[jluetjen]

Originally Posted by sketchers356

Not that I know anything about racing compared to the rest of you guys,

But I know that Jackie Stewart says to not apply the power in the corner until you wont have to turn it off again. This guy is on/off/on/off.

Jackie's got a very valid strategy and it's worked well for him and certainly contributed to his smooth style. By the same token, watch and listen closely to to an Ayrton Senna video and you'll notice that he would generally be on and off the throttle in a series of micro-adjustments through-out a long corner. Prost and Schumacher I believe tend more towards the Stewart model, while Alesi and Mansell I think tended more towards Senna. Some examples...

Jim Clark (from whom Jackie learned a lot of his style. Note that the sound track doesn't always match the video.)


Jackie Stewart as described. Even in the first two corners you can see how and hear how he smoothly brakes in a straight line and applies the power from the apex out.


Now here he also is at Monaco. You can hear how his throttle application is one smooth "swoop" of acceleration from the apex out.


Now here's Senna on his classic Monaco qualifying lap. If you listen closely to the engine note through the long left at Massenet and the hairpins, you can hear him constantly "goosing" the throttle throughout the turns. The result is that he's constantly hurrying the car through the turns using the throttle.


Prost going around the same circuit in the turbo R30B (More power, less traction) is much closer to the Stewart style of driving


Now here's Schumacher. From the apex out he's seems to me to be definitely of the Stewart/Prost school of driving, but where he's different is that he attacks the entry a lot harder, rolling a lot more speed down to the apex. You can see how his entries seem to be tighter then Stewart's or Prost's.


Each style can be fast, and I'm not trying to advocate one over the other. The trick is to maximize the performance of the car with the strategy that you chose to use.