robbholland
Robb Holland
robbholland
Pro Race Car driver, former Pikes Peak Hillclimb record holder, 1st American to compete in the FIA World Touring Car Championships, British Touring Car Championships

I’ve called other manufacturers out for the same thing. Musk just puts it out there more than pretty much everyone else Read more

Lexus didnt know how things work at the Ring. They thought they had to make their Nurburgring package available to the public instead of just cheating like everyone else... Read more

Did you actually read the first sentence or just the headline? Read more

And thats why we write articles like this. Makes it easier for you to explain it to your friends. Read more

James May is wrong. No manufacturers “tune” a car for the Ring. The Ring is primarily used for driveline endurance testing. If manufacturers truly used the Ring to set up cars they would actually understeer everywhere that is not the Ring due to the need for high speed stability there. Read more

Sorry late to the party. davesaddiction is right. Tire matter a ton. Read more

Quite possibly but thats the thing about unintended consequences. Everything seems great right up until the point when its not. One of the things that the FIA has gotten pretty good at is gathering data and creating simulations to go through all scenarios to see what works and what doesn’t Read more

Its always tough to say what will happen when changes are made and what the unintended consequences may be, but I think that would definitely be worth a look Read more

I was speaking specifically about being broadsided but yeah point taken. Sorry to hear about your experience Read more

This has nothing to do with what drivers prefer. The FIA will always choose the safest option (after getting all input) regardless of driver preference. Read more

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Not sure about now but I took the first one around the Ring a few years back and it made it about 3 minutes in. Love to see what a Model 3 with Track Mode could do. Anyone got one they want to loan me for say 10 minutes...