Volvo drivers have regularly been tainted with a rep of taking care, slow and decidedly unexciting. Quite where this has come from I’m not sure, but even if it’s correct, is it a bad thing? Quite honestly, I’d like anybody driving a pile of metal at a velocity quicker than I’m able to run to be on the careful side. Obviously, the game of motor racing is encircled by the requirement for speed and has a name for being horny, dangerous and exciting. But are Michael Schumacher and company basically as thrilling as we like to think? Anyone that can drive a formula one vehicle at 200mph obviously doesn’t spend plenty time doing anything apart from driving. Road geeks, as I believe I shall collectively name all pro drivers, don’t commit much of their free time to doing exciting things, or non exiting things either. Eddie Irvine doesn’t crochet; Jensen Button has not got a fondness for playing the recorder and David Coulthard has not perfected the art of calligraphy.They do all drive well and are famous for their ever so careful driving on the general public roads and byways. Continue reading →