Antidote to values and contrasting stitching threads

[Steve Rance]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYVTTIgBto


As we slowly drift toward the Ferrari polishing forum, a reminder of what driving Porsches is really all about.

I'd be asking the team for more front brake bias - other than that, this looks just about perfect.

Just imagine how much better the whole experience would be with contrasting stitching and a leather dash.

[Steve Rance]

boxsey said:

Great watch! How about some footage of the late, great Sean Edwards to compliment the thread. Here's a long one but you only need to watch the first few minutes to see what a 911 with a phenomenal driver is all about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-w8gJP-9Gc&li...

Thank you for posting. Sean was the best 911 driver that I’ve ever met and one of the nicest people both in and out of the pit lane.

[Steve Rance]

wtdoom said:

Here’s an alternative antidote mr Rance

Respect for:

A) owning the best Porsche road car ever built
B) driving it as intended
C) as per B but in the pouring rain at the best race track in the world

[Steve Rance]

A lot of novice drivers over react to the car when it moves around and tend to tighten up and saw at the wheel and in doing so unsettle the car. I always say that they are 'behind the car'. This driver is reacting to a car moving around under him. He's provoking it and knows exactly what to expect. If you look at his body language, he is calm, relaxed in in control. I would say that he is 'in front of the car'. He is rotating the car by focussing on the rear through the all of the cornering phases. I would prefer to concentrate on the front but I'm used to driving later 911's with different dynamics and tyre compounds. This is nice work, the is a logic to his approach. He's not leaving very much on the table at all

[Steve Rance]

JayK12 said:

Interesting thoughts. I used to be behind the car for sure, making large and aggressive corrections. But that's changed and just brings in more smoothness.

When you talk about rotating, can you explain what you mean about using the rear and front? I have always in my FWD race car used the brakes to shift the weight and make the car rotate (real world), in Sim racing I've found the same in GT Cars once I get the balance right trailing in and keeping the steering angle on turn-in but just using the braking to shift the weight and getting the car to rotate for that split second and back on the power. TBH a great feeling when you get it right. Will be in a Radical next year so back to real life track driving!

Basically, the air cooled driver is doing most of his work through the steering and the water cooled driver is doing most of his work through the brake peddle. The two styles are almost opposite in approach but each necessary due to the particular dynamics of each car. Both drivers are working just as hard to extract performance. There is a fundamental misconception that the driver who appears to be wheel twirling is working more. The true craftsman can work out the quickest way to drive a car and adapt their driving style accordingly. Both of these drivers are craftsman