The Vault

All subscriber-only goodies will be added here as they become available.

Anything on this page in blue is a link you can click.

Courses & Book

• Motorsport Skool [link]. The friendly Motorsports Tech Club. Giving you straight answers, support and inspiration. Unlimited Q+A on racecar setup, data, driving and more…

• Master Your Tyres [link] - Get more grip and more performance from this flagship programme.

• AiM Workshop [link]. Discover (almost) everything your AiM data can tell you about how to improve your driving on track. Easily!

• Data For Track Drivers - Mini Course [link]. Imagine if you knew – without doubt – how you could improve your lap times. Start to become a data detective today with this Pro v Am data comparison. See who is faster, why and how you can turn that insight into actual lap time. FREE

• Tuning for Traction [link] A case study taking you through how I setup my springs and dampers. Includes handouts for you to calculate your own spring settings.

• Tyre Test Day Blueprint [link] Learn 5 simple strategies to get more from your test days. Includes 2 templates and several proven tips and advice to make sure you maximise your time on track.

• Excel VBA For Motorsports [link]. Upgrade your Excel skills with Excel VBA For Motorsports. You know Excel can do more, but you’ve probably gotten stuck and lost hours of your life trying to rephrase your issue to get a decent answer from Google. Learn to automate and improve your calculations.

• The Complete Beginners Guide To Motorsports Data Analysis Course. Stop being that person with the $1000+ lap timer. Click to take this course and by next week you will be able to turn your data into lap time.

• Data Analysis Masterclass with Scott Mansell of Driver61. What would a Pro Driver do in your racing car? Discover precisely what a Pro would do in your racing car, how fast they go and how you can learn from their approaches. Click to get it here.

• F1 Data Deep Dives:

  • Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton - Quali - Bahrain 2021
    Video guide (37 minutes) | Click here to get slide deck (18 page pdf)

• The Motorsports Playbook. Professional approaches you can apply to supercharge your success on track. Learn more about the book click here.

Race Engineering Tools

• Perfect Your Gear Changes. What is are the best gear change RPM values? What as the best gear ratios to choose? Read the detailed guides here and here. Free video guide is here along a 19 page handout.

  • Basic 5 Speed tool. Click here and use coupon code 9RAW4HW for 25% 100% off.
  • Advanced 6 Speed optimiser. Click here and coupon code NUSCECJ for 25% off.

• Perfect tyre temperatures are critical to getting everything your tyres have to offer. My detailed guide takes you step-by-step how to interpret racing car tyre temperatures. Make your own copy of the free analyser spreadsheet here. *You need to make a copy of this. See Google sheet notes below.

• How do you set your racing car tyre pressures perfectly every time? Click here for free access to a spreadsheet that has the answers. See together with this article. *You need to make a copy of this. See Google sheet notes below.

• Get great driver feedback, every time, with my 5 step approach. Download my 5 step checklist here to ensure you get the most from your racing-driver-datalogger.

• Grab my sim racing telemetry data from Oulton Park here. The accompanying article and video are here: See how telemetry data can help you drive faster.

• Introduction to data logging: Delta-t. This critical data channel is the first port of call for any data analysis session. Find out how delta-t is calculated in the article here and download the subscriber only 23-page handout (with worked example using AIM Studio) here.

• Is there a quick way to create those side by side lap comparison videos? The article and example output video are here to see if it is your thing. The subscriber only how to video guide is linked here.

• Does it matter where the transponder is located? Read the guide here and get the accompanying spreadsheet for free using this subscriber only discount code: 43gr3qb

• Easily calculate the frontal area of your racing car. Read the article here and grab the accompanying resources here: 1) For the free handout click here. 2) For the free transparent grid image click here to save it to your images.

• Struggling to cope filtering the signal from your noisy data? Grab these Excel tools to help you.

• Tyre data: Yokohama A048

• Michelin Tyre Guide - Well explained physics and chemistry explanation of tyre grip.

Note on the Google Sheets

What you need to do is make your own copy of the Google sheets. Then you can edit.

To make a copy:

1. On your computer, open the Google Sheets home screen.
2. Open the file you want to make a copy of.
3. In the menu, click File —> Make a copy.
4. Type a name and choose where to save it.
   • If you want to copy comments from a document, spreadsheet, or presentation, click Copy comments and suggestions or Copy comments. 
5. Click Ok.
6. Go faster 8-)

Link: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/49114