That first left at about 1:29 you can tell he is hitting the brakes just a bit, and then at the right curve he has let off the brakes and is beginning to hit the throttle slowly. So by the time he gets to the left hander you are talking about at 1:34, he is already starting to accelerate. As he exits that turn, he hits the throttle harder. So yes, it's all about knowing the track and despite not being able to see the apex of the second left, he already knows he can accelerate to it and not have to brake as he did for the first left hander. That's what good racers do - learn the track.
Hypercars are useless and totally overated. The only hypercar I would buy if I would have the money is the T50 from Gordon Murray as it is light and only has driving as Focus. I was living in Ireland for more than a decade and I learned that driving a small and cheapish hillclimb monster or even do a road race on 2 wheels (if you crazy/brave enough) will give you more of a kick than any off this silly hypercars.
@@thomashaupt79 the only appeal people find in hypercars seems to be the pissing contest of top speed and which one is more exclusive and expensive. They do look good (for the most part), but the main reason for their existence seems to be one giant flex
cool drive, I´m jealous, must be great to be in the "tunnel" driving up like this, only if something goes wrong, then it is quickly the opposite - no place for mistakes!
We study it but sometimes we get to know it when we drive it and that is the biggest challenge when you want to push the car but you don't know the limits of the road
ok makes sense. I was wondering why some corners felt like they weren't on the limit, but i would also drive below the limit on something unfamiliar especially with that risk of a big crash. Nice driving though, camera doesnt do the speed justice
I guess I'm missing something. I drive like this everyday on the backroads of the Great Smokies and Blue Ridge and have been doing it for almost 40 years, but I stay in my lane. I could easily do this with the right car. I'm not taking anything away from the driver, but there are literally hundreds of people that live in the mountains where I'm from that could do this and at those speeds.
Hill climb is different then circuit racing, you might find the inside of the corner abit bumpy or can understeer the car for the corner after that. But could have been abit better also, not saying it was perfect 🙂
Good driving : you don't get much time to think. At least on a track you can line yourself up for a bend : that course, at that speed, seemed a bit frantic.
Thank you for this 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. So much more exciting than F1. Although….. perhaps we could let Messrs Hamilton and Verstappen take this course side by side in an AMG Mercedes and a Honda Civic (with Verstappen having to drink two bottles of that disgusting Red Bull on the way up through the course). Thoughts?
