| Lewis Hamilton knows that a race car is far too quick | | | | sight. |
| to drive at the conscious level. You must engage all | | | | Step 4: |
| your senses and pre-program responses. Get to | | | | After completing those two laps, stop the car and |
| understand your car inside and out. It is possible to | | | | make notes about your experience, get all the |
| do this from taking information in through all your | | | | information from that sense |
| senses. True there is no substitute for perfect driving | | | | Step 5: |
| practice. But how do you enhance that perfect | | | | Drive two laps just paying attention to the feel of |
| driving practice? Increase your awareness of how | | | | the car, feel the acceleration and braking points, |
| you take in information while driving. | | | | noticing everything to do with your kinaesthetic |
| Next time you're out on track practice this: | | | | sense. |
| Step 1: | | | | Step 6: |
| Drive two laps just paying attention to your auditory | | | | Again: After completing those two laps, stop the car |
| sense... what do you notice? Listen to the engine, the | | | | and make notes about your experience, get all the |
| gear change, the revs. | | | | information from that sense. Most drivers just drive |
| Step 2: | | | | around using all their senses for each lap, but when |
| After completing those two laps, stop the car and | | | | you break it down, deconstruct this experience and |
| make notes about your experience, get all the | | | | then reconstruct it, your experience of driving that |
| information from that sense. | | | | same track is greatly different, more powerful and |
| Step 3: | | | | enhanced. It's about becoming aware and engaging all |
| Then drive 2 laps just paying attention to your visual | | | | of these areas to decrease reaction times and |
| sense, picking the cues and markers, collecting | | | | improve lap times. |
| information from the track, just through the sense of | | | | |