Johnny Herbert: F1 drivers use guidelines 'to get an an advantage' - WiredFocus

Johnny Herbert: F1 drivers use guidelines 'to get an an advantage'

Grand prix and Le Mans winner Johnny Herbert talks about his career being an F1 steward and that crash The British Grand Prix, 1995, into the closing stages. For once, the cards have fallen in Johnny Herbert’s favour.  Damon Hill has bungled a pass on Michael Schumacher, leaving both the Williams and Benetton in the Silverstone gravel. David Coulthard in the other Williams had been a pest and got past, but a pit-lane speeding penalty has now kno…

Johnny Herbert: F1 drivers use guidelines 'to get an an advantage' - WiredFocus

“F1 drivers have so much awareness and mental capacity to know exactly what’s going on, and when extra rules get thrown into the mix, they use the guidelines to get an advantage,” says Herbert.  “This whole apex thing: the race is just to get to the apex first.” As for abusing track limits, Herbert admits it was less of a problem in his day when you had “kerb, grass, gravel”, or even “kerb, grass, catch-fencing” instead of acres of run-off.  Sin…