“I think that the position is quite unique in a Grand Prix car, lying down like you’re in a bathtub with your feet quite high, sort of sitting back with the steering wheel in front, and you can’t really see a huge amount. Even the helmet eye-port is very different to a motorcycle helmet. A motorcycle helmet is much wider and the aperture is huge, so the peripheral vision is much greater on a motorbike. And you’re hanging off the bike and you’re a lot freer, but you’re much further off the ground, and your eye line is much further off the ground than when you’re in a Formula 1 car. So Jorge was of the opinion, he thought he felt he went faster and that the perception of the same speed was faster in an F1 car. Just in a straight line, not braking, because obviously that’s a completely different topic. But in terms of the speed on the straight.

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