The smart-@ss answer is, "You are the deficiency". ;D
The true answer is, "Probably not, but there are lots of other things that you haven't run into yet that the book could have insight on before you have to deal with them". It might be one of those, "Ohhh this is what he was talking about" and you would know what to expect BEFORE it happened.
Seriously, watch that link I sent. If nothing else, take the 4 minutes to watch it if you aren't going to read the book.
Patrick
Well....this has been a long time discussion point with me, probably why I'm so hard headed about the mind coaching.
Re. "knowing what's going to happen before it does" or being prepared for all possibilities.
My stance is that some people just have a built in mechanism to know what/where the limit is.
I used to believe in a point/comment Jacques Villeneuve made once to an interviewer immediately after getting out of his BAR Honda at Spa.
He had spun off trying to go WOT through a section that his engineers had told him was impossible.
He said something to the effect, "you never really know what the limit is unless you cross over it".
Since.....somewhere along the way, I changed belief in that position.
The car wiggles, slides, hops, etc., etc.
This is the limit and to go above and beyond that, is pointless.
There are many feedbacks that you can use to be
at the limit.
Every driver already uses this mechanism or else you'd just think you could go flat around any given circuit.
Obviously, as individuals, this "learned" mechanism will be variable as we all have experienced different stimuli to alter the natural self preservation that we all have.
That is my theory.
Now, I don't mean this in a derogatory way, far from it, it's something that I think about all the time and nobody seems able to answer.
I have done, probably on the order of 8-10 DEs between PCA, BMWCCA, etc.
I think you know how these work.....you start green with an instructor and incrementally work your way up the ranks of progression, through the colored groups of increasingly skilled or "aware"drivers.
On top of that experience, I probably have an equal number of generic solo lapping days...so, say, 10 of those.
In addition, if you count the 2-day format of the Charity Challenge, I have a total of 6 competitive race days, each with the practice, qualy, heats and features fully completed, no dnfs, no mechanicals.
Out of all that track time, I have one....., one day, amounting to maybe one full hour of instruction due to a brake fading problem on that particular day.
No big deal....., but here's the kicker.
I have NEVER been four wheels off the track and have NEVER spun off of a circuit.
Now, if I were way off the pace compared to my peers in the same type cars and engine, you could say that I'm being too cautious and I'd give you that but this isn't the case.
To the contrary, just watching the couple of vids in this thread, you'll see some pretty experienced drivers spinning out around me (us).
All the while, from beginning up until now, everybody, especially Phil, kept telling me that I wouldn't be up to speed until I got 1-2 dozen spins out of the way.
A spin can be defined as out of "control" or above the "limit".
If this were a useful learning tool, it seems to me that after spinning any number of times, a driver would finally "get it"....?
Now, I'm not saying I'll never spin, I know it's coming.....if for no other reason, than circumstances beyond my own control, i.e., fluids on the surface, wreck avoidance, etc.
I have been in some hairy situations and anybody that has followed me around should confirm that I'm not driving at less than 10/10nths on a given day.
Back around to the book....., I just feel comfortable with my own mind and mechanism to take control of a situation and what I have explained up above confirms for me at least, that I have nothing to gain from a mind coach.
No hard feelings.
T