The more you do something emotionally involving the greater the fidelity of the map in your brain.Chicane wrote: ↑01 Jun 2021, 07:52I agree with you on this. Lando is instinctively, subconsciously and naturally able to make all those adjustments needed in his driving technique around various types of corners. As you say he is not going by a preset template. He is able to apply different methods/styles/techniques across the lap around different types of corners seamlessly.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑31 May 2021, 16:51On this second point in bold, notice that only a few races ago, Daniel was told thw opposite. He was told that he was braking too late! (I cannot remember if Portugal or Imola). So really it's not that the steering/braking are an unchangeable characteristics; they are changing track to track and Lando is adjusting to them by instinct. Whether it is through experience with the chassis or the way the car works the tires or better relationship with his engineer, Lando is adjusting better with the car.
Ricciardo will get there. As you know braking is highly complicated in these cars where the brakes are not just used to stop the car but to harvest energy as well with the aid of MGU-K. Then there is the engine braking. He is one driver who needs to completely understand every single trait of the braking system to get everything out of the car. I feel once he figures out the brakes he will be up there with Lando. Another point i feel is that he still does not know where the limit lies in slow corners and hence very tentative and ginger with turn in and throttle application. I feel he just needs time to put all the pieces of the puzzle together.
It's like building a tire model on the computer but it's really your brain. You give a grip value(s) for each bit of slip angle, and you build a statistical model in your mind for tire behavior. More data means more refined model, this model exists subconsciously. Thus through experience you can build a model of the tires in your brain and exploit more grip than someone with a less detailed model.