The Vantage GT4 has real character on the Nordschleife. Soft and low at the front, high and firm at the rear – that was the direction I took the car. The main challenge was a stubborn high-speed understeer that turned out to be tightly linked to how the rear behaves down the Döttinger Höhe.
The Setup
The key insight was that on the Vantage GT4 the ride height is the strongest lever against the dynamic rake – more so than the springs. Front at minimum, rear at maximum gives the best platform the geometry allows. A slightly stiffer rear spring then handles the rest, taming the squat at top speed and putting load back onto the front. The fast dampers are locked in the GT4 class, so all the work happens on the slow stages.
Lap Time
The result is an 8:42.739 – roughly half a second quicker than before. The car is still a touch tricky in a few corners, but driveable and, above all, predictable.
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