PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT

PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT

Supplementary Regulations

PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT

Supplementary Regulations

Rule Books and Bulletins

PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT

Supplementary Regulations

Rule Books and Bulletins

Documentation / Entry form

PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT

Supplementary Regulations

Rule Books and Bulletins

Documentation / Entry form

Start Order

PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT

Supplementary Regulations

Rule Books and Bulletins

Documentation / Entry form

Start Order

Co-Driver Supplies

ARRIVAL AT THE EVENT

Registration, Documents and Waivers

Competitor and Service Crew Packages Official Notice Board

Rally Time

Driver Meetings

SCHEDULE

ROUTE BOOK TRANSIT

ROUTE BOOK STAGE

RECCE

Co-Driver Supplies

Team Supplies and Planning Preparation

RECCE

First Pass- Aim for 40 to 50 km/h- Driver calls out notes- Focus on the basics! Left, Right, Grade,

distances- Include easy and obvious features

Build Consistency First- Mark the steering wheel- Keep it simple at first- Be accurate with what you say

RECCE

Second Pass- Aim for 50 to 60 km/h- Don’t be tempted to ‘test’ the notes- Co-driver reads back - Make corrections and add detail on this pass- Co-driver adds ‘recovery points’ to notes- Note stage character and important features

RECCE

What makes up Pace Notes- Directions: left or right- Grades: 1 tight to 6 open - Connectors: and, into, 30, etc. - Placement modifiers: Keep Left, Keep In- Other modifiers: Slippy, Ruf, !- Use your own terms, but be consistent- Use single syllable when possible- Be concise- Be deliberate about the order of information

RECCE

Writing notes- Write Big- Use your own shorthand- Make sure you can read it- Watch Line Breaks- Watch Page Breaks

RECCE

RECCE

Cleaning up notes- Mark changes clearly- Re-write line somewhere before erasing it- Avoid a wholesale re-write- Get it done when you can, don’t wait till later.- Consider video of second pass for reviewing

TECHNICAL INSPECTION

Be prepared! - Helmet, HANS, Suit certifications ready- Car cleaned out and ready for stage- Pre-tech your car before the event - Documents ready (who has the tech form)- Logbook filled out and ready

TECHNICAL INSPECTION

Be prepared! - Helmet, HANS, Suit certifications ready- Know where all certification labels are- Car cleaned out and ready for stage- Pre-tech your car before the event - Documents ready (who has the tech form)- Logbook filled out and ready

THE EVENT!

Parc Exposé

Time Controls- Start and Main Time Control

- Finding your start time- Observation Control- Arrival Time Control- Be ready to start the stage!- Stage Start Control - Flying Finish and Stop Control- Time Penalties and Lateness

CONTROL LAYOUT

ON STAGE

How to call the notes

Emergency procedures

Managing the driver- Focus- Red mist- Nutrition and Hydration- Keeping it real

TRANSITS

Record Stage TimeKnow where you’re goingKnow how long you have to get thereReset the ODOGet ready for the next section

Stage: Pace notes readyService: Service list ready, know how long you have and when you’re ‘out’ of service

Calculate, and re-calculate, your arrival time

TRANSITS

Calculating Your Arrival TimeStage Start Time 10:10:00Stage Long Time (ET) + 5:00Stage Time Taken 4:45Transit Time + 10:00Arrival 10:25:00

Unless you’re over the long timeStage Start Time 10:10:00Stage Long Time (ET) 5:00Stage Time Taken + 6:15Transit Time + 10:00Arrival 10:26:00

TRANSITS

TRANSITS

SERVICE

Service In Control

Service Area Preparation

Service tools and equipment

Fueling

Time Management

SERVICE OUT AND REGROUP

Out Control

Regroup/Reseed

Fueling

Repairs After Service

EVENT FINISH

Final Control

Parc Fermé

Checking Times / Penalties

Podium

Competitor Evaluation

TEAM MANAGEMENT

Movement Plans

Service Plans

Setting Team Goals and Expectations