While I'm driving, I've got speed, gear, lap time, water temperature, blood sugar, RPM, oil pressure. I've got car data and body data all together. It's all on the dash.
My wife's so dumb, she got a nail in the spare!!
If there are differences in the race pace it is normally because the tyre is overheating on my side.
On the RFactor model that comes with the 'Pro-Sim,' everything is balanced and measured. If you go up on the rear ride height, for example, it changes the airflow and the downforce of the car. You learn by trying different things, which gives you a better idea when you're on a race weekend.
Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've got a flat," Vee said. "What now?
Have the man at the station put the air in the tires. I did it once myself. Have you ever seen a car with a limp?
In a rally car when you put a 20 kg spare wheel in a car which is weighing 1,300 kg, you feel it.
Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.
Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.
The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.
I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.
As a driver, you always want to be in the car getting as much experience as possible; especially when there's something new like different tyres.
Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style.
Back then the cars had a trap door that we could pull open with a chain to check our tire wear.
On the sim at home, you can change downforce levels, roll bars, springs, ride heights - you can try all these different things.
Tyre management has always been part of the qualifying strategy and the race itself. I don't know about others; I just know that I always push as much as I can to obtain the best result possible.
