Tomar Rouah - Training Plan No. 3

Goal

Improve to racing skills and league position.

Conclusion

There needs to be more consistency with the laps. This comes from slowing the car down and then building up the speed again. Mistakes are taking place across a number of disciplines and irregularly.

Assigned Task

Drive on a track of your choice and only stop when you have drive 3 laps in a row that are within 1.5 seconds. When you have done this, refer back to the analysis page and look for the mistakes highlighted below. Repeat this process again and when the mistakes aren't coming up then try to complete 5 laps in a row and just a little bit faster. This consistency is a must for improving your driving skills.

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1st key mistake: Too late to full throttle
Why it matters

As much effort as you put into the braking phase of each corner. There is more time to be found on your speed to exit.

How much of a problem it is for you

Better than before with 23% of your mistakes are due to being too late on the throttle.

See an example in your own sessions

Segment 2 is a good example of how you are improving but still require a little more work. You get on the throttle at the same time as the reference lap but are just gentler with the speed at which you apply the throttle.

Learn to improve

Feeling if the car is loosing traction is a great indicator as to whether you are giving all that the car can give. Also remember trying to accelerate if the steering wheel isn't straight means that you'll be forgiving some of the traction to cornering instead of accelerating.

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2nd key mistake: Gear too low

There are many situations on track where it is better to run the car in a higher gear to gain full potential from the engine.

How much of a problem it is for you

Gearing errors in general accounted for over 15% of your total errors.

See an example in your own sessions

An example can be found in segment 9. If you check the gear number (inside the wheel graphic), you remain in 1st gear whereas the reference driver goes no lower than 2nd gear.

Learn to improve

This is a habit forming trait. Sometimes, the mind suggests you need to be in the lower gear to get the best acceleration. This often isn't the case, especially with the F1 cars. Don't be afraid of experimenting. It is surprising how many times it is the gearing that is the problem and great gains can be easily found by being one gear higher on the corners.

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3rd key mistake: On the brakes for too long
Why it matters

Fairly self explanatory, too long on the brakes slows the car more than necessary, thereby affecting lap performance.

How much of a problem it is for you

About 16% of all of your mistakes can be categorised as staying on the brakes too long

See an example in your own sessions

Take segment 6 even though you are softer with the brakes the extended time that you are using them is a factor as to why you lose half a second in this segment. A quick hard dab would be an alternative that would save a tenth or two.

Learn to improve

It is important to trust your speed through the corners and continually test the limits of the car. Use your senses to gauge tire traction and note how early you can come off the brakes.

Your predicted potential lap time improvement

0.9s - 1.4s

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