Yes, correct. That is what I meant with AWD being beneficial when the required cornering grip is small (i.e. as a result of a small slip angle) and the front wheels can apply accelerating grip up to the limit of the friction circle. It is not a flaw, it is is a feature indecision

That is great on a public road where accelerating hard and close to a straight line. On a track where you (in theory) drive the ideal line on the limit there is no room for accelerating grip on the front wheels. With clever electronic diffs and torque vectoring the car can of course try to maximise the accelerating grip without exceeding the limit from the cornering grip. I guess that is why the GT-R is scoring such good times.

Of course the discussion is all academic and in real life there are more factors in play. 

 


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