Another Voice In The Ear

Former world champion Jackie Stewart claims Formula One drivers need coaches.
Maybe Stewart is becoming bored with just been a passive observer and wants back into the action. All this because of the faux pas in the Montreal pit lane. Okay, it happened. It was a mistake on the driver’s part. Get over it and let’s get racing.

Seriously, the majority of Formula One drivers have survived and flourished without coaching over the years. Drivers make mistakes; it’s a fact of life. From them, they learn. Perhaps Stewart is unhappy at been nerfed by Hamilton, who earlier said he would take his own counsel on the situation.

Sure, it’s great to have former champions lining up to help, but at the end of the day, it is Hamilton’s decision on what advice he takes. Sure, his father is probably not the best choice. But, his father has been there his entire career. He is his own man, capable of making his own trail.

Stewart went on to use examples that footballers have coaches and that the former engineers would be ideal for this position. Two points, Sir Jackie. First, a Formula One driver is not alone. He has an entire team around him. Point two, regarding the position been suited to former engineers in the know of the sport. But sure what is wrong with a driver’s race engineer? Is he regarded as useless and unable to help his driver?

Can you imagine and driver having to deal with yet another voice? Madness, I say. Let them focus on the job at hand and race.