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Albon shares the secrets of Verstappen’s unique driving style (www.formula1.com)

submitted 2 years ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/formula1@lemmy.world

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Alex Albon has opened up about the time he spent alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull and the key elements that make the reigning triple world champion’s driving style so unique.

Albon confirms that Verstappen likes his front-ends pointy and that Red Bull pushes cars development toward his driving style, in the detriment of the other driver.

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 46 points 2 years ago (3 children)

“Everyone has a driving style, I would say my driving style is a bit more on the smooth side, but I like a car that has a good front-end, so quite sharp, quite direct. Max does too, but his level of sharp and direct is a whole different level – it’s eye-wateringly sharp.

“To give people kind of maybe an explanation of what that might feel like, if you bump up the sensitivity [on a computer game] completely to the max and you move that mouse and it’s just darting across the screen everywhere, that’s kind of how it feels. It becomes so sharp that it makes you a little bit tense.”

First time I've actually seen "driving style differences" explained in layman's terms

[–] vind@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Albon needs to become a commentator/pundit once he retires from F1, like take over from Martin

[–] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Regardless of how the rest of his career goes I think Alex will be one of those drivers that's back in the paddock working for a team when he's done driving.

He's been given so much praise for his sim work and his debrief skills that (in my unprofessional opinion) Red Bull or someone else will probably want him around to give input on new design paths or something.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Ant does that while also commentating for Sky.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

He was Yuki’s mentor during his off season. I bet he will do something similar when he retires.

[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I feel like he would be better in F1TV. They tend to have much more technical commentary.

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vowles too if being TP doesn't work out.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Whenever they call in to James on the pit wall it is such a treat. His frankness and explanations are excellent to hear.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I can't explain why but that guy severely irritates me.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

Albon is a gem 💎.

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

So basically, verstappen drives like a Quake player on meth