Category: Racing is life
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#354 Racing is life – S4 E2 – The Road into Motorsport – Where do you want to go?
Do you have a clear picture in your head about your future in motorsport? Where do you want to go? Which level do you want to reach? In motorsport it is the same as in any other field of life. You can strive for the top, the midfield or the…
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#348 Racing is life – S4 E1 – THE ROAD INTO MOTORSPORT – Introduction
What does it take to become an amateur race car driver? What kind of skills do you need? How much money? How much time? How much motivation? But also, how do you get there? What do you need to do? Which challenges are laying in front of you? Which obstacles…
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#339 – Fascination PORSCHE – S1 E2 – First drive
Can someone forget about his or her first drive in a PORSCHE? Definitely not! This might be a special moment in someones life, if not one of the most important ones. Someone might get out of the car a different person. Wait a minute! What? It is just a car,…
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#328 Fascination PORSCHE – S1 E1 – First contact
PORSCHE Just looking at that car again gets me goosebumps on my forearm. PORSCHE is something special! That I have dedicated my life to these cars shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Therefore, I guess it was just a matter of time until I would finally start to talk a…
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#318 Lets drive – Porsche 911 991.1 turbo S – Sport modes
Having talked about the car in the normal mode here already, today, we will tackle the sport modes. SPORT The first thing you instantly notice when setting the car into the sport mode is the louder exhaust tone. Does it get too loud? Not really, but it seems kind of…
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#316 Lets drive – Porsche 911 991.1 turbo S – normal mode
What a weekend! I repeat, what a fucking fantastic weekend. Yes, you are hearing it right! I was driving a Porsche again! 🥳 You walk up to the car, open the door, get into your driver seat, turn the ignition key with your left hand and enjoy! WWWWWRRAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM! You put…
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#308 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E17 – Setup
A car without a good setup is as useful as an empty water bottle in the desert. You know that it can be useful, but only under the right circumstances. You may have a fast driver, you may have a fast car, you may have some excellent tires. But if…
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#304 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E16 – Racing strategy
“To achieve anything in this game, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.” Sir Stirling Moss To dabble on the boundary of disaster? To accept your faith? To give everything you have? Even your life? That racing is more than just sitting in a car and…
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#291 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E15 – Fighting for a position
In memory of Stirling Moss. My philosophy was that I would rather lose a race driving fast enough to win, than win a race driving slow enough to lose. Stirling Moss With the loss of Stirling Moss, another race car driver has finished the race called life. RIP But our…
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#283 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E14 – Sim racing 1×1
As the advanced part of this racing is life season comes to an end, I want to introduce a kind of a sim racing 1×1. Sure, little did I know, that in fact sim racing will get such an attention through the current corona pandemic, but I guess we can…
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