When I first began offering driving information online (originally with an Inner Speed Secrets webinar way back in 2015), I wasn’t really sure what to expect. And I had no idea how to present to a screen! After many years of talking to, and facilitating dialogue with...

Often attributed to Michelangelo, “Ancora imparo” is how I try to live my life.It’s a reminder to be curious, ask questions, and grow. Roughly translated, it means, “I am still learning.” Interestingly, the need to remind himself and others of how important it is to...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

The following are my random thoughts and opinions, in no particular order, based on the past few Grand Prix races. But first, I need to be very clear about one thing: I really don’t like or dislike any driver on the grid more than any other. I’m driver-agnostic. Since...

Some of the best things that have ever been said in motorsport have come during an interview, or out of the mouths of commentators. For example… Years ago, during the TV coverage of a NASCAR race, a pit reporter asked a driver who had just crashed out what happened....