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The short answer is they have lots of mid-corner chassis oversteer dialled-in, and therefore adding throttle adds understeer to widen the line for a tidy corner exit.
The power understeer in a front wheel drive race car, is no worse than the power oversteer in a rear wheel drive car! Both can be managed by throttle technique and throttle steering, albeit obviously the throttle steer behaves oppositely.
Chassis oversteer (i.e., soft front, stiff rear) and then adding understeer with throttle in the front wheel drive, versus chassis understeer (i.e., stiff front, soft rear) and then adding oversteer with throttle in the rear wheel drive. Logically, you want softer suspension on the driven end of the car for maximum traction, being the front on a FWD and the rear on a RWD. Of course, with the FWDs a lack of rear tyre temperature paired with the stiff rear suspension can result in massive slides in cold conditions!
Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 18 Mar 2020 at 06:31.
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