Martin Brundle is often quoted as saying that, as an F1 driver, you are either giving or taking pressure. Very true from a psychological point of view, but what about the car, and the effects pressure has on it?
I’m no engine expert, but I have enough practical experience of changes in altitude to know and understand its dramatic effects on whole car performance.
My first experience was running a turbocharged Jaguar Group C car at the Mexico City circuit in 1990. Our turbo expert, Gerhard Schuman of BMW F1 fame, insisted we change the size ratio of the hot side to the cold side of the turbo
