For all the technology that exists in modern racecars, driving them is still a fundamentally analogue experience. Drivers rely on intuition, sensing minute changes in the forces acting on the vehicle and those fed back through the controls, not to mention other cues such as watching for braking markers or listening to the engine revs.
The best drivers in the world are extremely consistent from one lap to the next, but they achieve these results by responding to the track conditions and the racecar’s behaviour as it subtly changes. This human
