Aaahhhh Haaaaaaa medal 5000 5 years 321 days ago
This may be interesting to anyone wondering about the drivers height.
The perfect set up for Australia is Neutral 19 10. However my drivers that are not fully trained have always said the set up should be Neutral 20 10 until they were fully trained to which it matched the perfect set up. So I though it was their lack of training that was the problem. However I now have a not fully trained driver that is 170cm and wants a perfect set up.
So my conclusion is that a track with high track bumpiness like Australia requires a driver of at least 170cm to be competitive or race at the perfect set up. My other driver is 168cm tall and almost fully trained but still says the set up should be Neutral 20 10. So she requires a ride height one more than the perfect ride height.
Hope this helps anyone frustrated with why the hell their fully trained driver performs badly in Australia or at any other street track with high track bumpiness!
drew
Kevin Taylor medal 5000 5 years 321 days ago (edited 5 years 321 days ago)
Having raced a number of different drivers over many seasons, from observation I believe drivers height has an effect on what they consider to be the perfect ride height not their level of training. Taller drivers ask for lower ride height.
The perfect setup for my two drivers in Australia is Neutral 17/10, the fact that you believe the perfect ride height is 19 suggests to me that you usually employ short ars*s LOL.
Edit: Going back through my Australia records:
Previous driver 185 cm = 16 ride height
Current drivers 181 cm = 17 ride height
Previous driver 176 cm = 18 ride height
Previous driver 169 cm = 20 ride height
Frank Thomas medal 4983 Moderator 5 years 320 days ago
Third opinion: It's both. ;-) The driver height determines their final perfect ride height but during training my drivers changed their mind about their preferred wing settings and ride height occasionally, although that earlier preferred setup probably wasn't perfect.
Current driver 183cm = 17 ride height
Current driver 168cm = 20 ride height
Former driver 176cm = 18 ride height
Former driver 181cm = 17 ride height