oversteer

[oh-ver-steer, oh-ver-steer]

noun

1. handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.

verb (used without object)

1. (of an automotive vehicle) to undergo or handle with an oversteer, especially excessively.

oversteer

/ ˌəʊvəˈstɪə /

verb

1. (of a vehicle) to turn more sharply, for a particular turn of the steering wheel, than is desirable or anticipated

noun

1. the tendency of a vehicle to oversteer

Word History and Origins

Origin of oversteer¹

First recorded in 1935–40; over- + steer ¹

Example Sentences

Haas driver Oliver Bearman was crash number four, trying to take too much speed through Turn Two at the start of the second session and collecting the wall with his right rear wheel after an oversteer moment.

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Hamilton was first to retire from the race, crashing into the wall from seventh position following a moment of oversteer at Turn Three when light rain was falling on the track.

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A snap of oversteer sent him even higher than the normal high line there, and he could not avoid the end of the barrier on the exit of the corner.

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Lewis Hamilton was sixth fastest, 0.306secs slower than team-mate Leclerc and appearing to struggle with rear-end stability on the evidence of several oversteer snaps that sent him into the run-off area at the chicane.

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One minute he's complaining about oversteer, another about understeer.

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