新闻 - MRC 101 - Part III

MRC 101 - Part III

And we're back once again with the interview with Blazefp and Francisco Pires in this that is already the third part of this attempt to help younger managers to manage their team better.
This time the help comes to the first part of the core of formula racing - the races.


RACES I (practice, risks and qualification):

Blazefp's Magazine: Focusing on the heart of this world - the races - how can you enlighten younger managers on this so important area?

Francisco Pires: First and foremost, younger managers should focus on getting to know his driver and his car. If you think the driver's sliding off too much and consequently loosing more rating than gaining, maybe you should consider lowering his driving risks, even if they seem too low already. It's always better to gain rating slowly but steady than to not gain it at all. But it's isn't always our fault, sometimes other drivers make any maneuver on our part impossible and we're forced to hit him or go off track, other times the car is just too unstable to drive it due to weak practices and, let's be fair, bad luck also happen.

Now, speaking of practices, I believe it's necessary to underline some things, mainly: I see too many drivers doing way too few laps on the practices. It's true that there are some excessively long tracks like Le Mans in France which doesn't let us do many laps but most of them let us do more than 15 per practice.
The more laps you do, the greater the possibilities to increase the car's performance on that track. Practices aren't rehearsals of the race, they're tests to get to know the best setup for that track.
It's quite simple, you just need to race with no risks and fill the car's tank. Naturally, the more laps we do, the bigger the odds of crashing but it pays in the end.

Blazefp: Yes and don't forget that every time your driver crashes on a practice he looses that stint and the next one so you shouldn't take much risks, actually you shouldn't take any risk at all.
One of the things I advice doing is to save all data of a race (including practices, weather, track conditions, etc) on a piece of paper or on an excel sheet. If you have superlicense you don't have to do this, the system does it for you.

Francisco Pires: Yeah but don't forget the car setup varies with the weather, track temperature, fuel and, above all, with what I tell you first.
Let me give you an example, if I think the car is too unstable, too nervous, it can be whether from the tyre pressure or from the car's height, I can't really know which one is it. In the end, two perfect setups from the same driver with the same weather might look considerably different but I can guarantee you the car will behave the same. One setup makes up for another.

Blazefp: However, on qualifications, there's no reason for this donkey not smash the throttle, not even to save up tires or car parts. The key here is speed.

Francisco Pires: Couldn't agree more. Sometimes it's harsh to keep concentrated during such an intense trial but it ends up paying it considering we have two opportunities on most tracks.

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And that's how the third part of this interview ends.

We'll be back next week with more talk about races, this time focusing on basic race strategies available and driving style.

Till then, keep your pedal to the medal.