Nizer

What I always find interesting about this video is the lack of drama. The only time he gets out of shape is the last pass on the green car at T1 (7:10). Shows how much we all leave on the table.

MarcD147

and difference in momentum in corners make it look like the others forget to hit the gas at corner exit....

Spyerx

I'm sure this has been posted before but this I've found interesting to see how quickly they look and what they look at.

Rceron

It was also interesting to see his car easily swallowed the curbing in 5-5a-6 without abruptly jumping around. Amazing given he probably has 1100 lbs spring up front.

analogmike

I doubt it, when I raced with TRG their cars were AMAZINGLY soft. They do that so the tires will work better towards the end of the stints I believe.

What I learned from this VIR video was where to go slow to go fast, he's really got it down in 2 places I was pushing too hard and losing time- between T4 and 5, and before the last turn. Exit speed is crucial in both places.

RSRRacer

Well my best time from the 2016 PCA race was a low 53 and watching this makes me feel like I'm standing still. I'm just not able to hold my foot to the floor as long as he can thru the upper Esses. Also his speed into and thru hogpen is staggering.

RickyBobby

Indeed! And yet... I imagine you're at light speeds comp to us Miatadores who "enjoy" a 1.6 l stock w a whopping 135 hp. :-)
OTOH... People like me end up flat spotting our cheap tires when following the inexperienced Cayman R PDKs (and we like to crow about that.) Perhaps I'll reallocate my pcar back to track or find a cheap *****/hairdresser car so I can keep up w you and the big B crew. 8)

ProCoach

Bingo! The first sentence of an eight-page overview on VIR and the main point of Ross Bentley and my VIR webinar, "in order to go fast at VIR, you need to know where to go slow..."

This comes from examining hundreds of pros and talented ams over the last sixteen years at VIR (and other places) and identifying what common threads emerge. This IS one of those common executions that allows drivers to break through and gain substantive, permanent time gains.

ProCoach

Then break your performance, timing and control input amplitude down into smaller pieces and improve the quality of each input and timing. Take a look at incrementally faster laps, between yours and Leh's, like Cory's, and isolate WHAT are the speed and control differentials.

Someone noted that Leh was "ahead of the car." That is a key concept that makes him appear to be an alien, when in fact he has it mapped out very, VERY well. He knows, before he gets there, how much the car is going to "give up" and takes that into account.

Again, it's not how fast you go, it's about "slowing less..."

MarcD147

its seems he is watching in full color and 3D picture with amazing stereo sound while I watch a pixelated snow black and white tube screen with a crackling radio for audio that is a second late

mark kibort

ewwww, nice grind the synchros at :20...... oh boy!!

ProCoach

MarcD147, not only for you! For most...

ProCoach

Sheesh, Mark... is that all you've got?

mark kibort

No, i have more... loved the lap and sounds.... reminded me of the Lemans racing of yesteryear. But that grind was a good one.

Gofishracing

Mark. He was on old tires as well.