Welcome to the first Motor Sport audio podcast of 2010. What does Nigel Roebuck really think about the return of Michael Schumacher and all the other news from the F1 paddock?
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Risk assessment is an automatic procedure that naturally occurs in an instance.It’s hormonal Roy…the Flight or Fight response kicks into action without us making a choice for ourselves..It all depends on how much and how fast your adrenal system produces..then and only then do we step into the fray or walk away.
God this sounds like a post on the B.M.A site,,but it’s something I know about very well,having had problems in this department myself,,but that’s another story.
The point I am trying to make is that,we are all different when confronted by decision making situations when confronting danger..
To use Alonso’s amazing high speed overtaking of Schuey on the outside of a bend…Why was it amazing? because it was dangerous,and rare..it was exhilarating.
And to him,as cool as a cucumber,sat in his car,said to himself “I can do this”
And this separates racing drivers and those that drive racing cars.
If we were to obliterate the risk factor in racing,,why make them so fast? just have them racing around at 30mph,or remote control cars..
I cannot go along with your thought module,as per your check list prior to driving.
And it is a shame that maybe you weren’t just a bit more daredevil,with the opportunity you had racing,,you may have been faster and noticed..
I hate bullfighting,but it was the risk takers and bravest matador’s that made a name for themselves.
The minumum weight was raised for ’10 because KERS for ’09 penalized taller (and thus heavier) drivers (Raikkonen-Kubica) in relation to their much shorter (i.e. lighter) teammates (Massa-Heidfeld). Posberg, as a result,complained at the start of ’09 about this ‘penalty’…and the FIA has raised the minimum weight to remove the advantage Massa/Heidfeld/Nakajima had over their respective teammates (which allowed engineers to play around with the ballast in the front of the car).
I understand an additional 10 Kilos of fuel adds 0.3 secs per lap at a place like Jerez.
I don’t think there’s a question of ‘if’ the Ferrari engine is higher on fuel consumption vis-a-vis the Renault engine…the question is how much more fuel will Ferri have to carry v Red Bulls. Remember, the minimum weight increase is NET OF FUEL (i.e., theminimum has been raised with tanks being empty, fyi).
* Rosberg (not Posberg); Ferrari (not Ferri).
Sorry about the typos.
“And it is a shame that maybe you weren’t just a bit more daredevil,with the opportunity you had racing,,you may have been faster and noticed..”
You think a driver is faster because he is more daring? That is nonsense. A driver is faster because of his ability to judge where to find grip, judge when to brake, carry speed through a corner by balancing the car etc etc. Speed comes from ability and skill not daring. Once you have decided to take the risk of getting in a car risk ceases to exist as any kind of limiting device. The top drivers are not faster because they are braver than the others they are faster because they have more ability. Watch racing at any level and you will find drivers taking ridiculous risks and going nowhere.
You should read what Martin Brundle said about Senna in a wet F3 race at Silvertsone. At Stowe on the first lap Senna knew sailed down the outside and passed all the cars in front of him on a line that should have been slow. The race was stopped due an accident elsewhere and the rain got heavier. At the re-start Brundle decided to try the Senna line and hit a huge puddle and nearly went off. He fought back through the field and on the podium he said to Senna that he had tried his line and nearly went off and Senna told him that he had not tried it after the second start because it was too wet. How did he know? Two drivers both equally daring but with entirely different results because daring has nothing to do with it. Judgment and ability meant one gained from the move and the other lost.