Knife did answer you question KKO, not directly but enough so you could put two and two together.
Anyways for coming out of turn torque is valuable because you'll be low in the rev range. Same with off the line on a drag run, need torque to mobilize things. In a F1 look at it, tracks like Monaco (tight, twisty track with many slow sections) a more torquey engine is more beneficial that a high hp engine, this could be seen with Renault this year. On the opposite side, a track like Monza requires a higher hp engine setup because of the long straights and fast sections. In the end both are great to have and with a proper design of an engine a great power and torque curve can be attained, to give you the best of both worlds.
Last edited by Ferrari Tifosi; 09-18-2004 at 03:26 AM.
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