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medal 5000
12 years 50 days ago
Hi Guys

Could any one explain about the lap time results that we are getting for example Lap:1.21.873(+0:00:475) . i am curious about the numbers in the brackets. Thanks

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medal 5000
12 years 50 days ago
thats the driver error,.. means that would be more in it if the driver would driver perfect
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medal 5000
12 years 50 days ago
The time in brackets is the time that was lost on the run due to driver mistakes. Your driver ran a 1:21.873, but an error-free lap would have been 1:21.398 (a difference of 0:00.475).
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medal 5000
12 years 50 days ago
So in trying to understand these times, so long as the number in brackets isn't too high, then  the lowest lap time ought to be the best setup to use?
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medal 6098 CEO & CTO
12 years 50 days ago
Pretty much. But the driver mistake is included in the lap time, so technically the 'lowest' lap time would be the one which is best with the mistake value subtracted.
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medal 5000
12 years 50 days ago
Thanks lot for explaining :)  its clear now 
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medal 5000
12 years 49 days ago
But doesn't a high error mean the setup is fast but prone to inconsistency?
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medal 5000
12 years 49 days ago
I am wondering what effects the lap times. Had a driver jump from 1:34 to 1:31 by changing the wing by 1 on a practice run. Started at all feels good so that was the only change I made over all 5 runs. All runs before (2) were 1:34 and all after were 1:31. Mistakes were similar (0.2-0.5) for all runs so not like they made a 3 second mistake on the 1:34 laps.
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medal 6098 CEO & CTO
12 years 49 days ago
A difference that big could be a change in weather conditions. They are applied live to the practice laps.
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medal 5000
12 years 49 days ago
Weather didn't change, and my other driver who I did laps with first had all the laps as 1:31

EDIT: Just an extra note, my friend and I were comparing practice times. At Malaysia his laps were 1:31 and mine were 1:34 for all runs. At China mine were all 1:31 apart from the 2 at 1:34 and his were all 1:34. I thought at Malaysia it was just my drivers as they are slower than his, but for it to reverse at China it got me thinking.
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