Starting from the fact that in my career I have never seen a driver change steering wheel depending on the layout of a track, it can be said that, on a purely theoretical level, on a track full of twists and turns it is preferable to have a larger steering wheel, giveing the pilot more leverage, decreasing the effort he/she has to make. On the contrary, on faster and smoother tracks, the use of a smaller diameter steering wheel would be equally effective because the fatigue on the arms is in any case lower (a different argument applies to the fatigue of the kart driver in general, given that fast bends lead to greater lateral accelerations and greater difficulty, for example, for the neck). However, the factors that affect the choice of one steering wheel over another (as anticipated in the article “True or false | 6 quizzes on kart steering wheels, the basic concepts you absolutely need to know“, editor’s note) are the comfort and grip they give, the aesthetics and the diameter. Therefore, the type of track is not one of the elements taken into consideration.
Starting from the fact that in my career I have never seen a driver change steering wheel depending on the layout of a track, it can be said that, on a purely theoretical level, on a track full of twists and turns it is preferable to have a larger steering wheel, giveing the pilot more leverage, decreasing the effort he/she has to make. On the contrary, on faster and smoother tracks, the use of a smaller diameter steering wheel would be equally effective because the fatigue on the arms is in any case lower (a different argument applies to the fatigue of the kart driver in general, given that fast bends lead to greater lateral accelerations and greater difficulty, for example, for the neck). However, the factors that affect the choice of one steering wheel over another (as anticipated in the article “True or false | 6 quizzes on kart steering wheels, the basic concepts you absolutely need to know“, editor’s note) are the comfort and grip they give, the aesthetics and the diameter. Therefore, the type of track is not one of the elements taken into consideration.
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