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My former (sadly) Saab mechanic said about Alonso that he's an exception to the rule that F1 cars are driven smoothly and seamlessly. Alonso's is a rock 'n roll style of driving - hard on the car.
My biggest surprise in being driven by a pro on a race course in a highly
modified 5-series Bimmer was how smoothly everything went. We'd go barreling into a corner at high speed and with a combination of braking
and downshifting the car would be brought to heel until the apex, when
it was (smoothly) booted out with acceleration and a fast series of upshifts.
When I mentioned this to my mechanic, he brought up the Alonso exception.
He added that Jackie Stewart had driven an F1 course with a ball on a
plate in the cockpit that never came off - a familiar exercise among
driver-ed instructors.
BBC
Posts in this Thread:
- The Ten Best Formula One Drivers, JohnA
, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:08:01- Good list but they left out, Noel, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:39:37
- Alonso, in a Ferrari, wins in Bahrain, JohnA
, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:50:41 <-- Viewing This Message - What happened to the American team?, Mike Lynch
, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:30:22
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