Leo Parente Drives A SimRaceway Formula 3 Race Car - /SHAKEDOWN

[@Firebert79TA]

I'm so glad Leo is with Drive. When the network first launched, I feared it would be another Farrah-esque endeavor with lots of big talk but no real experience or insight. Leo's constant stream of informed and passionate segments really gives Drive some credibility. Keep up the good work!

[@vyrnmn]

This is actually a fantastic video. The candid shot with Leo being properly honest about how he's feeling really coupled to the scene where he's looking over the car sets the scene well.

[@AshtonCoolman]

Drive is so good I want to cry. This type of content is simply the best. No other youtube or broadcast channel gives us what we get here. Thanks Leo!

[@maddmarch]

Well done Leo!!! from one racer to another, it was properly put together.. this is what Shakedown should be, you getting out and shaking down.. wonderful video, wonderfully edited!!!.. Maddmarch, Jamaica

[@ArthrusGigawitAnteon]

Phenomenal episode. I think the music was actually done tastefully for once, always awesome camera work, and Leo pulls it all together.

[@Deighvid.]

Thank you for being one of my biggest role models and inspirations @LeoParente. Awesome video!

[@Drummin003]

Fantastic video and with so much info about the track and being able to show/tell about the major differences between fast street cars & an actual racecar, this has become my go to video. Before this video my interest in actually going to a track and driving was about a 4, after this video it's about a 15 out of 10. Congrats to Leo and the team for putting this together.

[@tokinGLX]

great video, cheers leo and the drive crew

[@kennethyapyl]

awesome to see you out of the studio, out of interviews, and IN A CAR Leo!!! keep up the awesome (and constantly improving) job!!! thanks also for being so committed to truly educating viewers about the true meaning of racing, and the mechanics behind it. (letting idiots know it isn't just about putting your foot down on the accelerator and your heap of metal moves faster than the rest.) AWESOMEEE

[@julienARcalifornia]

Excellent video! I love the sincerity of Leo Parente, it's quite unique in sport journalism. We are so far away from row specs, top speeds and giggles at acceleration - there is a lot of tension there and I guess it's what driving such cars is about. I can't say enough how good Shakedown is!

[@sickjohnson]

Awesome! I am so envious you lucky dawg! Loving KZbin right now...thank you Drive staff!

[@AndrewWS222]

Leo this is amazing please keep this type of videos coming a bit thank you to SimRaceway for giving Leo this opportunity for us to see.

[@axeman3d]

I nearly cried. Fantastic stuff, you guys deserve a far wider audience.

[@XenoRacing]

This was awesome. more of this. Leo on the track and testing/reviewing cars, now!

[@slicksidviscousCH]

finally catching up on all the /Drive and /Shakedown I've missed recently, love this episode. Leo is talking to me and not down to me about the dynamic of racing and race technology, thumbs up.

[@PTKilowatt]

Awesome job as usual from everyone. Really gave you a great perspective of not only the course layout but also Leo's smoothed out technique.

[@baduela1]

Fantastic episode. You DEFINITELY need to do more episodes where you're driving. Very well done.

[@SteezyG]

Leo did a grea job of commentating as the lap went along, good video as usual!

[@DanKlar]

Thank you Leo and Drive, that was very well put together. Good luck Leo.

[@spazemonkey]

Great episode!!! Love seeing this stuff and Leo does a great job narrating the whole thing. Hope to see more.

[@akieabdul]

Very well done. Nice job of actually explaining what it really feels like and what you need to look for in a race car on a track. Great job Leo.

[@85percentcocoa]

Very, very, very good video! Lots of info in few and well chosen words, with a lot of heart put into them. Beautiful camera views. Perfect. Thank you.

[@jcoll1056]

Every time I think you can't do a better episode you seem to top it!!! Looking forward to see how you top this!!! Great job!!!!

[@modernbattousai]

awesome Leo! thanks for sharing that one-of-a-kind experience with us

[@zachariahsn]

Leo is the man! He's so fantastic at explaining how he is doing what he is doing while driving.

[@JanMichaelFranklin]

Great episode Leo! Had no idea you were a former race driver! You always had cred with me, but that fact gives you're opinions even more cred! Love the talkthroughs!

[@june372]

This is the kinda stuff I LOVE to see. More of this, please!!!

[@FullxCollapse]

Definitely Leo's best so far! Seeing the laps and hearing the commentary really work well to establish Leo's credibility. I feel like this should have been done sooner since it takes Leo's persona from someone who can sit in front of a camera and comment about upcoming street cars and modern racing to someone that knows what he is talking about and can put his money where his mouth is. Really enjoyed this one!

[@neto594lp]

Great episode Leo, long life to Skakedown.

[@D3mander]

I hope you do more driving like this in the future Leo, great show

[@lexusdrft]

I could not agree more!! Phenomenal programming, really honest and True racing talk.

[@drive]

That was the old race helmet.

[@nwbasson]

Mmmhh that heavy nervous feeling on your chest just before you go out on the track, love it!

[@Travisty75]

Consummate gentleman, impeccable host, and a fantastic personality. Leo, bravo. This was my favorite episode of Shakedown, and more specifically, Drive.

[@xXHEELTOEXx]

Yup. Rewatching all of Leo's technical videos, and to be honest...What didn't make ANY sense 3 months ago...Makes a LOT of sense now. Used to LITERALLY WTF at these videos...But now I'm watching and actually learning. Seat time is one helluva drug ;)

[@jdubz22]

It's great that he actully explains how hard it is to work a slick race tyre in the right way. I do racing, formula cars and what he says is exactly what you need to know, or almost anyway.

[@himmify]

Well done. //Drive content continues to entertain, and educate.

[@dude2106]

Leo is such a chap. Love this video. Its not like a racing driver explaining, "oh its like.. you just press the pedal, feel the G's and go fast.", nor is it Richard Hammond screaming his way around Silverstone's short circuit. Although that was entertaining. This is a very calm and understandable explanation of how a racing car works and how it compares to a road car. It could have been even more detailed, and maybe a Part 2 for the geeks would be quite nice, but still a brilliant video.

[@romero1337]

Awesome show! Leo does it again!

[@KeepinItReal]

great to see you driving! lets see you drive more cars!!!!!

[@Silvermannnnnn]

Keep episodes like this coming..... please!!!!

[@Edgarpabelo]

This episode was SIMply amazing! Please dont stop with Shakedown! How about Leo hops into a CTSCC ride for a race and makes an episode of it?

[@gillanjag]

Great video Leo, very insightful to the skills needed and the forces at play in a formula car.

[@gruinker]

As comments widely agree this is one cracking good episode! Some lovely job done explaining the trickery of those race slicks, does sound quite sensational to be pushing the limits of such! Also, am i the only Gran Turismo player who suddenly became aware of the Infinion track missing from the current game is pretty much blasphemy?

[@pablofan]

great piece, leo. loved the in car commentary.

[@truenotch]

Great video Leo! Thanks for the talk about the difference between race and road tyres.

[@Belgian-Motorsport]

great video and good to hear all that explanation about the car and set-up. Well done. btw, what was your best laptime? From the video I can calculate 1 min39 (11:15 to 12:54)

[@3eeple]

What a great video. Thanks Leo, that was so insightful and interesting !

[@marcsiegel1]

I love the idea of 2,000 pounds of downforce on a 1,000 pound car. I learned so much from this video. Thanks Leo and Simraceway.

[@Jeredin13]

MOOOOOORE of Leo racing please!!! ^___^ I would also like to see him in other types of race cars, too!

[@CarambleTV]

Good stuff Leo, hope you do get a drive and then we can get more of this on shakedown.

[@halcyonmje]

A reminder of the great thrills, but measured caution that come from racing (or practicing). Thanks Leo.

[@FelixIsMyName]

I really enjoyed this episode , thank you :)

[@travisharmor]

I appreciated seeing this side of you Leo

[@wrighttool]

First off ,your normal show is great I love knowing whats going on in motor sports ! I would also like to see you do more shows like this one .Burning tires up and overly modded car are great but not to many people can talk about how the brakes,suspension and tire work with the driver/car/road/track .I would like to hear you talk more about the set up of a car and what your looking for in a set up and how to change a set up based on the feedback of where you driving.

[@jackatley2]

really well done video Leo...awesome mate... takes some guts to drive these cars too

[@iacono1987]

Great video. It was cool to have the differences of race and street tires explained. Wonder if this new information will help me at the local K1 track (doubtful, but knowledge is power, haha)

[@channelwarmerdam]

Fantastic video! Put Leo in more racecars, please Drive!

[@Miatapeace91]

Great job as always Leo, Thank you

[@alangherrera]

Awesome video Leo, this is why I love your show. Now, what was your fastest lap around the point, and how did this car compare to the Palatov?

[@switch46]

Sweet episode, nice to see and hear the work-up of the confidence and the set-up etc. I was just wondering why you don't wear a HANS system? Overall great episode. Cheers

[@nataslider]

thanks guys this will help me lots as im getting slicks for track day this week

[@danarsenalfc1]

Best episode of Drive to date.

[@thephranc]

Great stuff as always Leo.

[@silentrac]

I watched this and was riveted to my seat, that was awesome. more please?

[@manbearpigonabike]

it's funny just how much i actually hated Leo when he first entered FLD... But now, i cannot put into words just how much respect i have for Leo after everything he has brought to FLD and Drive. Keep up the good work Leo.

[@ferrarikingdom]

ive driven this car. it was a great experience. crew down there is allot of fun and i learnt allot.

[@GeraArg]

Great episode Leo!!!

[@TurboSunShine]

Leo! on the sim (@ 1:10) you can clearly see an about 1/10 of a second delay between the controller input and the screen, this usually occurs by v-sync (a graphical option), its probably sett to double or tripple buffer, tell the racesim guys to dissable it, it will make the sim experience a lot better!

[@SenorJJS]

As much as I love the Chris Harris episodes, this has been the best thing i've seen on drive. Cheers Leo!

[@MannyMarvelous]

i usualy don't like shakedown but i learned allot in this episode. keep it up!

[@ramtzzo]

Great video. Awesome job, Leo.

[@Javierm0n0]

I've always preferred maintaining speed to just trying to hit top speed. If you can hold on to a few more mph through a turn, versus having to let go of 20 mph going into the turn. Nothing like going through a corner as fast as the car will allow before putting you in the wall :) This was the perfect episode for me, i usually look at suspension setup more than i do tires time to think differently.

[@Archibalt3000]

Love these kind of vids!

[@Kartracer3333]

Great video! It's also on Jalopnik right now too haha

[@DieselDan09]

Awesome video can feel your passion do more please!!!!

[@Novafro]

This is why I like Leo. No nonsense.

[@ciag]

Brilliant episode Leo thanks

[@LamboGallardo560]

Leo, I've heard others make the same comment as you about going past the limits of a street tire versus a slick. Could you explain what it is that makes that happen in a later episode? Is it the tire compound, the structure, the lack of tread?

[@MarcosCodas]

What a fantastic show.

[@nastraightsix]

Thank you expletive much for this video! Truly outstanding work!

[@ik04]

Nice and smooth, Leo... You made it look easy!

[@jdjarc]

Good to see Leo back in uniform behind the Lola F3.

[@eeeen321]

There is a reason they picked that ooooold hunk-O-iron for the powerplant... think about that haters. Its an awesome engine. It is crazy strong and very reliable, not to mention it is more than ready for A LOT more boost/hp. Very cool intake manifold. 4g6x love!!

[@MetikalMan]

Great video. With the success that drive is having and Leo showing off some impressive knowledge I'm sure he'll be in a racing car in less than a year. ALMS or broke.

[@Revenunt]

Learning how to drive a racecar is fascinating, and it is exactly what the target audience of this show, myself included, wants to see. However, the knowledge is a bit useless if we don't have a race car with slicks to try these techniques on. In a future episode, could you explain ways in which to get into open wheel or touring car racing? Ametuer or semi-pro, what are some classes of racing that one can get into, circuits or hill climbs you recommend? Simraceway would be a one method no doubt.

[@Pablin6114]

I'd LOVE to watch you drive an lmp2 car if possible. And keep up the awesome videos.

[@davidcmeek]

Great episode drive!

[@Raptord]

FANTASTIC video! Thanks for this.

[@Normally_aspirated]

What a great episode

[@drea177cha5er]

fantastic episode

[@VilleKovacs]

good stuff. well done on what seemed to me like a bit worn out hard compound tires

[@JayCeeEss1337]

Loved most of it, but I would have liked to see more driving - did it all end after the spin? Also: was it just the spike in power from the turbo, or did the hill have a say in the matter as well?

[@msbtennis]

Great stuff! I wish Skip Barber had this sophisticated car, driving is still driving though. Keep 'em coming Leo.

[@mgshotgun]

Best show yet.

[@DanielFoland]

As always, great show. I'd like to see more of the sim and how it compared to the car. I'm wondering if a Director's Cut is a good idea here. It looks like a crap-ton of time and effort went into a 16 minute video, and I feel like so much of the story is left out. Did the tire differences come through on the sim? Did the HP make a difference? Why is JF so damned handsome? As always, awesome work, great stuff. Made my Saturday.

[@fordfool420]

Nice leo... Got bit by the bug again. Good show and drive is the best thing since sliced bread

[@SebastianOutzen]

First of all - Great episode. @drive Which cameras are you using? It seems that there is more than one type attached to the car. Can you recommend those you are using over fx a GoPro? Thanks in advance

[@IDiedForYou1776]

Leo great episode today, I need to get into racing race cars

[@STARSHIPTROOP]

I know how good it fells to be behind a somewhat proper car & the smells,vibrations,feedback. a little jealous but still fell good you got another session or 2 in 1. The racing in a racer never dies, altough our medium does change with time. Good luck in coming across rides in the semi pro series, above all remember to have fun.