Let me talk about my video first...if you see my hand disappear it's only to shift or adjust something really important, like my heater! I was overheating and trying to go as long as possible without turning on the heater.
Hands: try to keep them at 9-3 as much as possible. You could likely make it around most corners with the hands planted there. You should be able to turn the wheel 180° before having to modify your position. Try it some time. Those bumps at 10-2 on the wheel are for your thumbs to help bring the wheel back from 180. Some people believe them to be grab handles...no. If you need more than 180 from the wheel the hand on the side of the wheel your turn towards goes up to, say, 12:00 and grabs the wheel and pulls down, while the other hand lets the wheel slip through until your hands become 180° apart then it joins in. Try it on the street. Always pull the wheel down, never push up, your back muscles are stronger than your shoulder muscles. This is why two hands is important.
Shifting: get on the shifter and right back off. You never rest your hand there, why? See above.
Eyes: you are not looking far enough in front of you. Look at how many corrections you make mid corner to adjust your line. In a really long corner you should actually be turning your head ALOT to find the way out of the turn. Scan your track out points while approaching apex, after apex, start finding your next turn in point. Your steering inputs will be greatly slowed down if you try this. Try it on the street on exit ramps. You'll be amazed how you don't have to look at where you are to steer to where you want to go.
Corner exit: Maybe you were playing around but you were (over)loading your cars suspension on track out instead of early-mid turn. You were not testing anything suspension related....only stability control. Your "feel" of the suspension will only be noticeable when you can slow your hands down and take a turn near the mechanical limit of the tires/suspension. What you were doing was testing tire grip, that's really it.
Turning in: the area where there was a left and it went to around cones. That would be an awesome place to practice your handling since it was a "soft" border but you "crabbed" in by driving diagonal (early apex) then pinching the turn so that you can make the right.
I don't really want to pick, but I think you have a track event coming up this weekend so you have a week of street driving to try to apply these concepts. Do these things all the time...even on the street, so they become second nature. Hope this helps and I don't mean to be critical, but I think you want to know these things from your responses above.
Craig
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Craig Brickner
1999 BMW M Coupe
2006 BMW 325i
BMW CCA DE Instructor
BMW CCA 366493