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> allows the driver to accelerate and brake by blowing and sucking on a tube, and to steer by turning his head Well, what I now want to know is how he controls
by aasasd 4y ago
> allows the driver to accelerate and brake by blowing and sucking on a tube, and to steer by turning his head
Well, what I now want to know is how he controls any kind of a spin or another mishap, because that's gonna be hard with those inputs when he's thrown about in the car—or when he's simply under forces in turns. Able-bodied drivers already huff and puff plenty even in comparatively weaker cars like WTCC. Surely Pikes Peak is pretty taxing in this regard. Though the car probably has ABS and traction control, perhaps even separate on the wheels, making things a bit easier—seeing as this isn't anything like a formula class. But still.
Also, there's some guy Frédéric Sausset, mentioned in the Wikipedia article on Billy Monger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Monger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Monger
> In June 2017, it was announced that Monger would return to competition in November, sharing a Group CN Ligier JS53 Evo 2-Honda with quadruple amputee Frédéric Sausset in a round of the V de V Challenge Endurance Proto at the Autódromo do Estoril in Portugal, as part of a programme with the eventual aim of fielding a team of three disabled drivers at the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours.
But idk what came of those initiatives or what happened with Sausset at all.
Btw, Monger's story itself is rather impressive: crashed and lost legs in April, announced in June that he'd be in competition in November.
Alas, neither Monger nor Alex Zanardi seem to have had a long and fruitful career with their condition—though the latter did quite well in WTCC.