Here’s a quote from it…
“This is something that people don’t realize when they think of racing drivers living off their reflexes,” said Dr. Lappi, who studies eye movements of various types of athletes. “Most of their skill is anticipation. The anticipation is how the brain buys itself time.”
In other words, a great driver doesn’t react to the road, he predicts it. In many ways, this isn’t surprising because the entire brain is often said to be an elaborate prediction machine. But in Formula 1 drivers, this looks a little different.”
thought about mentioning this story at a point earlier in this thread - but lr's post makes it seem almost obligatory. many years ago, cycle world did a story about stanley michael bailey hailwood, it included his comments about racing the isle of man circuit. he said that on days when the fog was heavy up on sneefell, you would just count the seconds between corners, and start to bank over.
