What is Jarno Trulli’s driving style?
Jarno Trulli has a Smooth Understeer driving style. Despite his tendency to be smooth with the car, he was superbly fast in qualifying. While others would dance the car around, sliding the tyres to extract the most out of the car, Trulli was calm with the steering, only pushing the tyres as far as they liked. He slightly underdrived the car during race conditions, pushing only as much as he needed to. This worked out even during his hotlaps, where he would often outqualify his teammate.
To understand why Trulli’s smooth style worked in both qualifying and the race, we have to understand his cornering style.