Why Smooth is FASTER - Jenson Button
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Look at this - it’s Jenson Button in a Super GT car. Look at his hands, you can see why he is considered one of the smoothest drivers in Formula 1.
But is smoother actually faster? Yes, but no. Let me explain.
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Some drivers ‘drive the wheels off the car’ hacking away at the steering wheel, and some (on the surface) like they are driving to the shops. And it’s two ways of doing the same thing - driving a car fast.
Drivers like Vettel, Alonso, Schumacher and (to an extent) Max - all drive with more aggressive inputs on the steering wheel, throwing the car into a corner, or MAKING it rotate in the mid-corner.
This makes things look fast, and when done right - it is!
But people like Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost and later Jenson Button - were SUPER SMOOTH. Turning into the corner with one smooth sweep, making it look incredibly easy.
If you just looked at the steering wheel it looks like they are taking a corner on a back-road, on a Sunday Drive.
But Button was the epitome of this, the was THE SMOOTHEST driver in recent memory. And he did it well, winning 15 races, beating Lewis in his time as a teammate and taking the 2009 world championship. (That was a favourite year for a lot of us).
#JensonButton #DrivingStyle #F1
“How smooth are his balls” threw me off guard 😂
same here
With a straight face! I had to double check I was watching the right video!
Same bro lmao
That is the best ever transition to Manscape plug I have ever heard. You deserve an award of some kind for that!!
I do wonder if Button will see this and have a laugh :D
I had the EXACT same thought the second i saw that and was about to text that. Please give Scott a price for that transition to manscape, best ever 😂
Asking the REAL questions.
You could say it was a smooth transition
Came her for this. Was not disappointed!
That was one hell of a segway into the adbreak xD
I thought it was pretty smooth 😏
This got me all excited but it turns out you just meant Segue. Get Scott on a segway for the ad segues!
That caught me off guard... I was TF? 😂😂
Oh hea
It was also a nice segue!
That was a heck of a sponsor segue
:laughing: no joke!
yeah that was pretty good 🤣
That was... the best plug I've ever seen! I was 100% unprepared for that. If this goes viral I hope Manscape reward you kindly.
same
Even reading the comments, knewing that there's something to come, the transition to smooth balls was smoother than Buttons cornering.
I think it ultimately depends on car and track which style you go for, I can do both, I learnt the scrappy corner chopping way first, initially I was slower, I then learnt how to be smooth and precise and now I can do both, which is a huge advantage when it comes to wheel to wheel because you got so much confidence making risky moves in tight situations, being comfortable with throwing a car around will always mean you’re faster than the guy who’s not prepared to do that
It may be smoother to write these six sentences as one sentence, but it's also grammatically incorrect.
@@AisuruMirai FIXED: It may be smoother to write these six sentences as one -sentence- , but it's also grammatically incorrect.
@@AisuruMirai
loser 1
@@AndyFromBeaverton
loser 2
2 conformists to other man made standards. Being born followers of other people; a state almost lower than being an animal. Learning those simple rules or tricks is on the same level as an animal, those can learn tricks too.
Knowing other peoples made up rules wont change how intelligent you are born and how much of a degenerate you both have become in pretending you are smart.
I bet I would be correct to say you both are clueless @ life
Hey Scott, do you think you can do a video on Kimi Raikkonen's driving style? Kimi's style looks like a combination of smooth and aggressive. He's more aggressive than Button but smoother than Schumacher and Alonso. I've been watching and trying Kimi's driving style in racing sims and have been able to lower my laptimes by a few tenths. My default style was more like Schumacher and Alonso's, but now adding Kimi's driving style can make one go faster in a sim and on track in real life.
Come on Scott, let's do Kimi
Yes. Especially on how Kimi Raikkonen able to get on the throttle extremely early, earlier than anyone else.
Are talking about pre sabbatical Kimi or post sabbatical Kimi?
Seems to me on his return with Lotus Renault, his inputs were generally softer than pre 2010.
Btw, I used to be a regular at Pouhon corner (2007 - 2012), and I still think Kimi is the most spectacular driver I’ve seen on entry to that corner. I swear, it was like his rear was ahead of the front; made me gasp every time.
@@Enzoblueblood Any version of Kimi. Early-Mid 2000's Kimi, 2012-2013 Kimi, and 2017-2018 Kimi.
@@elijahprasad7884 how about Nascar kimi?
Best segue into the ad that I've ever heard!
Alain Prost is the most technical driver ever. To see him driving a F1 car is a pure joy.
"BUT how smooth are his balls?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good Segue.
I want to see how smooth he is in a NASCAR cup car. He has COTA, Chicago, and Indy to show his stuff. I can't wait to see Kimi and Jenson at COTA in NASCAR CUP cars.
kimi was fast at watkins glen until he crashed out. i love watching kimi in nascar especially at the road courses.
Jenson at Le Mans coming up is something I’m excited for also.
@@vincentfegley6068 ..and it wasn't even his fault. He just got caught up by another car.
Shame it had to end that way but at least we will see more of him soon alongside Button.
I love those videos. I’m a sim racer and an occasional track day guy and I love these videos that discuss different driving styles from legends like that. Thanks
You forgot the smoothest of all...Jim Clark! the few onboards are just incredible given the deathmachines he drove so carefully, as one Lotus mechanic said he could tell the difference between Jim's car to his teammate from the usage of some mecanical pieces!
That's explains Checo' s abilities, he learned quite well from Button.
If you're talking about keeping tires alive Checo said he learned that from Kobayashi at Sauber.
@@bassmunk ayo kobayashi a legend for that
Checo mostly credited his current driving style to preserve tyre to Kobayashi during his tenure in Sauber.
Indeed he had two great teammates that made him grow in the sport
@@cl_0ud470 One of the most underrated drivers ever. What an ace.
I'd say that Damon drove in much the same way - possibly a genetic thing. He was often not considered to be fast, yet he was a champion, should have been a two-time champ, and could overtake anyone on the grid. It's one of the reasons I took to JB. His style just reminded me of many of my favourite drivers over the decades. I'd say it's a very British style of racing - throughout the generations they seem to have been the smoothest drivers. I'd say that as he's got older and more experienced, Lewis has become smoother. Just MHO.
Congrats on the 1M subs
6:12 HIS WHAT?!
Caught me completely off guard lol, thank you for the great video as always!
Smoothness really pays off in endurance events with important wear strategy. IMSA and TransAm and MX-5 can even show that difference.
I relate to what jenson said about being smooth in carting having less power so to keep momentum up he's putting less steering inputs in to keep maximum speed...I did that principal with my smaller powered two stroke motorbikes..by keeping the revs up...allways being in the right gear for maximum drive out of the corners for maximum speed...you carry that over onto bigger bikes or cars or whatever and you forward plan to allways get the best line for fastest speed..result...it makes for great driving.
Jim Clark was the smoothest of all time, gentle on the car and no wasted motions or effort.
1:03 that sidepod design 😊
That transition to the manscaped ad was ....smooth
LOL I don't know how you did that with a straight face
driving fast is really a combination of everything. knowing the car, the setup, how it behaves with each tire and track, tire degradation and how to use the mechanics of the car to an advantage during all phases of tire wear, race duration and fuel load. don't forget changing car settings on the fly.
so many things to consider. this is why these are the best drivers in the world.
This video shows the importance of smooth transitions to advertising, for sure.
To your overall point, your clip of your prior self makes it very clear. I think Peter Windsor has also said the same things. I would imagine that the ideal skill is to be able to be smooth when it counts but still be able to rotate faster. Verstappen and Vettel are both really good at this.
I must confess I never ever ever had thought about the smoothness of Button's balls
That transition to the sponsor was really smooth
I've also noticed Max being very smooth compared to checo
Max is relatively slow going into the corners as a result his exit is mighty quick
Yes, he drives like Ricciardo, early on the brakes to to have slower entry for great rotation and on the throttle early as fuck
Maybe it is due to new aero regulations. When he is not heavy braking in the middle of the corner his floor is flatter, closer to what they have in the aero tunel. And he have less hot air (messy air flow) from the brakes. For sure his driving style changed and it seems to work over race distance.
Nice contrast to Clark in many ways but also touches on an element they share whereby much of Clark’s often frantic hand activity was a passenger to the madness in the pedals. Jimmy was truly a pioneer atleast in single seaters with his false apex philosophy bucking the trend of depending on straight line braking. Your point on JB’s pedal work is astute & often ignored. I always felt JB was a master of the trade off that goes on negotiating a turn between hand and feet activity.
Love the transition to the manscaped ad, really smooth
Well,the V-shaped line shouldn't theoretically go against smooth driving.
But I guess this is where "rotation rotation rotation" comes in and rotating the car quickly on entry may require a bit of "monkey business" on the part of the driver.
Having said all that, to my mind Prost was the greatest ever,or at least from the 80s onwards that I've watched F1, "high speed honey".
Hey Scott. Awesome video.
Some karts have gears, more often then not, softer tires and more oversteer makes it easier to kick out the rear which allows you to hug the corners more. So much so, that you can drive a kz in the rain with slicks and power drift your way around.
Cars have suspension, and differential settings etc. A go kart chassis is just a bunch of metal twisting and compressing so the chassis bends itself around a corner and I'm sure you know this already.
De Vries is also very smooth. Been watching him since 2012.
Would be cool to see a wet weather video as well.
I normally skip through ad reads. After that transition I had to listen to this one all the way through. Respect
That was an incredibly smooth transition to your sponsorship.
V shape aroud slow corners doesn't exclude being smooth on steering inputs
I used to SCCA Autocross, and I learned very early on that speed and aggressiveness is not necessarily the answer! My mentor Forrest Tindle (RIP), drove an ole rusty, beat up Porsche 912! His car was slow, but his smooth way of driving helped him to win many regional, and divisional championships! I learned this and became the next contender!
Being smooth gives you the greatest changes of chasing down your rival and running him off the track. Lewis taught me that trick.
If I may offer a different perspective, yes smooth is fast much more often than not. The only time it seems different is when the wheel is making very small corrections at the limit (like Schumacher said he had a great feel for). Which is not the same as hacking at the wheel. Having to turn the car “more” in a V shape line is really not opposed to driving smooth, as turning a car has less to do with what the wheel is doing than what the feet are doing. Anything a car does is a result of tire grip and the tire needs a certain “time” to respond. I think Jackie Stewart gave the best analogy that you can push a box to slide on the ground if you did it abruptly but not if you applied (the same force) gently. In other words gentle generates more grip, and grip is what turns, accelerates and brakes the car. It Is a function of tire technology and behavior. So in the end the real question is if you are reaching the true limit by driving smooth or staying under. And that is hard to tell from a video. But for sure most of the times that aggressive style is overstepping it rather than staying right on it. So stay smooth! 😂 My 2Cs. And thanks for your videos I always learn a lot.
That transition to manscaped! I was actually shocked before I realised 😂
My reaction before the ad break was like "you what mate?". Very good!
This is the 1st time in my life that I imagined the balls of an F1 driver.
I always enjoy these presentations, despite having a mature understanding of motorsports myself. I use both styles depending on the circumstances, even just one lap can require style requirements to change, or when you have the transition between clear running and dicing with others.
That was the Singapore Sling of sponsorship transitions. Really caught me off guard. Well done.
best ads transition. so smooth like jensen balls. truly deserve the name driver69
6:15 I had to rewind this part to make sure I heard it right
I think that Button's smoothness has nothing to do with the racing line but with his decision to not go over the limits and be forced to overdrive the car which preserved the tires and lowered the risk of losing time through errors. And that made him great especially on mixed conditions. His driving style was a strategic decision that served him well imho. In that part he resembled Prost muchly me thinks.
So why does it have nothing to do with the racing line? Why not both?
@@ObamasBirthCertificate Since that racing line benefitted him only in the weaker engined carts, why to use that slower racing line in an F1 car losing time? He is a smart person eh?
You got your tyre load sensitivity backwards - it's not that the inside tyre loses more grip with less load, but the outside gains less with more load. It's a subtle but important distinction, as it explains why race cars try to shave off every gram possible, and why ARBs increase cornering potential by keeping load from the outside.
Ultimately it’s not the imputes that need to be smooth, it’s how the chassis reacts to the imputes that need to be smooth. That’s why some drivers can muscle the cars more then others. Some drivers need to have smooth imputes to get a smooth reaction from the car.
When I was autocrossing all the time Texas, there were two Corvette drives, both were national champ caliber guys. One of them on course looked slow and boring, the other guy was sliding around constantly, like the car was constantly floating with little bits of slip angle, looked amazing and crazy fast. But they were usually within a tenth. Drifty guy would tend to barely win if he managed not to hit any cones. One of them I guess approaching the limit of adhesion from below, the other from above
it looks so simple but so complex at the same time !
"But how smooth are his balls" threw my off guard lmao
Best sponsor ad ever. I was like, did he just say what I thought he did. Only issue now is I have that image of Jenson in my head :s
That segway was legendary 😂😂😂😂
Sooooo, Manscape before I slide into the Sim Rig... Got It.
Also, thanks as always for top quakity racing knowledge. It is appreciated!
I believe in the smooth also even doing or thinking the aggressive part smoothly. I have this point made by my father who was a fighter pilot and fighter weapons instructor who survived 3 tours in Vietnam. He taught me the same with a motorcycle and car. Maybe it had to do with energy conservation or not wasting it. He just always said to "be smooth".
I think it reminds me of motocross riders transferring from 2 strokes to 4 strokes where you can be more aggressive cause there’s no power band. Someone told me “ aggressive riders are greedy on track cause you’re always looking for more traction rather than making the traction “ which aggressive riding style works for some and others it doesn’t especially vehicle dependent, max is an aggressive driver with his style but it’s got him his wins. But someone from back in the day like a Jim Clark it was hard to be aggressive driver in those cars
Scott, can you do a comparison between Bottas and Button? Curious to know what you think between the two in full attack. Monza, Imola, Australia would be fun to watch. Thank you.
Nearly spilled my coffee at the ad transition.
Jensen talked about how when he looked at telemetry from Lewis Hamilton, he was shocked. He said Hamilton would use the same slope in opening the throttle consistently, and adjust everything through the steering wheel. Jensen said he was astounded with Lewis's ability to do that.
Jensen said he would use the throttle and steering wheel to get the car to do what he wanted, whatever it took.
It could be debated which one was better, but Jensen said he admired Lewis Hamilton's ability to be so consistent with the throttle pedal.
Is it better/easier for teams to have two drivers with similar styles? Or does a mix of styles help with car development?
Best Segway into a manscaped advert on the interwebs
Would be interesting to analyze Jim Clark a little bit in this area. Unfortunately there is not going to be any onboard footage. He was known for his tyre and fuel conservation.
Always said whoever uses the least input with steering is the fastest. No corrections just pure perfect turn in and feed out. No scrubbing and better tyre management as a result.
I'm rubbish on driving games with a controller. Bought a wheel and all my lap times dropped multiple seconds. All about steering. Braking is the next big subject.
It will be interesting on March 26th when Jensen races in a NASCAR stock car at Circuit of the Americas and the other 2 road courses on the NASCAR series this year.
Who is Jensen?
@@slawek2109 he makes stereo speakers and stuff
Your talent as a teacher really shined in this video.
the smoothness of the advertisment 🤣
Smooth on Commentary Too, Jenson.
Your Take on F1 Always Appreciated.
To put it plainly. Once you have enough power and straight lines on the track, its faster to go with a point and shoot style rather than a mid corner grip consistency style.
"But how smooth are Jenson's balls?" I'm dying haha
Smoothest transition ever!!!😂
But how smooth is his balls?
"How smooth are his balls?" 🤣🤣🤣
Not sure I believe I completely agree. My experience comes mostly from racing karts. A lot of driving style comes from a preference for oversteer or understeer. Most drivers prefer slight understeer. My preference was neutral which meant you could be very smooth but would have to react instinctively, and often, when the kart bit back. My son preferred more understeer and would make sharp movements on the steering wheel. He was undoubtedly faster for the first 3 laps. He possibly tended to handle changeable conditions better. I think the racing line is a bit of a red herring re smoothness, although it is surprising how much it varies from driver to driver.
As much as I love Button's driving style, to me the smoothest F1 driver will be no other than the late Jim Clark.
He was so smooth that he could feel if his car had faulty components and adjusted his driving accordingly until he can nurse it to the pits.
There was that one famous story where he won with broken gear lever and still ahead of his rivals.
Man is truly a legend
Love all the details of your explanations - all of the factors are super interesting!
Hands down best driving style on this playlist
"smooooooooth operator"
the are a LOT more pros to smooth driving than mentioned (on purpose?). It is far more efficient, with not only less wear on the tires! With a higher mid corner/min corner speed you have to break less and accelerate less afterwards, this means less wear on breaks, engine etc.
ALSO keeping a higher min speed with less ~janky turning plays well to the conservation of energy, which in turn again further increases fuel efficiency! If you can avoid an additional fuelstop driving smooth IS in total faster.
That segway would make Linus jealous for life.
I got whiplash from that sponsor transition
"Jenson has a really smooth driving style, BUT how smooth are his balls?" Fuck, I had to play it on repeat a few times to believe what I was hearing 🤣🤣🤣
This video was truly a great experience. Extraordinary job across the board! Now subscribed.
My old man (who was a racing instructor) explained it to me like this....
The absolute perfect lap, is when you are at 99.9999% of the limit at all times. Less than that, or more than that, and you are losing time. Being smooth means you can hold it as close to that point as possible at all times. Drivers who aren't smooth, are basically always above or below the limit and very rarely exactly on it.
OOOOOOOOOOhhhh god! that was one hell of a seguey.
Expensive name dropping.
You got me! 7:12
I never ever watched any of the Manscaped ads. Until today.
Congratulations to 1M subscribers.
Awwwwww look how smooth little Scott looks.
The advert took me by surprise. ".. but how smooth are his balls?" Had to do a double take xD
Yeah...I hadn't given a single thought to how smooth Jensen Button's balls are, but thanks for planting that image in our minds.
Thanks for the reference to Montreal 2011 - not just the best F1 race ever but the best sporting spectacle ever! We all knew Jenson would have Vettel on the last straight, but even better than that, Vettel cracked under the pressure. After that, I realised why people went to public executions…
I'd be curious to see your take on Russell's driving!
"But how smooth are his balls?" is a really weird question to have come out of my headset at work lmao
Bro this still fuckin' gets me lmao.
"But How Smooth Are His Balls" is Insane💀💀💀
you should do a video on smooth balls and rough balls. advantages and disadvantages.
"Smoooth operatorrr, Smooth Operatorrr"- Carlos Sainz
I usually wish you more popularity for your videos, but I am not sure that JB would thank you 😂😂
What a segue!!
It's probably more the cars balance than anything, if its understeery you have to be a lot more aggressive with the inputs.
Car balance is also a preference, Max prefers a more pointy front end than most.. but he does pretty well with it.
That segue into the ad
Then why does Martin Brundle and others talk about the "karting line" being NOT taking the apex and sort of railing it around the outside line?
Scott you should stream sim racing in your downtime on twitch, you'd get a big following pretty fast and clean up $$. Very few pro drivers stream and the ones who do don't usually spend time teaching how to drive.