You're not making yourself clear at all, because you appear to think that experience and knowledge are the same thing.

For example, I played a lot of football in my youth, at school, university and for a professional club. This means that I have a lot of experience of kicking a ball.

However, if you asked me how I managed to curl a ball into the top corner 9 times out of 10, I would not be able to tell you how I do it. This is because I do not have the knowledge about how I make my body kick the ball to get it the same distance, speed, swerve, etc each time.

I would be useless as a football coach. All I would be able to say is "kick it harder", "curl it left more", etc.

Although I have the experience and the ability, I do not have the knowledge .... and this is the difference.

It was only for third. Once trophy does not a champion make!

I have achieved one goal in racing - getting on the podium. Now I need to get more experience and knowledge to be able to repeat that consistently as another goal.

Once I have the building blocks I can then make an assault on the championship!

Bloody trophy hunters :P

:lol: