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Your Data Driven Podcast episodes
- Ep21. Applying Formula 1 Techniques At Club Level With James Knapton Red Bull Technologies
James Knapton joins us on the show to talk all things Engineering. If you've ever wondered what you can apply from the world of Formula One to have more success and more fun in your own racing this episode is for you.
Topics include:
- Maximising your testing,
- Where to find the most lap time on a track (not obvious this one ... )
- Working in Formula 1 ,
- Working with Adrian Newey ... and more!
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Links mentioned in the show:
- James on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-knapton-0638a014/
- Red Bull Advanced Technologies - https://www.redbulladvancedtechnologies.com/
- Aston Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_Valkyrie
1 hr 2 min - Ep20. Coffee And Race Engineering With Jeff Braun
Today, we're talking to Jeff Braun. US-based race engineer. Jeff has over 40 years experience engineering at the highest level in North America. Working with both professional and amateur races. Jeff has the full spectrum of experience. We talk about optimising the setup for the driver, and adapting it for different weather conditions. Should you change it or should you not? What you might find most interesting however is the process and approaches that Jeff adopts not only for his racing, but in fact for everything in his life. Jeff makes his own coffee and applies exactly the same process to that as he does to his racing. It's absolutely fascinating ...
Links mentioned on the show:
- https://www.mesavistacoffee.com/
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2:02 Whats with the data sheets with the coffee Jeff?
10:56 A drivers perceived limit and using simulation at Indy
29:53 Should you involve the driver in setup or not?
34:41 Wet approaches and setup tips
47:06 Where should you start applying this stuff?
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ https//www.yourdatadriven.com
57 min - Ep19. Learn The Secrets To Motorsports Sponsorship with Brian Sims
Motorsports sponsorship guru Brian Sims, joins Samir Abid on the Your Data Driven podcast. Brian Sims developed his sales expertise to fund his 14 year professional racing career before eventually ending up raising millions of sponsorship funds for the Benetton Formula 1 team. In this show Brian shares his experiences, techniques and philosophies to hopefully help you achieve your own fund raising goals. Expect to be inspired on this one!
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Links mentioned in the show:
- Linkedin in profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-sims-dr-hon-univ-144b7126/
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com
45 min - Ep18. Scott Gardner On How Coaching Chris Hoy Can Help Your Racing
Olympic cycling coach Scott Gardner, joins Samir Abid on the Your Data Driven podcast. This show is all about performance. Ex-Team GB Scott Gardner has coached multiple Gold medal winners such as Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton Learn how professional coaches performance plan to develop Olympic athletes to win. Then understand how you can apply that learning to improve your own racing. Packed full of great advice. You will be thinking different after this one!
1:17 Welcome & who is Scott Gardner?8:58 Performance Planning & planning for your strengths
14:58 Defining success & planning as a VERB !
18:38 3 key elements you need for high performance
22:29 Ownership in truly successful teams
26:35 What is coaching?
44:34 Ground breaking shift to athletes owning their performance
50:18 Performance under pressure in swimming
56:53 Creating your own learning environment with a guided discovery approach
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Links mentioned in the show
- Business leadership coaching https://www.trackrecord.coach/
- @ChrisHoy @McLarenF1
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-gardner/
- Gearing spreadsheet: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/guide-to-choosing-the-best-gear-ratios-for-racing-cars/
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ https//www.yourdatadriven.com
1 hr 3 min - Ep17. Working In Formula 1 With Dave Devine Racing Point [Part 2 of 2]
[Part 2] Formula 1 Engineer Dave Devine joins Samir Abid on this special two part Your Data Driven podcast. Dave shares his journey on how he has turned his own race driving hobby into his perfect day job. How did he break into Formula 1? What is it like to work with F1 drivers? What has he been able to bring to F1 from his own racing? How can you learn about the things he has brought back the other way?
1:04 Designing Formula 1 Suspension at @RacingPointF14:23 Influence of the F1 Driver
7:31 What do F1 teams do that you can apply at club level?
13:30 The difference between Pro drivers and club racers.
17:15 What is great driver feedback?
26:15 Which part of the corner drivers should focus on first.
29:09 Final thoughts and key takeaway's.
-- Links mentioned in the show:
- Taking a scientific approach: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/race-car-setup-a-proven-approach-for-success/
- Current F1 vacancy's https://www.racingpointf1.com/careers
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com
35 min - Taking a scientific approach: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/race-car-setup-a-proven-approach-for-success/
- Ep16. Becoming A Formula 1 Engineer With Dave Devine Racing Point [Part 1 of 2]
[Part 1] Formula 1 Engineer Dave Devine joins Samir Abid on this special two part Your Data Driven podcast. Dave Devine shares his journey on how he has turned his own race driving hobby into his perfect day job. How did he break into Formula 1? What is it like to work with F1 drivers? What has he been able to bring to F1 from his own racing? How can you learn about the things he has brought back the other way?
3:53 Racing with Nick Tandy @NickTandyRacing11:30 How did you get to F1?
13:38 Value of Motorsports experience in F1
17:12 Touring Car Racing with @RMLGroup
20:55 The jump to F1 @RacingPointF1
24:03 Fuel tank development (F1 driver? Skip this section ... )
--Links mentioned in the show:- Taking a scientific approach: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/race-car-setup-a-proven-approach-for-success/
- Current F1 vacancy's https://www.racingpointf1.com/careers
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com
31 min - Ep15. Rob Wilson On Flat Cars And What You Can Learn From His Training Of F1 Grand Prix Drivers
Rob Wilson joins Samir Abid on the Your Data Driven podcast show. The legendary F1 racing driver coach, Rob talks all things race car driving. What does his work involve? How can you apply some if his famous techniques so you can go faster too? What is the best way to steer through a corner? How should you brake? What is "flat car" ... Find out all this and more on this fascinating show.
--Links to topics discussed in show:
- Optimum Gear Change calculator - https://shop.yourdatadriven.com/advanced-racecar-gear-shift-and-gear-ratio-optimisation-calculator
- Heel & Toe - Here is a video of Rob demonstrating the technique he discusses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFxlZ53kKqQ
- Matching Your Feeling To The Data - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnHVyrI3sw
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com
55 min - Ep14. How You Can Get The Most From Sim Racing with Assetto Corsa's Aris Vasilakos
What can you really learn from sim racing? How realistic are they? What is the best way to use simulation technology to help your own racing - real or virtual? What have we got to look forward to in the future? In this episode we discuss all this and more with Aristotelis Vasilakos - Head of Vehicle handling at Kunos, the makers of the Assetto Corsa sim racing game.
Whether you are curious about sim racing or a sim pro then if you are looking how to get value from virtual rigs, there is something in this show for you.---
Links mentioned in the show:
- Game link https://www.assettocorsa.net/
- Where it all began for Aris - TT racer https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=5436
- Aris.Drives YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2P9GUUfFXhq-hiAxC1FTPQ
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Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com
51 min - Ep13. Chassis Setup Using Simulation with ChassisSim's Danny Nowlan
Chassis simulation is everywhere in Professional motorsports, but rarely seen at club level. Simulation expert Danny Nowlan, creator of ChassisSim and regular contributor to Race Engineering magazine, joins me on the show to explain the value of simulation.
We discuss how it works and how you can use it to evaluate the lap time effects of your different racecar settings (springs, bars, dampers and more.)Hold on to your seats as it does get a bit technical at times. The shows goal however remains principally one of raising awareness. To introduce to you that these kinds of tools exist, how they can help you and that choosing suspension setting need not be a black art.
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Links mentioned in the show:- Chassis Sim software page https://www.chassissim.com/
- YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ChassisSim
54 min - Ep12. Go Faster Now with Motorsports Data Analytics Guru Peter Krause
Motorsports analytics guru Peter Krause joins me on the show to talk all things data.
Packed full of practical, actionable advice we discuss WHY data is valuable, HOW you can apply it and WHERE to start if data is new for you.So grab a note pad, sit back and enjoy listening to how one of the best in the business goes about helping racers at all levels to go faster now.--Links mentioned in the show:- Contact Peter Krause [email protected]
- Peters educational website: http://www.peterkrause.net/- Peters commercial website: https://www.gofasternow.com/- Ross Bentley: https://speedsecrets.com/- James Colborn: https://www.jamescolborn.com/aim-data-analysis55 min
About Your Data Driven Podcast
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A motorsports show for club racers. Engineer Samir Abid talks to motorsports Pros on your behalf so you can learn, be inspired and improve your racing performance.
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