Quote Originally Posted by Marty View Post
I've thought about taking 9 in 3rd, must give it a try.

Been there, done that... I would not recommend it. T9 is the sort of corner you won't make a lot of time but you can definitely lose a lot there... I a had really short gearing (i.e. hit the limiter at the end of the straight for a good second) and even then it was faster doing T9 in second gear 'cause you need all the pulling power you can get out of it otherwise you need to push the front really hard to carry more speed there (higher risk of a lowside) and even then I still think it's faster to do it in 2nd. It's not like T2 where you can get away with doing it in 3rd gear 'cause it's uphill-ish and cambered properly so it allows you to carry a load of speed on the front wheel before it folds. T9 is pretty much the opposite... Downhill and off camber if you take the wrong line.