor of several in how much they respond to the same change.