What skills could an F1 racer possibly need?

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(disclaimer: I barely watch F1 race)

I’m always puzzled when I hear people refer to a racer as very skilled or very talented, what skills could they possibly need? Isn’t the aim of the race to reach the finish line first? Shouldn’t you just get a really fast car and let it do most of the work, while you try not to crash?

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Other people are touching on the obvious, the endurance and hand eye coordination, etc but not touching on the needed communication skills to work with engineers describing that the car is doing and collaborating with them to ensure the adjustments made improve the handling of the car and the mental capability to make the correct adjustments to the car on a steering wheel layout that is like the dash of a fighter jet all while maintaining car control on the ragged edge.

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