Driving Monaco Stewart
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at
3:22 am
Jackie Stewart, Driving-Tips 4 Monaco
Jackie Stewart, Driving-Tips 4 Monaco
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Quite simply, THE best description of high performance driving technique i’ve had the privilege to see and hear. Applies equally in principle to motorcyling, or even driving a heavy commercial vehicle. Thanks Sir John:)
@DaRabidMonkey, i could not have put it any better. my thoughts exactly!
less sometimes is more!
Just wow time for me to do a lap of Monaco on f1 2010
120 likes and zero dislikes, statistic never seen before on youtube. and no doubt about it, it is the best video on youtube…wow what a time that was… a little tear came into my eye…. cuz of the fact i was born in apsolutely wrong times…fuck me
This is all completely correct obviously but some of what he wa saying was more relavant with the cars of his era with there supple suspension. Rigid race cars of this era forgive alot more.
besides the absolutly amazing speech, look at his hand muscles lol, you can see he has done work in the car
This is mesmerising.
this is part of “Weekend of a champion” footage. The film was directed by Roman Polanski (it’s him talking to Jackie)
Wow Roman Polanski
@F1archivesDotCom Yes….brilliant. But don’t forget two things: that MP4/5 was not the best car Senna ever had. And Imola is a difficult circuit. Senna was testing the car, the circuit and himself. he was looking for the edge of the envelope. He drove like that to see where the limit was. The next lap he pushed the car and himself right up to that limit, resulting in a perfect lap. These sort of things have made Senna such an enormously great and admired driver.
@telescopereplicator Indeed. Look at Ayrton’s Imola 1990 pole position lap, for driving perfection. In his previous qualifying attempt, he was all over the place, and was significantly slower.
In the pole lap, he was as smooth as silk, maximising every turn in and exit – on the limit, without ever going over it.
now that is what I call breakfast at champions
@TheLudicer No he is just saying don’t brake too hard initially so as to upset the car but after initial braking progressively ease off the brakes through the braking zone to allow the car to be “level” once you reach the turn in point. But every corner is different and F1 cars are extremely different to what they were 40 years ago. As for the throttle technique he describes, it simply wouldn’t work in modern F1 machinery. The are sprung far too stiff and have a massive amount of grip.
what Jackie said is so true….but not many race drive book thought like what he said. Smooth on the brake, one gear higher, keep front end as it’s normal height while releasing the brake…..My own experience while cornering in lower gear, the engline brake actually effect brake bias, with one gear higher might not produce rewarding engine sound during cornering, but lap time is quicker
not only is being smooth good for being fast but also for preserving tires which is very important in motorsport.
Carlsberg don’t make driving instructors, but if they did, they’d probably make Jackie Stewart.
@TheLudicer I think he rather means that u don’t aim to brake as late as possible so that you almost to too fast into the corner but instead brake a few meters earlier and then brake in a more calm and relaxed way so that you are not in a slide or almost locking up the tyres on entry. I think that many take it the wrong way when he says smooth and gentle and think of it as slow and calm when in fact what he did was drive the car as fast as it would go in a very relaxed and fluid way.
so is he saying you brake earlier approaching the corner rather than later? I was taught that the brake point, throttle point, and the steering angle are all determined by what is coming up, rather than averaging the highest speed through a single corner
haha omg obviously he knew what he was doing ….even though it looked like he was driving lke a maniac…
“thats funny cos senna used to drive round it like a maniac ”
Yes and no. Although it may have looked like he was driving wildly, he knew exactly what he was doing. And when Senna started driving there, those steep curbs were gone. I loved every race of Senna. Every lap (Imola 1994 not included). Senna loved Monaco. The extreme concentration that was needed brought out the best in him, it gave him a sort of euphoria. Those are his own words. And Jackie was one of the best in his racing days.
Ring the bell because school is in session brought to you by one of the greats! Skip Barber teaches the trail braking technique but the key is smooooooth. You do anything too fast and too harsh and around you go.(trust me I know Sears Point Raceway’s grass well) Just like Jackie said, be good to the car and she will be good to you.
It’s from Polanskis movie “Afternoon of a Champion”
Both of them sound high as fuck, haha.
thats funny cos senna used to drive round it like a maniac