by Ross Bentley | Oct 20, 2024 | Driving Directions
I recently found an article I’d written a little over ten years ago, about why Sebastian Vettel was so fast in the Red Bull F1 car. He was in the process of clinching his fourth World Drivers Championship in a row, and many fans were getting a bit tired of the...
by Ross Bentley | Oct 6, 2024 | Driving Directions
I’m excited to share a story with you about driving in the rain at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps this past week.But first, some background. As we do each year, last week a friend and I took a group of drivers to Germany and Belgium — two days driving the Nürburgring...
by Ross Bentley | Sep 18, 2024 | Driving Directions
UPDATE: You may have noticed that I’ve started calling this thing, this series of articles, these posts, this Substack… Driving Directions. Why? Because, what’s a Substack? When I launched my new SpeedSecrets.com website, my goal was to make using it and the resources...
by Ross Bentley | Sep 15, 2024 | Driving Directions
Rolling out of pitlane at Mid-Ohio, lining up behind the pace car and thirty or so other cars in front of me, I’m warming the brakes and tires, preparing for the race start going green the second time by, getting used to the position of the pedals and steering wheel,...
by Ross Bentley | Aug 25, 2024 | Driving Directions
Trail braking is the act of easing off the brake pedal while turning into a corner; it’s the overlapping of braking and steering. That’s the what, but what is the why? Why should we, sometimes, trail brake? It’s this third point that makes the process of learning to...
by Ross Bentley | Aug 11, 2024 | Driving Directions
To the casual observer of racing, the fastest driver is the one who wins the game of chicken. In other words, the racer who can brake the latest for the corners. And whoever brakes first should go back to the barnyard. The casual observer is wrong. It’s not how late a...
