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01-10-2007, 06:54 PM
For dmano Are you racing the AIX car at VIR in February?
Interesting to read the Z06/GT3 comparo. Frightening to read actually.
The aids/no aids debate I find interesting as well. Put a competent driver in a car with electronic aids and they will be faster than a less competent driver in the same car. Guys and Girls that are getting around a track at a respectable pace are doing so because they are driving well certainly not because of the aids. They may be making use of those aids to go as fast as they do but they are still driving the car.
Case in point: Nigel Mansell 1992 F1 World Champ in the FW14B with active suspension and electronic gearbox. 1993 Champ car champ. No aids, all driver. Would Senna or even Prost have been faster than Mansell in the same F1 car in 92'? Probably. Were the aids helping Mansell go as fast as he did? Of course, but he was still one of the best racing car drivers in the world at that time.
I feel that electronic aids for those that are regularly activating them from improper driving technique are an extremely important feature if those aids are helping to avoid a serious incident. The RTR instructors do an excellent job. As they teach the fundamentals of driving the reliance on those aids just to maintain control of the car will diminish for the new DE driver.
Interesting to read the Z06/GT3 comparo. Frightening to read actually.
The aids/no aids debate I find interesting as well. Put a competent driver in a car with electronic aids and they will be faster than a less competent driver in the same car. Guys and Girls that are getting around a track at a respectable pace are doing so because they are driving well certainly not because of the aids. They may be making use of those aids to go as fast as they do but they are still driving the car.
Case in point: Nigel Mansell 1992 F1 World Champ in the FW14B with active suspension and electronic gearbox. 1993 Champ car champ. No aids, all driver. Would Senna or even Prost have been faster than Mansell in the same F1 car in 92'? Probably. Were the aids helping Mansell go as fast as he did? Of course, but he was still one of the best racing car drivers in the world at that time.
I feel that electronic aids for those that are regularly activating them from improper driving technique are an extremely important feature if those aids are helping to avoid a serious incident. The RTR instructors do an excellent job. As they teach the fundamentals of driving the reliance on those aids just to maintain control of the car will diminish for the new DE driver.