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Old 04-28-2003, 11:34 PM   #14
ITWRX4ME
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Originally posted by IXLR8
Mikka or Makinen...
Crap. I'm so bad with names. It's that guy...you know...the one that drives that car...How 'bout Colin. There's a name I can remember.

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Originally posted by Soon2Bgreat
Actually I can almost guarantee he does...

Racing at his level (and pretty much all levels) is a team effort. While the execution may be seat-of-the-pants he has to be able to communicate to the crew in precise terms what the car (and each individual component) is doing in order to make adjustments. (Telemetry helps, but ultimately it's the driver, not data acquisition devices, that have to pilot the car.) That's one reason driver/crew chief "chemistry" counts for so much... gotta speak the same "vehicle language" to wring every bit out of it.
Okay. But is the vehicle language at such a technical level? Or is it more of a "understeering under such and such circumstances" kind of thing?
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