Posts filed under: F1

F1’s Power Steering vs IndyCar’s Manual Steering

BLOG UPDATED 5/29/24 –> paddle shifters, drive-by-wire, team wheels for endurance racing, Fernando Alonso prank:  At the bottom, you’ll see a link to read an interesting take on IndyCar’s speed from across the Pond from the highly respected Racecar Engineering... Read More

Ayrton Senna Footwork

Ayrton Senna at Play in an Acura NSX Ayrton probably didn’t have a lot of seat-time in this car when this was shot. So, the amount of lock needed to dance it around the corners wasn’t as ingrained as it... Read More

F1 1978 Long Beach Grand Prix with Patrick Depailler

Jacques Villeneuve spoke about boredom in F1 in this BBC story: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/26178312. Back in the ’90s, I worked quite closely with him in IndyCar. I found him to be one of the most talented, level-headed drivers on the circuit. He... Read More