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Ross writes that you will never be fast without understanding tires. I believe he is very right. In order to maximize speed you will need to maximize cornering power. There is a tire specific slip angle which will let you transmit maximum lateral forces. Finding this particular angle is a tough taks and has to be done in infinitely small intervall several times during cornering.

The direction of the steering wheel and even more the tire force that is linear to the steering wheel force will tell you how closely you are iterating the peak performance.

So in your example in Westbend you will have to find out by smallest adjustments were the peak performance is. That does not mean sawing on the wheel but just small corrections and iterations always with the target of opening the your hands as soon as possible in order to maximize acceleratoin.

There are number of interesting books about suspension and vehicle dynamics that dig deep into these aspects, however they are qiute pricey and go too deep for my horizon. But if you are inclined maybe you would like to give them a shot (Tires, Suspension hadling e.g.)