Tag: The mental side of racing
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#449 Racing is life – S4 E11 – The Road into Motorsport – The 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 hours of Le Mans is possibly the most famous endurance race in the world. Sure, in corona times it might loose some of it’s “magic“, when there are only a hand full of people standing next to the track. But come on, this is life! Deal with it!…
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#396 Racing is life – S4 E6 – The Road into Motorsport – Summer training racing camp
Having a five weeks summer break until I will start working on my master thesis for university in September, I decided to dedicate my time to my motorsport hobby. But what does that mean exactly? Well, I thought about this on Monday after watching a YouTube video of a racing…
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#385 Racing is life – S4 E4 – The Road into Motorsport – Mindset
Being a realist? Ok! Being a believer? Good! Being a dreamer? Better! Standing with both feet on the ground? Excellent! Motorsport is expensive. Motorsport is dangerous. Motorsport consumes a lot of time. Motorsport requires a lot of traveling. Motorsport is not just a hobby. Motorsport is a lifestyle. Depending on…
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#369 Racing is life – S4 E3 – The Road into Motorsport – Sim racing
If you really want to get going in motorsport, but do not have your own race team hanging around yet, well, why don’t you start on the simulator? Is the simulator really that realistic? It doesn’t seem to be like that! What about the g-forces? This is just playing games…
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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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#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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#272 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E13 – Overtaking in a race
Sure, everybody knows how racing really looks like, right? A bunch of drivers sitting in their cars, driving in circles all day long and everyone tries to be the best. Well, without the skills to actually overtake someone, you may just end up on the very same position you have…
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#266 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E12 – Overtaking on track days
As we have started the topic around overtaking last time by focusing on the overtaking maneuver on public roads, today, we will finally be back in the world of racing. Today is the day, you got your car ready, drove to the track and are looking forward to an awesome…
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#251 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E11 – Overtaking on public roads
Once we can finally handle our car, of course we want to go racing. Well, depending on the type of racing series you chose, there will be other cars on the track with you. Therefore, you need to know how to handle that new situation. But let’s just start very…
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