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NO, no, Trevor, he didn't have too much power, he had too much FOOT!
He didn't have to push all the way down on that thingy on the far right pedal...it's not a cucaracha to be squashed to death, it's a throttle, to be fine tuned, especially on the ice or otherwise at the limit of adhesion.
The car will balance on partial throttle with the best, but practice and seat time...and skill...and proper attitude...and finesse...
Like skiing, he should have carved the corners, even in a gymkanna. Full throttle just upsets the balance, makes lots of attractive noise ("officer, he must have been doing 100 mph!"), burns gas and tires and also scares the horses and small ankle biters.
OK, I admit that is not such a problem with a Sprite...an on off switch would be fully functional for a throttle.
He should have known, don't slam on the brakes and upset the balance and lock the fronts or the rears in the wet, first firm placement, let the nose take a set and raise the pressure smoothly to keep the grip...same with the throttle or the bottle.
But, isn't it grand when you really have enough throttle? I am not sure, since I have never had enough, except on ice and rain.
For instance, my first run with Woolfe's M6B was in the rain at Monza. Yikes! I did pretty good and have some cool pix, but I was seriously concerned. Several of the experts lost it in the kitty litter in the second chicane, which was more tricky, I thought, than the first. The first (variante del Rettifilo), now highly modified and in some ways easier, was obviously very, very hairy and everyone was cautious. The second (Variante della Roggia), approached at a higher speed out of a lightning fast right turn (Curva Grande), was more threatening because of its beneign appearance. I think I finished 3rd? First time at speed in the seat?
That day, I had enough power...
Hey, they didn't need to feel bad, because that's where Mikka Hakkinen spun in the 1998 GP and it was raining like democratic tax increases when we ran at the beginning of the SSI season.
Gotta go, back soon...
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