I've written about this topic before, i.e that motorcycle riders make better drivers due to their heightened awareness of the goings on in the world around them. I mean, it makes sense. Riding a bike and understanding the dynamics of said motorcycle legit make the difference between living and dying.
But more than that, you understand braking, turning, and acceleration that much more as you only have two contact patches. Throttle control is much more finite and finicky to get right. And you're moving with the bike, rather than just a steering wheel. Grip is that much more present and knowable.
And while there've been a handful of professional racing drivers who've said as much in conversations I've had with them, few are as definitive as Mercedes-AMG F1's team boss, Toto Wolff, who recently sat down with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on the Armchair Expert, where Wolff recalled the famous Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton switcheroo.
