OVERDRIVE fans! I know this is similar to the video we did with Max Fosh, but we wanted to make it more focused on driving technique and so decided it was better for it to sit on Driver61. There will be new content coming out on OVERDRIVE soon, so stay tuned! Cheers, Scott.
if you do more of this kind of stuff your channel will blow up quick. assumed everyones been away for the holidays but keen to see what you have new year
I think this video speaks better of Scott as an instructor than of Will as a student. Will did a fine job, but Scott's way of teaching is quite remarkable!
Yes, it does say a lot of Scott's teaching, but don't underestimate a student willing to learn and listening to the teacher, internalise the new skills. Will started out overly aggessive (which could have been a habit that is hard to let go off within a few laps)
@@marcodebruin5370 not underestimating Will at all. It's just that I've been a teacher for many decades and I can easily tell remarkable teachers/students apart from unremarkable ones. Will did fine but there was nothing remarkable about him, however, the way Scott went about things and his teaching methods seem very outstanding to me.
i wish i could hear what he was instructing better. But the vid prob wasn't made to instruct the audience. Plus being British, he was difficult to understand at some points (for me).
Agree so full of nice athmosfere and occational one liners like when Scott says 'Did that feel well?' when HE just had the roller coaster ride of his life (or at least week). Was like one of those 'pro driver takes whife/woman/anyone for a ride and scares the sh*t out of them', Will looking totally fearless all the time.
Coming from someone who's been a club instructor for 15 years, it's validating to see a pro instructor start with the same fundamentals: Vision, weight transfer, and smoothing of inputs. Regarding the first, at our schools we mark the turn-in, apex, and track-out of each corner with orange cones. I try to get my students to focus on the track-out cone as soon as possible. And once it's obvious they're going to get tot that cone, be looking down the track for the next turn-in. Another trick I've seen used (but I haven't done this) is to put a piece of tape on the windshield about 1/3 up from the bottom, and tell the student their eyes should always be pointing to a spot above it.
I tell my students (based on the math) that inside a certain distance in front of the car, they’re actually “looking into the past” because actions they’ve already taken will determine what the car does in that distance
I've done lots of autocross and track days and I still don't look far enough ahead. It is a really important skill! You are right to put attention to it.
Yep. I was taught by an instructor that while he held a half filled 500ml bottle of water on it's side/horizontal, for me to drive as smoothly/quickly as possible, so as to try to keep the water as level as possible and not all going to either end of the bottle.
Damn, someone has talent! With one bloody day of training he improved so damn much. No imagine a full week of training. I reckon he might have a shot at some amateur class racing series with a bit of training.
This is the style of video we like. Driver61s main advantage over other car yt channels is the skill and experiance of one of their drivers. We love these driver training videos and tips
Not only a skillfull and experienced driver, but a skillfull and experienced coach. It's one thing to be able to drive quickly, but another to coach well.
This was one of your better videos. I really like the conclusion with both Scott and Will in the Porsche. I feel like some of the previous videos ended without a satisfying conclusion.
Wills last lap in the Mazda looked amazing, what a difference! Incredible coaching, I would love to have this opportunity, I've done quite a few track days in the past and even had a little bit of coaching, but nothing like this.
I've never done anything of the sort but I'm wishing I had when I actually had a bloody sports car for ~6 years (03 350Z). Kinda a mix of a little fear and uncertainty kept me from ever seriously considering doing something like that. I inherited my dad's 2012 Merc E350 which at least 0-60 wise is apparently about on par with my Z but doesn't have the brutal suspension, so that's always something I could try to have fun with but I definitely wouldn't want to go into something like that without some kind of instruction otherwise I'll either be driving way too cautiously or fuck up bad somehow.
The thing about trail braking is that it's one of those addictive feelings. Once you learn to do it right, it just feels sooo good, that you want to experience it constantly. Especially in a manual car. Yeah, doing fast laps is great and all, but that feeling of full control over the car and the feedback, especially from something mid-engined like an MR2... absolute bliss.
This is a really cool format. _Much_ better than the "every time they lose, we upgrade their car" format, frankly. I loved seeing the progression! It made me feel like I was really involved, feeling his victories and improvements rather than just watching a video. Plus you don't have to get half a dozen cars at once, so it's got to be an easier format to organize!
The whole point of being fast is to hit brake points and be patient, smooth through turns. This video shows exactly that. No aggression needed what so ever, which most of the drivers do exactly that, use aggression.
Highly appreciate that you've taken on board some suggestions on getting in representative lap times for both yourself and the guest, at both the start and the end of the day, and in both slowest and fastest cars. Really helps the audience to see just how much they've improved and just how brilliant your mentoring is. One of the may reasons your channels are worth clicking the bell icon for notifs, the videos are always a treat
I'm only an average sim racer with some track and karting experience but I can tell that Will has some natural feel for car handling, even on his first lap, his reactions to counter the car's oversteer shows that he has some talent, Great video!
Excellent video. For me this brings the "dicking about in cool cars" format back towards the (sim) driver training format to just the right extent. Keeps it fun, but also informative/technical. Great job.
Smooth is fast. As a part time instructor you can tell he was getting better just watching his hands. One smooth motion out, in (apex), power down, track out. Your steering angle should be mirror your pedal application. More steering angle = less pedal, brake or gas.
Seeing the difference in how settled the Mazda was around the corners before and after training was probably a better visual illustration of weight transfer than most of your more technical videos on the subject. Great work. Started out bobbling around all over the place, and after the training he just soared through the corners like a bird.
This was a mixture of brilliant coaching and brilliant driving. Great to watch. Scott was really enjoying seeing Will's improvements, just as I do when coaching on track in my MX5. One difference with me is that I prefer my drivers to start at 80% of what they think they can do and build from there, with the same learning topics in the same order. But then I do my coaching at track days where drivers are also learning to be in traffic on track and where they don't always have such big and flat run-offs. Smooth is fast.
Great video! One of my favourite things about track days is the ability to play with your car, explore the limits, experiment with the balance and improve your own skills in a relatively safe environment, with no risk of getting a ticket. This video made me wish I could do one every weekend. More please!
Years ago, I used to autocross. Once I learned to control weight shift, and suspension loading, it was a game changer. I picked up 2 seconds on courses with 45 second lap times.
I used to run a hillclimb and this was very important as the last bit of the course at the top, the pitch of the road changed, so the car would get light. Many thought they hit oil or whatever, panic, and then the car would spin. Instead, you had to learn to ride through the weight shift and keep control of you as much as the car.
Any biker will know looking where you want to go makes a huge impact because we basically steer where we look, so bikers are told to NOT look at the thing you want to avoid. I enjoy videos like this as just watching will give tips and learning by proxy. That poor MX-5 in those first laps, probably wondered what it had done wrong to be punished like that.
You’re having to teach him how to look far ahead as possible and at corner targets. My dad taught me this stuff when I was like 5 years old. Videos like this are a good reminder to everyone that majority of people are just really bad drivers and lack the understanding of how different vehicles stop accelerate etc. Learning to proficiently operate many different platforms, sizes everything from a three wheelers and 200hp liter bikes to muscle cars and 90k lb semi trucks in the snow and everything in between has been a real blessing for sure.
Vision was THE SINGLE biggest thing that impacted my driving for the better. I was racing in a monthly arrive-and-drive karting series of about 90 drivers, and I was consistently finding myself in the back of the B-main / front of the C-main (so around P50 to P70 of 90). I did some coaching sessions with a great coach who drilled into me how critical proper vision is. After a few sessions with him I came back to the next month's round and found myself running mid A-main (P10-15 of 90) and sniffing at podiums! Vision slows everything down and gives your mind time to process - it also opens up the rest of your periphery to do useful things like navigate traffic and find gaps in the pack. Great stuff!
This is really like something from the good old top gear, it was very very instructive in terms of what could be achieved with excellent coaching and a keen learner but it was also extremely fun and funny to watch certain parts. Nothing beats genuine enthusiasm from both parties. Just brilliant!
A long, long time ago I was taught racing by a Ford works driver. I turned up at Brands Hatch, and the car he produced was an old Austin A35 delivery van which was only on three cylinders. As it was only 850cc, it was S-L-O-W. I did a couple of laps and found I could drive them flat out with no braking. Anyway, we timed my laps. Then he started teaching and by the end I was twelve seconds quicker. And that was just down to correct lines that don't scrub off speed.
GOSH. I'm 68 now but way back i won a day at Silverstone with Alfa Romeo... Caroline Grant-Sale (Will Hoy's wife and v quick karter) was my instructor. 7:22 brought back memories like it was yesterday when Scott was showing how looking ahead alters the cars attitude... 🙏
Now at 12:00.. the way Scott is talking about weight transference is EXACTLY what every quick White van driver knows!!! ( Sorry the M5 driver I dived up the inside of early one morning - NOT!!! 😂😂)
I really enjoyed watching this - and I've just learned how car balance is more important than how quick you can brake and get back on the throttle. I always believed i should stamp on the brakes, then turn, then apply full throttle as soon as possible but this video shows how thats not going to exploit the grip the car has when everything is balanced. It's a shame that track days are too expensive for me now, as I'd love to get back on track and put some of this learning into practice. I'd love to spend a day in the car with Scott and really learn how to be in control on the limit! 10/10 video guys!
Man, well done. [+] Did not crash [+] Did not crash the blue car [+] Had fun [+] improved your time [+] improved your technique Respect! Please use this Force in proper places now
I've heard it said that IndyCar (and other series) drivers are told that when pushing the accelerator, to imagine having an egg between their foot and the pedal. The idea is the you never apply enough foot to break the egg, lest you break rear traction. ✌😎👍
I like it. Also the classic 'string between your hand on the steering wheel and foot on the throttle' so you apply throttle smoothly as you unwind the wheel
as a non racing driver, i feel like learning somewhere like this with grass on all sides would boost my confidence substantially. in the back of my head would always be "don't destroy this car that isn't mine" and the grass would ease some of that.
What a great video. As an instructor myself, this video encapsulates the process of every new student driver. Technique before horsepower, the last second is mega difficult compared to the previous 5+ seconds. I always ask my students, "Do you want to be fast because you bought a fast car, or because YOU are a fast driver?" Then I say, if you want the best modification to your car being YOU driving, then focus, learn, and use the techniques. This process will work with almost everyone for that initial big improvement. That last second improvement, well, that's another story and another video, IMO. Again, great video, thanks!
I do this for a job in Australia as an advanced driving coach. While this is a great guy to work with, sadly many are harder to coach than this. Great work and a solid improvement from the start of the day 😊
I had a student at Nelson Ledges years ago. The guy wanted to race, but was frankly scared to death. I couldn't get him to go faster than about the speed of a pace lap. Chief Steward even let me take him out in my van at speed to show him how it should be done. The scary part we lapped faster in my van than he was in his 510. That still didn't convince him he could go faster and be safe. At the end of the weekend, he was signed for the first school but with notations that he must show marked improvement in a second school. I encouraged him to go autocross all that spring and summer and do a second school in the fall. I figured the autocrosses would let him get comfortable driving the car as full out as he could before getting back on a track with real speed. I don't know what happened to him.
Just shows, a good driving instructor could allow you to go faster than if you were in a car that was 10x the price. That was a great video. Boy would I love to have that kind of experience and learning
This was a great video and also sparked some buried memories from a couple students I’ve instructed. Vision is something I can spend all day coaching on. Exactly like you put it, the further ahead you look the smoother and proactive you can be
Couldn’t agree more with looking where you go! VR has really helped me personally by giving me that depth perception. I can really “look through the corner” like I couldn’t with a single monitor. Great video guys! I knew Scott would be faster in the Miata in his first go!
@@surfer101ist I've never tried triple monitors but I can see how some would prefer that peripheral vision over VR. You can move your head in VR, but that's not very useful when you're trying to keep your eyes on track and you're not sure where a car is next to you because you don't have the FOV. I think the reason I like VR so much is that it's 3D and you have real depth perception. Of course you can guess with fairly good accuracy how far a car or brake marker is on a 2D screen, but adding a 2nd point of reference (1 in each eye) really helps me make sense of where things are on track. Ultimately, I would say that the best display setup is dependent on what type of driving you do and how you want to use your vision.
@@surfer101ist realism :) its like you have an actual helmet that restricts your view, as it would normally, and you look around how a normal driver would
The only thing this video is missing is brake/throttle telemetry. would be interesting to see the overlap and curves before and after to really be able to see the changes in discipline. Great job Will & Scott!!
What an amazing video! It's incredible to see just how much progress can a random bloke, who loves karting make in just one day of driving. I really loved the way Will was constantly getting instructions and feedback. Keep up the good work!
That was so fun to watch and made me want to work harder to get track time. WillNe got so much faster by being smooth on controls vs where he started. Very impressive! Also I drove a GT3RS (991 I think from 2013) on a track and I couldn't stop smiling for months. Life changing experience to be sure. Thanks for posting!
Had the opportunity to drive a C8 Corvette at a track day with work, I also occasionally track my mostly stock Lancer. The sheer difference between a car built for the road and a car built with tracks in mind is huge, he did very well going from the Mazda to the Porsche.
@6:58 omwards should be compulsory for getting your license. I had access to high level driver training from a young age, and as such never experienced driving without certain inherent skills. Hearing Scott describe the visual cues used to gauge where the track surface is (and more importantly ISN'T) - really helped to articulate something i have struggled to explain to others seeking guidance on how to drive with increased confidence and/or smoothness.
Epic video, the beginning was so fun and had me laughing out loud! What a great guy to work with, his enthusiasm reminds me of what I love about performance driving.
Very fun video to watch, as you guys clearly had a lot of fun, but it was also educational and I got to learn a ton of what happen to a car on a racetrack juste by watching mere minutes of your coaching! We want more like these! 🏎️🚗
Wow! I always tell my clients how important coaching is but this is absolutely a stunning example of such. Good work by the team! I’d love to see more of this content!
It’s not the video we asked for. It’s the video we needed! 🍻 Thank you to Scott, Will, Porsche’s GT division, and the huge runoff on that track buffering Will’s training. 😆
Coincidentally got on your channell, simply LOOOOOVED every second of this clip - and therefore, of course, subscribed immediately. Especially enjoyed the enthousiasm of the 'instructor' seeing the progress of the 'student'. Just GREAT, really. Thumbs up👍👍👍!!
At times when I am driving quick, I will actually use my toes to apply pressure to the brakes rather than using the whole of my calf to jam on the brakes. I learnt years ago how to use all the road available to me and follow a line that means I'm taking the shortest path possible.
This was an excellent idea for a video! And it was well filmed and edited all around. There is a good balance between showing the fun and thrill of driving, and discussion about racing and coaching. It highlights the coaching more than the personalities, but the personalities is what makes the video work so well. It would be exiting to see you coach someone who isn’t initially at all comfortable going close to the limit on a race track, and ease them into it. Doing it over multiple track days might work better. For a nervous student part of the learning is emotional, not just technical, and they still need to be in front of a camera. What I would personally like to see included is slower recaps of full laps, with commentary by you or the student. This would help audience get a better feel of the track as a whole.
OVERDRIVE fans! I know this is similar to the video we did with Max Fosh, but we wanted to make it more focused on driving technique and so decided it was better for it to sit on Driver61. There will be new content coming out on OVERDRIVE soon, so stay tuned! Cheers, Scott.
Nearly commented on how "overdrive" this when it started.
I don't see any problem. Here or on OVERDRIVE the content is still at 10/10 level.
@@aleksanderklimczak6066 No issue, just it was the first thing i thought when i started the video
@@aleksanderklimczak6066 Callum left and will got made redundant
if you do more of this kind of stuff your channel will blow up quick. assumed everyones been away for the holidays but keen to see what you have new year
This was so much fun - Ty for having me!
Great to have you Will. And really, excellent driving my man. Who do you nominate next?
@Driver61 weirdly, Will just said I was next? 🤷😬
Now you can finally drive your Porsche properly lol
@@Driver61geowizard
Well done! What an impressive jump in times and skill.
I think this video speaks better of Scott as an instructor than of Will as a student. Will did a fine job, but Scott's way of teaching is quite remarkable!
Yes, it does say a lot of Scott's teaching, but don't underestimate a student willing to learn and listening to the teacher, internalise the new skills. Will started out overly aggessive (which could have been a habit that is hard to let go off within a few laps)
@@marcodebruin5370 not underestimating Will at all. It's just that I've been a teacher for many decades and I can easily tell remarkable teachers/students apart from unremarkable ones. Will did fine but there was nothing remarkable about him, however, the way Scott went about things and his teaching methods seem very outstanding to me.
i wish i could hear what he was instructing better.
But the vid prob wasn't made to instruct the audience. Plus being British, he was difficult to understand at some points (for me).
wtf dawg @@luceatlux7087
Scott was brilliant but you cant teach a donkey to be a racehorse so full kudos to Will… he has some talent IMO.
The energy in this video is immaculate. Smiling almost the whole time. Well done, Scott and crew! Massive ups to Will for being absolutely rapid.
Agree so full of nice athmosfere and occational one liners like when Scott says 'Did that feel well?' when HE just had the roller coaster ride of his life (or at least week). Was like one of those 'pro driver takes whife/woman/anyone for a ride and scares the sh*t out of them', Will looking totally fearless all the time.
So fun. The collision of an incredible instructor with a hungry student is absolutely beautiful. And what an experience. So much fun.
Coming from someone who's been a club instructor for 15 years, it's validating to see a pro instructor start with the same fundamentals: Vision, weight transfer, and smoothing of inputs. Regarding the first, at our schools we mark the turn-in, apex, and track-out of each corner with orange cones. I try to get my students to focus on the track-out cone as soon as possible. And once it's obvious they're going to get tot that cone, be looking down the track for the next turn-in. Another trick I've seen used (but I haven't done this) is to put a piece of tape on the windshield about 1/3 up from the bottom, and tell the student their eyes should always be pointing to a spot above it.
Nice!
thats what i was always taught as well, smooth is fast. look around the corner, plan the exit, and your times will drop quickly.
I tell my students (based on the math) that inside a certain distance in front of the car, they’re actually “looking into the past” because actions they’ve already taken will determine what the car does in that distance
I've done lots of autocross and track days and I still don't look far enough ahead. It is a really important skill! You are right to put attention to it.
@@eyemastervideo I gotta confess, I should know better, but I still catch myself looking too low. High speed driving is basically unnatural.
3:39
The moment he thought Scott would brake, then realising Scott didn't brake until a full second later 🙂
Excellent moment 😂
🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely love this moment!! Will's face and reaction was classic😂😂
the panicked looking around after the "bang!" is hilarious like "brake already you madman"
11:28 - that explanation of gentler braking and throttle, and how it helps weight transfer, finally got me to understand trail braking.
Yep. I was taught by an instructor that while he held a half filled 500ml bottle of water on it's side/horizontal, for me to drive as smoothly/quickly as possible, so as to try to keep the water as level as possible and not all going to either end of the bottle.
Damn, someone has talent! With one bloody day of training he improved so damn much. No imagine a full week of training. I reckon he might have a shot at some amateur class racing series with a bit of training.
He was genuinely very good, for sure her could drive in an AM series.
@@Driver61 I mean, you were giving him the exact right advice he needed to hear at the right moments, the coaching was excellent as well
Most improved student!
he's probably at that level already lol, he's genuinely good
@@scottex.he does karting too
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the steel balls Scott must have to put himself in a car with a noob and telling them to send it 👏
Thanks for the compliment 😁
not just a car a fucking 500hp monster lmaooo
Seriously. Mad respect.
@@Driver61Noob? 🤨 I hope he's a mate of yours.
it's great just seeing him crack up every time
Who would you like to see next? Let's get a leaderboard going!
Mark Fernie from Drive Tribe. Darcinefel ....cuz a Navel Historian driving fast sounds funny to me.
Might be a tough ask but anyone from Donut media would probably be fun
Ashens! I wonder if he would be up for this?
How about me :) A non-Tuber should go up against everyone on the leaderboard.
Tom scott duh
Driving skills are the one thing but knowing the track is the other which makes you faster.
This is the style of video we like. Driver61s main advantage over other car yt channels is the skill and experiance of one of their drivers. We love these driver training videos and tips
Not only a skillfull and experienced driver, but a skillfull and experienced coach. It's one thing to be able to drive quickly, but another to coach well.
Great point. @@nickel36
The roundness of the helmet somehow emphasizes his square head even more
This was one of your better videos. I really like the conclusion with both Scott and Will in the Porsche. I feel like some of the previous videos ended without a satisfying conclusion.
Haha yes! I was almost mad he didn't do a gt3 lap. Very thorough 😃
8:22 "We found the limit and we decided to tell the limit to piss off" I love that
A true Pastor Maldonado moment, right there.
Wills last lap in the Mazda looked amazing, what a difference! Incredible coaching, I would love to have this opportunity, I've done quite a few track days in the past and even had a little bit of coaching, but nothing like this.
I've never done anything of the sort but I'm wishing I had when I actually had a bloody sports car for ~6 years (03 350Z). Kinda a mix of a little fear and uncertainty kept me from ever seriously considering doing something like that. I inherited my dad's 2012 Merc E350 which at least 0-60 wise is apparently about on par with my Z but doesn't have the brutal suspension, so that's always something I could try to have fun with but I definitely wouldn't want to go into something like that without some kind of instruction otherwise I'll either be driving way too cautiously or fuck up bad somehow.
The thing about trail braking is that it's one of those addictive feelings. Once you learn to do it right, it just feels sooo good, that you want to experience it constantly. Especially in a manual car. Yeah, doing fast laps is great and all, but that feeling of full control over the car and the feedback, especially from something mid-engined like an MR2... absolute bliss.
Same goes for using it cornering on bikes with the rear brake.
@@Gl-my8fw Ex-racing driver here, still can't fathom the size of the balls on race bike riders!
This is a really cool format. _Much_ better than the "every time they lose, we upgrade their car" format, frankly. I loved seeing the progression! It made me feel like I was really involved, feeling his victories and improvements rather than just watching a video.
Plus you don't have to get half a dozen cars at once, so it's got to be an easier format to organize!
The whole point of being fast is to hit brake points and be patient, smooth through turns. This video shows exactly that. No aggression needed what so ever, which most of the drivers do exactly that, use aggression.
Yes, I see that in gokart, they drive like crazy, and seconds slower than me, I just drawing the lines smoothly.
Highly appreciate that you've taken on board some suggestions on getting in representative lap times for both yourself and the guest, at both the start and the end of the day, and in both slowest and fastest cars. Really helps the audience to see just how much they've improved and just how brilliant your mentoring is. One of the may reasons your channels are worth clicking the bell icon for notifs, the videos are always a treat
Definitely enjoying the coaching aspect for normal drivers! Perfectly suited for Driver61!
I'm only an average sim racer with some track and karting experience but I can tell that Will has some natural feel for car handling, even on his first lap, his reactions to counter the car's oversteer shows that he has some talent, Great video!
Excellent video. For me this brings the "dicking about in cool cars" format back towards the (sim) driver training format to just the right extent. Keeps it fun, but also informative/technical. Great job.
Smooth is fast. As a part time instructor you can tell he was getting better just watching his hands. One smooth motion out, in (apex), power down, track out. Your steering angle should be mirror your pedal application. More steering angle = less pedal, brake or gas.
Will is an absolute character. Should definitely get more people on for more of this
0:45 _"Let's get it goin' the right direction first, and then we'll start to optimize"_
I like this dude
Seeing the difference in how settled the Mazda was around the corners before and after training was probably a better visual illustration of weight transfer than most of your more technical videos on the subject. Great work. Started out bobbling around all over the place, and after the training he just soared through the corners like a bird.
Wow. No way he had no experience of driving fast was what I thought. The way he catches the drifts? Absolutely superb.
Its crazy how good a teacher Scott is. Made me realize I need to find a driving coach near me, this is valuable info.
wow that scott person was outrageous! he should be pro, great training from willNE too, such a good coach
This was a mixture of brilliant coaching and brilliant driving. Great to watch.
Scott was really enjoying seeing Will's improvements, just as I do when coaching on track in my MX5. One difference with me is that I prefer my drivers to start at 80% of what they think they can do and build from there, with the same learning topics in the same order. But then I do my coaching at track days where drivers are also learning to be in traffic on track and where they don't always have such big and flat run-offs.
Smooth is fast.
2s more than your coach on your first day is awesome. This is an example of great coach and great student.
Great video! One of my favourite things about track days is the ability to play with your car, explore the limits, experiment with the balance and improve your own skills in a relatively safe environment, with no risk of getting a ticket. This video made me wish I could do one every weekend. More please!
Years ago, I used to autocross. Once I learned to control weight shift, and suspension loading, it was a game changer. I picked up 2 seconds on courses with 45 second lap times.
I used to run a hillclimb and this was very important as the last bit of the course at the top, the pitch of the road changed, so the car would get light. Many thought they hit oil or whatever, panic, and then the car would spin. Instead, you had to learn to ride through the weight shift and keep control of you as much as the car.
Any biker will know looking where you want to go makes a huge impact because we basically steer where we look, so bikers are told to NOT look at the thing you want to avoid.
I enjoy videos like this as just watching will give tips and learning by proxy.
That poor MX-5 in those first laps, probably wondered what it had done wrong to be punished like that.
You’re having to teach him how to look far ahead as possible and at corner targets. My dad taught me this stuff when I was like 5 years old. Videos like this are a good reminder to everyone that majority of people are just really bad drivers and lack the understanding of how different vehicles stop accelerate etc. Learning to proficiently operate many different platforms, sizes everything from a three wheelers and 200hp liter bikes to muscle cars and 90k lb semi trucks in the snow and everything in between has been a real blessing for sure.
Hey everybody, look at this guy, was a pro driver before he could even look over the dash
@@tbunreall no but my first memories are helping and watching my old man build race cars
Vision was THE SINGLE biggest thing that impacted my driving for the better. I was racing in a monthly arrive-and-drive karting series of about 90 drivers, and I was consistently finding myself in the back of the B-main / front of the C-main (so around P50 to P70 of 90). I did some coaching sessions with a great coach who drilled into me how critical proper vision is.
After a few sessions with him I came back to the next month's round and found myself running mid A-main (P10-15 of 90) and sniffing at podiums!
Vision slows everything down and gives your mind time to process - it also opens up the rest of your periphery to do useful things like navigate traffic and find gaps in the pack.
Great stuff!
I would rather drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow! Also Miata MX-5 are much cheaper than a 911. Scott is a very good coach.
Hahah I’ve been asking for Will to be on this series for ages, bloke loves cars and motorsport. Top lad.
It must be immensely satisfying as you coached Will, to see the huge improvements he made.
This is really like something from the good old top gear, it was very very instructive in terms of what could be achieved with excellent coaching and a keen learner but it was also extremely fun and funny to watch certain parts. Nothing beats genuine enthusiasm from both parties. Just brilliant!
Great to see how eager he was to be fast, sometimes when they put someone without experience in a fast car it's just hopeless
8 seconds of improvement after a day of training is damn impressive. Awesome job guys!
17:01 I love that there was absolutly no hesitation there from Scott 😊
NC Miata has SO MUCH body roll! And I say that as a proud owner.
Loved the analysis, explanation coupled with the physical demonstration of the impact of braking and accelerating on the car's balance.
A long, long time ago I was taught racing by a Ford works driver. I turned up at Brands Hatch, and the car he produced was an old Austin A35 delivery van which was only on three cylinders. As it was only 850cc, it was S-L-O-W. I did a couple of laps and found I could drive them flat out with no braking. Anyway, we timed my laps. Then he started teaching and by the end I was twelve seconds quicker. And that was just down to correct lines that don't scrub off speed.
GOSH. I'm 68 now but way back i won a day at Silverstone with Alfa Romeo... Caroline Grant-Sale (Will Hoy's wife and v quick karter) was my instructor. 7:22 brought back memories like it was yesterday when Scott was showing how looking ahead alters the cars attitude... 🙏
Now at 12:00.. the way Scott is talking about weight transference is EXACTLY what every quick White van driver knows!!! ( Sorry the M5 driver I dived up the inside of early one morning - NOT!!! 😂😂)
Looking through the corner. One of the first things motorcycle riding teaches, because _you go where you look._
Love this idea, would be funny to see the rest of the senior frogs take a couple lessons and see their endurance racing improve
I really enjoyed watching this - and I've just learned how car balance is more important than how quick you can brake and get back on the throttle. I always believed i should stamp on the brakes, then turn, then apply full throttle as soon as possible but this video shows how thats not going to exploit the grip the car has when everything is balanced. It's a shame that track days are too expensive for me now, as I'd love to get back on track and put some of this learning into practice. I'd love to spend a day in the car with Scott and really learn how to be in control on the limit! 10/10 video guys!
Man, well done.
[+] Did not crash
[+] Did not crash the blue car
[+] Had fun
[+] improved your time
[+] improved your technique
Respect!
Please use this Force in proper places now
Not only was it a blast to watch, but I actually learnt something as well. Love the enthusiasm and humour. Thank you Scott! Well done Will!
I've heard it said that IndyCar (and other series) drivers are told that when pushing the accelerator, to imagine having an egg between their foot and the pedal. The idea is the you never apply enough foot to break the egg, lest you break rear traction.
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I like it. Also the classic 'string between your hand on the steering wheel and foot on the throttle' so you apply throttle smoothly as you unwind the wheel
as a non racing driver, i feel like learning somewhere like this with grass on all sides would boost my confidence substantially. in the back of my head would always be "don't destroy this car that isn't mine" and the grass would ease some of that.
He doesn't seem like a total noob to me. But if he is, what a fast learner.
What a great video. As an instructor myself, this video encapsulates the process of every new student driver. Technique before horsepower, the last second is mega difficult compared to the previous 5+ seconds. I always ask my students, "Do you want to be fast because you bought a fast car, or because YOU are a fast driver?" Then I say, if you want the best modification to your car being YOU driving, then focus, learn, and use the techniques. This process will work with almost everyone for that initial big improvement. That last second improvement, well, that's another story and another video, IMO. Again, great video, thanks!
I do this for a job in Australia as an advanced driving coach. While this is a great guy to work with, sadly many are harder to coach than this. Great work and a solid improvement from the start of the day 😊
I had a student at Nelson Ledges years ago. The guy wanted to race, but was frankly scared to death. I couldn't get him to go faster than about the speed of a pace lap. Chief Steward even let me take him out in my van at speed to show him how it should be done. The scary part we lapped faster in my van than he was in his 510. That still didn't convince him he could go faster and be safe. At the end of the weekend, he was signed for the first school but with notations that he must show marked improvement in a second school. I encouraged him to go autocross all that spring and summer and do a second school in the fall. I figured the autocrosses would let him get comfortable driving the car as full out as he could before getting back on a track with real speed.
I don't know what happened to him.
Just shows, a good driving instructor could allow you to go faster than if you were in a car that was 10x the price. That was a great video. Boy would I love to have that kind of experience and learning
This was a great video and also sparked some buried memories from a couple students I’ve instructed. Vision is something I can spend all day coaching on. Exactly like you put it, the further ahead you look the smoother and proactive you can be
Holy shit guy improved so much and Scott teaching by the individual needs it’s what’s helped on this 🎉
What an awesome day for Will. And how awesome of you guys to give him the opportunity.
I'm speechless, otherwise.
Oh, and jealous x 100 😂🤣
Couldn’t agree more with looking where you go!
VR has really helped me personally by giving me that depth perception. I can really “look through the corner” like I couldn’t with a single monitor.
Great video guys! I knew Scott would be faster in the Miata in his first go!
I definitely feel like VR is undervalued by most sim racers.
@@bakedandsteakedthe horizontal fov is usually worse than triples, and some people get motion sickness. But yeah, couldn't agree more!
@@surfer101ist I've never tried triple monitors but I can see how some would prefer that peripheral vision over VR. You can move your head in VR, but that's not very useful when you're trying to keep your eyes on track and you're not sure where a car is next to you because you don't have the FOV. I think the reason I like VR so much is that it's 3D and you have real depth perception. Of course you can guess with fairly good accuracy how far a car or brake marker is on a 2D screen, but adding a 2nd point of reference (1 in each eye) really helps me make sense of where things are on track. Ultimately, I would say that the best display setup is dependent on what type of driving you do and how you want to use your vision.
@@surfer101ist realism :) its like you have an actual helmet that restricts your view, as it would normally, and you look around how a normal driver would
@@amyorissa I mean, I have a reverb G2 so a racing helmet definitely has more horizontal FOV. But it definitely feels more like wearing a helmet!
The only thing this video is missing is brake/throttle telemetry. would be interesting to see the overlap and curves before and after to really be able to see the changes in discipline. Great job Will & Scott!!
What an amazing video!
It's incredible to see just how much progress can a random bloke, who loves karting make in just one day of driving. I really loved the way Will was constantly getting instructions and feedback. Keep up the good work!
That was so fun to watch and made me want to work harder to get track time. WillNe got so much faster by being smooth on controls vs where he started. Very impressive! Also I drove a GT3RS (991 I think from 2013) on a track and I couldn't stop smiling for months. Life changing experience to be sure. Thanks for posting!
I would definitely watch "Driver coaching RUclipsrs"
Great video. Shows what they teach you at the major driving academies - balancing the car correctly is key to a fast lap time.
We need Behz and Josh Zerkaa doing this😂
Yes!
Had the opportunity to drive a C8 Corvette at a track day with work, I also occasionally track my mostly stock Lancer.
The sheer difference between a car built for the road and a car built with tracks in mind is huge, he did very well going from the Mazda to the Porsche.
i think this is the same GT3 that Richard Hammond drove fairly recently. same color/wheels/interior. absolute weapon on the track
@6:58 omwards should be compulsory for getting your license.
I had access to high level driver training from a young age, and as such never experienced driving without certain inherent skills.
Hearing Scott describe the visual cues used to gauge where the track surface is (and more importantly ISN'T) - really helped to articulate something i have struggled to explain to others seeking guidance on how to drive with increased confidence and/or smoothness.
Such a shame the overdrive team isnt around anymore. This series was class on overdrive, looking forward to see what you have upcoming regardless
Wait they aren’t?! Just thought they were taking a holiday😅
We will be producing more content on OVERDRIVE - stay tuned. Scott.
@@Driver61 F for Will though.
@@9wowable F for Callum too.
@@rorypudshas anything happened with them?
Epic video, the beginning was so fun and had me laughing out loud! What a great guy to work with, his enthusiasm reminds me of what I love about performance driving.
WillNE is gonna be a dangerous weapon at Buckmore this year
This really shows how technique transfers between cars very well. Once you understand the fundamentals you can apply them everywhere!
seeing will go from a frantic madman hands flying and shouting to someone completely focused and locked in was a treat.
18:43 the speed wow, I actually chuckled to myself at how close to the camera Scott got and how fast he was wow.
Very fun video to watch, as you guys clearly had a lot of fun, but it was also educational and I got to learn a ton of what happen to a car on a racetrack juste by watching mere minutes of your coaching! We want more like these! 🏎️🚗
The most entertaining part was Will's face when he got back in the Porsche..
Welldone Scott,a brilliant video.
Don't know who to congratulate most. Outstanding work by both drivers. 👍
This way far more entertaining than I expected. Everybody had great enthusiasm and energy!
I loved this. I hope you do more of taking new drivers and teaching them and then seeing how they improve on time
That's really good coaching. My mate Will is a lucky man. Thanks all for sharing it.
i don't think you could have made a better ad for your driving tuition skills - amazing ( and fun )
Wow! I always tell my clients how important coaching is but this is absolutely a stunning example of such.
Good work by the team! I’d love to see more of this content!
Scott-"Okay we're ready!"
Will-"Oh wait oh we're ready?!?!?"
This is a good evolution of the "driving with other people" videos you guys have been tinkering with. I like the focus on instruction over competioin
It’s not the video we asked for. It’s the video we needed! 🍻
Thank you to Scott, Will, Porsche’s GT division, and the huge runoff on that track buffering Will’s training. 😆
would honestly love to see some more will on either of the channels tbh love his personality and he gels in so well
He's a bloody mad man. Sign him up to the channel. 😂
Coincidentally got on your channell, simply LOOOOOVED every second of this clip - and therefore, of course, subscribed immediately. Especially enjoyed the enthousiasm of the 'instructor' seeing the progress of the 'student'. Just GREAT, really. Thumbs up👍👍👍!!
At times when I am driving quick, I will actually use my toes to apply pressure to the brakes rather than using the whole of my calf to jam on the brakes. I learnt years ago how to use all the road available to me and follow a line that means I'm taking the shortest path possible.
I really liked the educational aspect of this video, great job :)
Wicked video! The patience you had and your approach to coaching Will is impeccable! Cheers guys!
This was an excellent idea for a video! And it was well filmed and edited all around. There is a good balance between showing the fun and thrill of driving, and discussion about racing and coaching. It highlights the coaching more than the personalities, but the personalities is what makes the video work so well.
It would be exiting to see you coach someone who isn’t initially at all comfortable going close to the limit on a race track, and ease them into it. Doing it over multiple track days might work better. For a nervous student part of the learning is emotional, not just technical, and they still need to be in front of a camera.
What I would personally like to see included is slower recaps of full laps, with commentary by you or the student. This would help audience get a better feel of the track as a whole.
The balls to get in the 911 with will after that lap in the mx5…
Great video! It is really nice to see WillNe evolution through the first and last atempt!
Will looks like he's won the special Olympics!!
Was cool seeing the light bulb come on as he started to understand the car control.