Survival strategy
To say motor racing has a Jekyll and Hyde relationship with technology is an understatement. When things get tough, the technology that exists is always the first scapegoat for why things have gone awry. A recent example of this has been the banning of chassis data downloading during the races as V8 Supercars came out of Covid-19 hibernation.
However, this attitude has zero basis in fact and, as we shall see, not only is data acquisition and simulation motorsport’s best friend, it is critical to a level playing field.
First though, we need to call out the elephant in the room that inspired this article in the first place. I recoiled in horror when I learnt that when V8 Supercars resumed at Eastern Creek on June 25-26, chassis downloading for the races would not be permitted. Due to cost cutting and ‘making the show more interesting’, they said.
Scarier was the
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