Schumi fastest TG lap in FXX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEos53m1e4

 

That was posted on another thread, but it is awesome to see again. For some reason I wasn't getting the sound on that one.

 

Awesome!

Hardly surprising he has the fastest lap though.

 

What I notice most is how precise his driving line is. This is in contrast to some of the other Stigs, who seem at times to be a bit ragged. He hit everything on target. I wonder how much is left in the car...could he get it into the 9's?

Actually, a lot can be learned from his driving style. Data acquisition shows some pretty interesting style differences. MS usually breaks a little earlier and not as hard as other drivers. He eases off the brakes and settles the car better for turn-in and seems to carry a higher rate of speed through the corner. I would guess that he under-stresses the brakes and uses more of the aero on the car. I'd also be curious to see how much he stresses the tires.

CW

 

I always thought Schumi was a late breaker. Much like fellow German Vettel is doing nowadays.

 

Technically he's had every fast lap...

And isn't every car to go on the lap board on TG suposed to be able to "get over a sleeping policeman?" That's the reason the Caparo T1's 1:10:6 time couldn't go on the board.


_J

 

I'm not sure about that.

I have it on reasonably good authority that STIG is a man of multiple personalities.

 

I can't comment on Vettel's telemetry, but not true for MS. Early and lighter as compared to later and harder.

CW

 

exactly I thought it had to be road registerable and able to go over a speed hump. TG changing the rules for Schumie?

 

I just watched the whole episode. Freakin great. It was the coolest lap I've ever seen on this show, which is the greatest show ever made for television.

 

Yeah, I know

Why not? The FIA did it!







_J

 

That was an awesome lap. I'm so happy the new season is out!

 

The Stig is currenty a race- and stuntdriver named Ben Collins acc. to this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4286448/Who-is-the-Stig-The-answer.html


The article also have a remark to the former The Stig:

"The first Stig, stunt driver Perry McCarthy, lost the job after outing himself in his book Flat Out, Flat Broke, published in 2002.
He was known as The Black Stig and always wore a black suit and helmet before he was "killed off" during the third series in 2003"

 

I know spoilers normally only count for race results, but I've been waiting for this show for a long time and am a little peeved that I had to stumble across this thread before being able to watch it for myself. Thanks.

 

You should have known better to come on here!

 

If I recall correctly, Schumacher giving an interview where he talked about his DTM days and how the goal was to keep momentum. Watching this video, you can see how well he did that and how fluid it seemed. Truly amazing!

 

The results are in the title! If it had said "Former Champ appears on Top Gear," I wouldn't have come into the thread. But when the result is in the title there is no avoiding it. Are you suggesting I don't come on F-Chat at all?

 

dam video's gone,and i missed it,,i was lucky enough to get my 78 year old dad a ride at indy f1 practice[2001-2002?] ,in a sl55 merc ,and mr shuie was the driver ,,my dad couldn't beleave how fast yet smooth it was

 

The sound of that thing was truly epic. I expected it to top the board, but that Gumpert time was just massacred!...

 

as amazing as that lap was TG pulled the time off the board because the fxx was using full slicks and according to TG's rules the lap must be done on street tires so the gumpert stays on top

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/powerlaps.shtml
FXX is not on it, yet.

It seems not fair that this is not a road-legal car, but what a time! 7 seconds faster than number 2 (Gumbert Apollo).
The same amount of time that's between number 2 and number 31 on the list.

Wonder what time a normal Stig would have realized in this car.

About the braking, I once read an article why Schumi is so fast. One thing is that he optimizes the use of grip. Rather than steering after braking he let's it overlap, gradually going from braking grip to cornering grip.

 

And it won't appear on that link - see the post immediately before yours

 

right...did not see that...
But you never know, maybe Ferrari will appeal the decision!