You bemuse me.
Why do Rally drivers keep 5% in reserve but "racers" don't ?
And about consistency of lapping ? you are away with the fairies. In the WRC these guys, in different cars, can race across 10 miles or more of broken surface in varying weather conditions and emerge with the same time. Raw ballistic pace ?? ... tell that to Colin [RIP], you muppet. Where do you think the term "Maximum attack" originates ?
I was there in Kielder, in the freezing dark, when the Group B cars came by. Banks of lights punching the icy, foggy air. Exhausts bellowing, banging and popping. Standing literally a few feet from a fire breathing angry monster as it rockets through the night, stones flying like bullets, slipstream tugging at your jacket - leaving a heady aroma of expensive fuels and hot metal lingering in the air. A true experience.
I know quite a few people who go rallying - and know the dedication, commitment and talent they have. They do a lot more multi-tasking than any circuit racer.
Your insular experience of racing makes your ramblings only expose your
utter myopic ignorance of the flip side.
D.
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Originally Posted by dxb335d
Racing is Racing, Rallying is not that.... There is no man against man as such, no wheel to wheel combat.. Just a race against the clock..
A guy to produce the same lap time lap after lap is a talented man.. A guy who can fight his way thru a field of racing drivers is a racing driver and derserves much applaud.
A rally driver is talented in a different way. But is not a racing driver.
as much as you think there all out ballistic there not, if they were they would stack much more. There is a 5% reserve there, for incase when it goes wrong in the bend. they set up the car very well for the next bend first on instinct secondly on the co drivers notes. Its more of dancing/balancing act than out and out raw ballistic pace.
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