djos wrote: ↑05 Oct 2023, 12:34
Wouter wrote: ↑05 Oct 2023, 12:30
djos wrote: ↑05 Oct 2023, 12:12
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It’s not his job to know how a car is built, it’s his job to drive the car and tell the engineers what handling characteristics he needs to drive faster.
Some of you guys really have no idea what an F1 driver actually does and how they contribute to the team.
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I know. I'm stupid!
I never said that. However, a little research wouldn’t hurt.
Its an interesting and involved topic, notably different for each driver, along with their interactions with the team......of experts in their field to solve, advance and contain various challenges throughout the development, race, setup etc.
A good example is DC, whom I believe describes himself as very low on real technical knowledge...relaying stories of his not knowing what the mechanics were doing in working on his car.
His greatest attribute in this area, I believe also fully appreciated by AN in car development too, is to tell the team exactly what is happening in regard to what the chassis is doing while pushing it. That's complete, undiluted, brutal and finitely straight comparison when they test and set chassis etc. This, one of the most extremely valuable parts of feedback loop an engineering team can get. Crucial is no dilution or interpretation, just straight, dispassionate detail....this change does this, or absolutely nothing type feed in to team.
Depending on the team, they dont necessarily need someone that thinks they know how to fix compromised design.
How they then respond is demonstrated on where they sit in comparison to their competitors.