Racing
Posted: 24 Oct 2015, 21:04
At any level is a whole different ball game to just going a bit quicker in our world.
Went on one of these driving days with my son today, where he got to drive a Lamborghini Gallardo and Ferrari Modena.
At the end he was entitled to one quick lap driven by one of their drivers in a V8 Vauxhall something or other. I go with him.
It was pissing down wiith rain so the driver says he needs to take it easy......and promptly floors the accelerator, hares up the straight with the back end of the car struggling for grip...barrels up to the corner where he brakes hard...throws it into the turn...then asks if we can feel the front end pushing, which we certainly could and then does the same round the rest of the lap. All perfectly under control and fully aware of what the car can or cannot do.
Simply awesome stuff.
Racing is just another skill level altogether.
Went on one of these driving days with my son today, where he got to drive a Lamborghini Gallardo and Ferrari Modena.
At the end he was entitled to one quick lap driven by one of their drivers in a V8 Vauxhall something or other. I go with him.
It was pissing down wiith rain so the driver says he needs to take it easy......and promptly floors the accelerator, hares up the straight with the back end of the car struggling for grip...barrels up to the corner where he brakes hard...throws it into the turn...then asks if we can feel the front end pushing, which we certainly could and then does the same round the rest of the lap. All perfectly under control and fully aware of what the car can or cannot do.
Simply awesome stuff.
Racing is just another skill level altogether.