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[YDD] How Important Is Driver Confidence?
Hello Reader,
How important is driver confidence - really?
You want to lap as fast as possible. In all conditions. In all weathers. But what is the connection - if any - between lap time and driver confidence?
If you had driver confidence of 9/10 verses 4/10, will that translate into lap time?
Probably the driver with more confidence will be faster - all things being equal - but by how much?
Sometimes you can spend a lot of time refining the technical complexities of your motorsports. Looking at the racecar and dreaming up infinite ways you can spend more money making it faster.
How much time do you actively invest in working out how to improve your driver confidence? Where does that sit in your priority list?
How the best coaches, engineers and drivers develop driver confidence
Below, in this free extract from audiobook version of The Motorsports Playbook, you can discover just how the pro's approach driver confidence.
In less than 5 mins, you will discover:
- How you can help yourself or another driver gain confidence in the car.
- Learn about different ways drivers sense the limit... and consider the impact that has if you have never realised these differences before.
- Ways to discover how confident a driver is on track... even without them having to actually tell you.
- The real performance impact of driver confidence...
- and more ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsB_tgLBr-o
I'd be fascinated to hear what you think and how you approach this.
Reply and let me know your experiences. Do they match the pros?
Even if you've heard that extract before, it is worth another listen. I genuinely seem to pick up something new every time I revisit the motorsports playbook project.
Have a great weekend.
Samir
p.s. If you want to learn more about who the guests are and get more detail on The Motorsports Playbook project, click this link: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/the-motorsports-playbook/
p.p.s. Not heard the podcast before?! Listen to the latest shows here: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/your-data-driven-podcast/
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