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Originally Posted by stealthn
Interesting!
Someone on X just posted that the posters around COTA shows Felipe Drugovich instead of Lance Stroll with all the other drivers.
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I have to feel sorry for Lance. Like many young drivers, he wanted to be a F1 driver. With daddies money, he got to be one. And his 42 year old teammate has soundly beat him race after race, and not by just a little.
Back when I was in my 20s I was driving my 914 as my daily driver and winning many autocrosses. I thought I was good. Then I did a track day with the Peachstate PCA and we drove Road Atlanta. I had done one session and felt like I was doing OK for a 95 HP street car. One instructor asked if I wanted any help, and he drove my car with me in it. On his first lap, he was two seconds faster than I was. He was 4 seconds faster after a few laps. I went out and tried his lines, and brake points, and I was faster than before, but never close to him. I knew then, I was not going to be a race car driver. I still have a blast on track. I would love to have a top pro drive my car with me in it, just to show me what my car can do. Not likely to ever happen. I still have fun, and that is all I really care about, and getting to drive it back home.