I finally got around to watching Ford vs. Ferrari, which prompted this post, but I have thought about this for awhile.
Besides having courage, because it’s dangerous, and a rich sponsor for a car, what exactly is stopping a normal person from learning to drive a stick well and being able to do this?
Thanks in advance.
In: Engineering
It takes split second decision making, extremely good feel for the road through the chassis, brakes, and steering, and it takes a mind able to do all this while still controlling a car that is speeding around a track at the absolute limit of traction and controllability. In other words, if it’s easy to control, you’re not going fast enough. Top level race car drivers drive their cars right to the absolute limit on every lap of a race, or they get beat. Determining where that absolute limit is, and pushing right up against (and sometimes over) that limit is the challenge of racing, and it’s not easy.
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