I knew some of you would get a kick out of this...

[Evan]

There are lot of other components of performance a given fwd racecar could excel at which could give it an advantage over a rwd car in a race. Weight, power, suspension design, chassis rigidity, and aerodynamics are all factors that can help a fwd car overcome its inherent deficit against a rwd car.

im curious to hear you explain those.
The advantages I see for FWD is, weight, efficiency, and thrust vector.
Personally, I dont think those advantages even come close to outweighing the disadvantages of a fwd platform, including weight distribution, overworked front tires, weight transfer away from powered wheels.
Aero, suspension design, power, and chassis rigidity I really dont see how a fwd platform is inherently better, but Id be interested in what you have to say about that.