VIDEO: What a driver brings to car development
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Here on JA on F1, we are always trying to bring content that you the readers have asked for, to answer your questions and help bring you closer to the sport.
One question which we get regularly at this time of year, when the new cars come out for the start of the season, is "How much does the driver bring to the car, in terms of lap time, from his development ability?"
Ever since Fernando Alonso famously claimed to bring 7/10ths of a second to a car in the development stage, there has been a desire to understand what the driver actually does to improve the car in its early days of testing.
So I went behind the scenes at McLaren to make a video on this subject and you may find the answer surprising.
Let me know your feedback.
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