Can Telemetry help the average driving enthusiast?

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You bet it does.

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My 8th lap of the MSR Houston track had me putting in a frantic 2:06s lap in the Caterham Superlight. Off line, off speed and a little confused as to how on earth one can go quicker - even with a very capable car.

By my 30th lap and after analysing my first, second and 3rd sessions I am now able to click off 1m55s and can tell how good or bad the lap is going to be even before I glance over at the lap timer.

I should also give some credit having been shown the ideal line and had a couple drive alongs - but the main thing is I was able to compare my performance at various points on the track against other drivers of the same car - and observe their line, speed, braking and acceleration performance.

Is this an unfair advantage for a newbie to a particular track? You bet it is... on Saturday I was able chase down and pass a GT3 and an F430 that were not sure of the track - while the Superlight is a great match for those 2 on the MSR layout, the sections of track they should have dominated on, they didn't.



This is why todays race car drivers seem to get up to speed faster than the racing heroes of the days gone by.

New drivers simply look at previous champions data and know whats possible in certain areas and then go out and have an advantage the first champs never had.



I am looking forward to using telemetry to beat up on more exotics in the future.

Stay tuned.