funny that Orlando had a screaming scared student as his passenger which inhibited some of his driving skill

orlando L 997 4s and mkk62 997s

 

oops, here is the video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...89152635&hl=en

 

and you can hear my street tires SQUEAL..mich ps2's

wait til i get the r compounds.....orlando

 

Stay on street tires a while longer. From the little bit I watched:

*Stop shuffle steering! 9&3 works on 95% of all corners and 100% of straights.
*You're letting the wheel 'catch'/straighten on corner exit a lot, not good at all, especially in transitions. 9&3 will help this a lot.
*When the car starts understeering don't keep on turning the wheel, it's not helping.
*That pass looked beyond questionable, but I don't know the circumstances.

 

+1

 

+ 3, especially if you are instructing. that should be the first thing that is nailed down!

 

Read "constructive criticism" to my comments please all with good intentions:
1. Agree with what was said above about letting the steering wheel unwind by itself instead of smoothing out the unwind controled.
2. Driving with one hand! You tend to leave one hand on the shift ****, this can really bite you if you get a tire blow out...
3. You early apex quite a few turns and then on some occasions you try to yank the car into the turn as it understeers and you are on throttle. Especially turn 17 and turn 3 can be really deadly doing that. Be patient with the turn in, try to learn trailbraking to put some weight on the front wheels, that will help with the understeer and when you go back on the throttle it will give traction to the rear and you wont have to yank the car to turn. When you learn to do that you will be astounded with the difference it makes and how great the car feels and turns.
4. I'm surprised at a DE they let you get away with the pass on turn 7!
5. Please do stay on PS2's, you really need to learn a lot of things before you move on to the R compounds... They are not as forgiving as street tires and they can really snap on you with your present driving habits. It would be a great idea to have further instruction and watch some in car video's that are posted here of well driven cars at Sebring. That will give you a direct comparison with your video.

 

Just watched the video. Agree with the above comments.

EDIT: a couple of suggestions besides the shuffle steer, etc. ones above. In 17, it seems as if you go way too far track left at the entry, and then have to bring the car back in for the 2nd part of the turn, losing speed. Since you are on street tires, get a little tighter at entry in order to get a better exit, IMO. Also, I can't believe that pass at turn in at 7 ???

 

Can sure understand that. You guys were doing lots of things wrong ... good example of an accident waiting to happen ... I'd recommend you get an instructor back in your car.

 

Yep, I would have been screaming too....

 

Very good feedback. I know I always look for it. Just for that reason I have a driving coach in the car with me about one a quarter. We all can do something better.

 

I agree with most of the above comments but I believe that was a Chin event and assuming it was group 2, passing is allowed anywhere with a point-by so technically the pass was fine.

 

Even if it was allowed, IMO that was a VERY dicey pass for a DE.

 

thanks for the feedback and wow yeah after not being watched for a while , notice i am picking up bad habits again...like golf (which i now suck as am new dad) experimenting with earlier turn in and agree way early...already have started goin in later....that pass was fine as Orlando gave me a point (hard to see) and he waited for the pass...he turned in real late there for me...right hand is always at 4 oclock (can't see it) and do not drive with one hand. I like to get an instructor to ride with me often but will need more

thanks again. like golf, when i watch my swing, looks usually much worse than it feels...after these criticisms, may just go back to golf:

 

Come on man...in most of your videos you can be seen steering with one hand on the wheel and the other on the shifter.