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Post by mikael on Apr 12, 2024 18:03:06 GMT
Somehow I came across this thesis, with the lead title "Behind the Visor".
Browsing through it, much of it appears quite interesting.
P.S. Makes you curious as to who those nine (former) drivers are ...
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Post by Carl on Apr 12, 2024 23:42:47 GMT
Somehow I came across this thesis, with the lead title "Behind the Visor".
Browsing through it, much of it appears quite interesting.
P.S. Makes you curious as to who those nine (former) drivers are ...
Very interesting, Mikael! I wonder if Niki Lauda and Jarno Trulli (both of whom are featured) were among the nine drivers probed psychologically. Stirling Moss once defined the sport as a balance of speed, momentum, centrifugal force and judgment in an equation changing ten times every second. I've always wondered if he suffered a momentary lapse of judgment attempting to lap Graham Hill at Goodwood in 1962. Drivers at his level could spot and wave hello to a friend in the crowd at full speed. In photographs, the best drivers seem preternaturally relaxed and one with the car, and almost all have eyes like a hawk. Onboard a ship crossing between Australia and New Zealand during the Tasman Series, passengers noticed another too far away to be identified even with binoculars. Moss, with 20/5 vision, was able to read the name of the ship unaided. |
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Post by mikael on Apr 13, 2024 7:58:48 GMT
I agree, Carl, the many citations, in particular, are very interesting to read.
The thesis may actually be more interesting to F1 fans than to the author's peers 
I was not aware of the book by Sid Watkins referred to. It appears very interesting too; I may try to find a copy ...
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Post by René on Apr 13, 2024 10:32:29 GMT
Cool, thanks for sharing.  |
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Post by robmarsh on Apr 15, 2024 8:53:03 GMT
Christopher Hilton also wrote a book about the psychology of a GP driver. I have never read it but it is available on amazon.
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