Originally Posted by PseudoRealityX
drifters: "shocks don't matter because we spring it so stiff that there's not much suspension travel"
grm: "hmm, i don't know, F1 cars don't have much suspension travel, but they've got a team of engineers and a couple hundred thousand bucks in R&D that may contridict the drifters' theory."
I'd probably be more likely to believe a couple hundred million dollars per team. Maybe a couple hundred thousand per season not counting track rental and wear/tear on the car for testing.
I'd say it's more likely that if they understood what was going on, they'd say that they want to underdampen the rear suspension because the ossilation of the suspension helps them to break the rear end loose more easily because the weight shifts on and off of the rear tires.
Of course, they'd never acknowledge that because it's all zen and mystical and above us. There's no science involved.