A Simplified Definition of The Race Engineer

The person in a race car team who takes responsibility for the overall performance of the race car.

This includes:

  • defining the technical setup of the racing car.
  • coaching the driver
  • conducting data analysis
  • ensuring car is prep’d to specification

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