Why I love...POWERSLIDING

Let’s get one thing straight (or not): loving power oversteer doesn't make you good at it.

- STEVE CROPLEY

In fact, what makes this special cornering condition so great is knowing it’s something you will only sometimes get right. It can only be achieved reliably, after practice, by an expert in the right car.

Let me define my kind of power oversteer. I'm not talking here about the special sport of drifting: that’s a different thing. Skilful, for sure, but its object is to produce lurid clouds of smoke, slowly and in an exaggerated attitude that has little to do with cornering speed. The cars’ engines, traction systems, differentials and suspension set-ups are all uniquely configured in a purpose-built drift car that has nothing to do with circuit racing.