Free Setup Guide
Dallara F3 2016
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Endurance
iRacing
Updated Nov 5, 2026
// AI Setup Engineer
TYRES
- Slick, Front: 135 PSI, Rear: 125 PSI, blanket temp 80°C (if used — single lap, maximize grip from lap 1)
ELECTRONICS
- TC: Off (F3 2016 has no TC), ABS: Off (manual trail-brake control), Engine Braking Map: 4 (higher = more rear stability on corner entry lift-off), Brake Bias: 54.5% front
SUSPENSION
- // FRONT
- Ride Height: 30 mm
- Wheel Rate FL / FR: 95,000 N/m / 95,000 N/m
- ARB: 180 N/m
- Brake Torque Multiplier: 100%
- Brake Bias: 54.5%
- // REAR
- Ride Height: 45 mm
- Wheel Rate RL / RR: 88,000 N/m / 88,000 N/m
- ARB: 120 N/m
- Diff Preload: 30 Nm
- Diff Coast: 0.45
- Diff Power: 0.35
DAMPERS
| Slow Bump | Slow Rebound | Fast Bump | Fast Rebound | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 3200 Ns | m | 4200 Ns | m | 1600 Ns | m | 2000 Ns | m |
| FR | 3200 Ns | m | 4200 Ns | m | 1600 Ns | m | 2000 Ns | m |
| RL | 2800 Ns | m | 3800 Ns | m | 1400 Ns | m | 1900 Ns | m |
| RR | 2800 Ns | m | 3800 Ns | m | 1400 Ns | m | 1900 Ns | m |
AERO
- Front Wing: 3 (of 10), Rear Wing: 4 (of 10), low-drag qualifying trim for Eau Rouge/Kemmel straight speed, brake ducts N/A on this car
KEY SETUP NOTE
- Spa demands a low-downforce compromise — Eau Rouge-Raidillon flat-in-qualifying-trim and the long Kemmel Straight reward low drag, but this sacrifices stability in Pouhon and Blanchimont; run the lowest wing angle you can comfortably commit flat-out through Eau Rouge without lifting, since straight-line speed before Les Combes is where quali laps are won.
TRACK GUIDE
- Eau Rouge-Raidillon: taken flat in quali trim if committed — stay full throttle on the left-side kerb at the bottom, let the car float over the compression, resist any steering correction at the crest.
- Les Combes (T5): heaviest braking zone on track — brake late in a straight line, downshift to 2nd, rotate hard on entry to maximize exit onto the back section.
- Pouhon (T9-10): a committed double-apex left — carry as much mid-corner speed as possible, trail-brake to rotate the nose on entry, then unwind progressively; this corner separates fast laps from average ones.
- Campus/Stavelot: late apex Stavelot to maximize run down to Blanchimont — don't sacrifice exit speed for entry speed.
- Blanchimont: flat or near-flat in quali trim — commitment here is pure lap time, any lift costs multiple tenths down to the bus stop chicane.
- Bus Stop Chicane: late, hard brake, use the kerbs aggressively on entry and exit — final corner before the lap, don't overdrive the exit onto the front straight.
// Theoretical Best
2:14.500
— theoretical optimal sector composite, dry track, soft tyres, low-downforce quali trim, no traffic
// Real World Record
No official record (F3 2016-spec Dallara does not have a widely published Spa qualifying lap record in this exact configuration)
// Sim Record
2:16.800
— iRacing, Dallara F3 2016, World Record / top-split hotlap estimate, dry/optimal conditions
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