Your Data Driven Podcast

Jorge Segers, pro race engineer and author, joins us to discuss how you can get more from your data. Famous within the industry for writing one of the seminal texts on race car data analysis, Jorge helps us understand how you should approach and apply data to improve your performance. A special 2 part show, this is part 1. 5:52 To Dance Or To Motor Race? 8:50 Writing A Book For A Sim Racing Game ....

Scott Drawer has working at UK Sport, England Rugby, Team Sky and is currently Director of Sport at Millfield School - where Lando Norris went to school! He joins us on the show to share his story and give you an insight into how top teams operate. Scott Drawer lifts the lid on the myths around marginal gains and gives you the real context behind how you can benefit from the best performance plann...

Andrea Quintarelli, a pro automotive engineer, joins us on the show to talk about his work using simulation, simulators and working with CORE Autosports. A fascinating insight into how you can use or approach using simulation to get your racecar in the best performance "window." 5:46 Why simulation? 8:24 Where do you start with simulation? 19:54 Giving yourself confidence in setup and driving 37:1...

Claude Rouelle, a well known motorsports engineer, joins us on the show to give us some of his best tips and tricks for getting maximum performance from your car. His passion however is to get you thinking like and engineer, to ask why and then to give you the tools to find an answer. Its a fast paced show this one! 2:02 Early career 11:10 Dealing with mis-information around the paddock 18:30 What...

Matt Romanowski joins us to talk all things data. As one of the leading AiM dealers in the USA Matt shares his best tips and perspectives about how you can get more success and more fun from your racing, driving and track time. 11:55 How you can use data to workout what to do next. 32:20 How do you approach coaching? Do you need a coach? 39:31 "I'm flat out there" 45:07 Starting out and paying it...

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 N...

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 mo...

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...

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. Packe...

[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 oth...

[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...

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...

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 s...

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...

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 s...

3x BTCC Champion Matt Neal joins us on the show to talk about what it takes to win as a racing driver. A fascinating episode, where Matt shares his suggestions to help you manage pre-race nerves, optimise your racecar setup, how he uses data and the importance of having fun in our sport. --- Links mentioned in the show: - https://www.mattneal.co.uk/ - https://twitter.com/mattnealracing - https://e...

Ex-Formula 1 racing driver Perry McCarthy, who is best known as The Original Stig, joins us on the show to talk about the life of a professional racing driver, what it takes to get to the top and what you can learn to help your own race car driving. Episode Notes What does it take to make it to Formula 1? What can you do to help your own driving? Perry McCarthy's professional racing career is as i...

AIM Expert James Colborn joins us on the show to talk all things data. Learn how he went from zero to teaching others, how you can approach data and where data can add value to your own racing. Episode Notes What value does motorsports data really offer you as a race driver? When should you start using data? What should you look to achieve when using data? James Colborn is not an engineer. Nor doe...

Mentored by Jim Clark, John Kirkpatrick ran the Jim Russell racing school and has spent a lifetime teaching racing drivers to improve. He joins us on the show to share his advice to help you improve your driving together with a little bit of history mixed in along the way. Episode Notes Emerson Fittipaldi, Jenson Button, Jacques Villeneuve, Derek Bell ... the list of champion racing drivers who pa...

Scott Mansell from Driver 61 joins me for this packed show. You will learn how you can apply some of the driving secrets that sit behind his exclusive racing driver masterclasses. Its not one to miss, believe me! Episode Notes What is the most effective and efficient way to develop racing drivers? After a successful Pro driving and coaching career, this is the question Scott Mansell (Driver 61) as...

A World Rally Car is the hardest racacar to setup. Ex-Prodrive rally engineer Damian Harty joins us on the show to make the complex simple. Damian helps us to understand what is really going on, what you can apply yourself and where to focus in order to drive faster. Episode Notes World Rally Cars are some of the hardest vehicles on the planet to setup well and to drive at the limit. The lessons l...

Mercedes F1 Engineer and successful single seater hill climb racer James Williams, joins us on the show to talk about what you can learn from his work and apply to your own racing. Episode Notes What can you apply from how an a Formula 1 team goes about their racing? What do the very best drivers do that you could also work towards? Join us to find out exactly what Mercedes F1 engineer James Willi...

Racecar data acquisition systems are powerful but many racers struggle to get the the most from them. Former Pro racer Andrew Rains joins us to discuss how his company Apex Pro are developing a novel product to making life easier (and faster) for drivers to improve performance. Join us to learn about his approach to data and how you can apply the same approach no matter what data system you use. E...

Legendary Indy racecar driver, author and driver coach Ross Bentley joins us for a fascinating, fast paced show, packed full of useful, actionable tips you can use to improve your own racecar driving. Episode Notes Ever wondered what value a driver coach could offer to you? Join us to find out as legendary driver coach, and former professional IndyCar racecar driver, Ross Bentley talks about all t...

Most people who race as a hobby do not even consider raising sponsorship money. After all, who is going to pay thousands for a sticker on your car? Well complete racing novice Andrew Cohen-Wray has raised a huge sum. Learn exactly how he has done it, how much and HOW YOU COULD DO THE SAME. Episode Notes Discussing money in Motorsports is not the done thing. Most people who race as a hobby have no...