Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording method

A method of recording, comprising recording a signal on a magnetic recording tape moving through a magnetic recording apparatus in a running direction, said apparatus comprising a head drum and provided thereon, a head having a head gap, wherein said head and said magnetic recording tape satisfy the following inequality:

• r.ltoreq.500T,
• in which r is a radius of curvature of an arc formed by a head surface of a section cut by a plane through a center of said head gap and a rotation axis of said head drum in mm, and T is a thickness of said magnetic recording tape in mm,
• said magnetic recording tape comprising a support having provided on a first side thereof, at least one magnetic recording component layer, an uppermost layer containing a ferromagnetic metal powder and a binder, a thickness of said at least one magnetic recording component layer being from 0.2 to 3.0 microns, a thickness of said support being 3.5 to 10.5 microns, an average center line roughness of a surface of said support on said first side being not more than 10 nm, and an average center line roughness of a surface of said uppermost magnetic layer being not more than 4 nm, wherein a thickness of said support satisfies the following inequality:
• E.sub.T .gtoreq.0.03/t.sub.s.sup.2
• in which E.sub.T is a Young's modulus of said support in a transverse direction perpendicular to said running direction in kg/mm.sup.2, and t.sub.s is a thickness of said support in mm.