How do you overcome the psychological difficulty of keeping your foot on the accelerator when you enter the first corner at the Indianapolis 500 doing 400 km/hr or more.

Apparently, Geoff Brabham had the technique of putting his left foot on top of his right foot to make sure he didn’t lift off.

This is another story from John Smailes new book “Speed Kings – Australia and New Zealand’s quest to win the Indy 500”.

You can hear the extract about this story at

The whole interview is at

The book would make a great Christmas present

PS

I have no financial benefit from this book – I just think it is a great read.