Porsche 911 R Track Stint Sees Patrick Long Teaching Us About the Racing Line

The shenanigan involves works driver Patrick Long and the driver-empathic 911 R. This is the fourth lesson of the series, but before we dig deeper into it, let's take a bit of time to remember what we've been shown so far.

The series kicked off at the beginning of the month, with the obvious seating position lesson. Once that box was ticked, Long moved over to initiating us in the art of controlling understeer and oversteer. As for the third episode, this had to do with dancing. However, instead of your blue swede shows on the dance floor, the 911 R's manual, the sheer reason for which the car was born, allowed the machine to serve as a perfect heel-and-toe instrument.

Returning to today's tuition episode, it all has to do with the racing line. This is one of those cases where road driving can actually give you bad manners on the track. So if you don't have too much circuit experience, you'll have to work against the instincts you have built over the years as a street driver.

As those of you following this 911 R saga know, Porsche's aim is to go rallying with the rear-engined machine. This is why Patrick Long is providing one-on-one tuition to a pair of enthusiasts, who may just be 911 R owners, sharing the car manhandling knowledge with us on YouTube.

The three of them once again hit Porsche's Weissach testing center and, this time, things get more complicated than before. From sacrificing the first corner of an "S" section to the trailbraking technique, it's all found in the video below.