Why is Mental imagery beneficial?
The ability to visualize or use mental imagery like athletes in every other sport do is critical in terms of being able to picture yourself, not just visually seeing yourself but also imagining in your mind what you can feel and what you can hear when you visit a track for the first time.
You do need to imagine , and you need to imagine in ultimate detail. The more feel and hear yourself on the track before you get into the car, the better you're going to drive.
Mental imagery is a learned skill.
You can built that programming mentally. If you're the kind of driver that's very flowing and smooth and you need to build this program for attacking the track, you can do that through visualization, or if you flipped around the other way. If you're an attacking, aggressive driver you need to smooth your driving. You can practice that in your mind before you go to the track . Get yourself comfortable in a chair, in the sitting position you're going to be in and try to slow your brain down. Imagine everything that you can hear, everything that you can feel and everything that you can see in every possible scenario.
The more realistic you make it in your mind, the more mentality prepared you're going to be when you go to the track.
The will to perform at your absolute best means nothing without the will to prepare!
There's a good reason why it's one of the (if not the) most iconic corner(s) in the world!!
Performance is rarely discovered within your comfort zone.
The only comfort zone you should aim for is the one that comes from knowing you gave it everything.
No excuses, no shortcuts.