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Originally Posted by oldE
I think the difference here is between strategy and tactics. Any good driver is ahead of the car on the track, planning moves and lines. However since grip levels and fuel loads are constantly changing, someone driving on the ragged edge is constantly making corrections to deal with things which are immediate.
Prost on the other hand seldom drove faster than he needed and was perceived as being very smooth.
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Les
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And after I posted I realized that all Indy 500 drivers are committed at entry and only have to get their mind set for the next entry because once they turn in that's the beginning, center and roll out all in one movement. Probably looking briefly at the wind sock ahead as the car exits.
Then there's traffic. It would seem that the article about Senna had more to do with planning WRT traffic. IDK why else a driver needs to be that far ahead of the car. I just know the MS committed and rode it out, most of the time perfectly. Same as the Indy car. If not near perfect, the wall bites. A driver was gonna hit the wall no matter what if at that precise turn in wasn't already perfectly planed
and executed.
Notwithstanding sudden changes or failure. You've all seen that bad pass that didn't work.