September 2009

Insider Secrets Of Racing – Part 1

By: Daniel Charles

This section will be an article series that we’re be launching for the coming weeks which aims to provide information on questions that drivers always seem to ask us. So let us just use our 1st issue to answer our most asked question by our drivers from all around the world. Sometimes we even get up to 100 emails a day asking us the very same question. So what is the question?

“How do I become a Professional Race car driver?”

When answering this question, you must first understand that there is many parts to this question. There is no 1 straight way to becoming a professional race car driver. You need funding, skill, dedication, training and a lot of luck! But from the pattern of what most drivers go through, their career path to become a professional race car driver almost always starts off from the humble roots of Go karting.

Go karting is the most basic form of racing that can help you learn many fundamentals techniques that you’ll be using later on in your racing career. These fundamentals that you’ll be learning includes:

Knowledge of different types of corners
Braking and racing lines
Race Strategies
Overtaking and blocking maneuvers etc

All these are the core essences of what racing is all about and usually to truly master these basics, you need to be karting for about 6 – 7 years. Start off with a local race at your local kart track and attend a kart training school by a recognized coach after your first couple of months of karting. After that, get yourself involved in european kart racing ( Where all the action happens), by racing in a team and attending a full season of karting in competitions such as “ Italian open Masters Series”

The reason why you want to attend kart competitions in Europe is for 2 main reasons:

1)The competition there is the most competitive in the world so it will help you train your racing skills
2)All the major big sponsors reside in Europe such as the factory teams

So if you’re good in your race craft and you race in Europe, your chances of getting spotted by a sponsor or kart factory is higher. If that happens you may not need to deal with large financial issues after you’re ready to move out of karting.

Karting is not simply a sport that takes a few twisted metal piping with a lawn mower engine thrown on it. It takes skill to set up your kart and to learn how to race it. To truly master karting, a kart driver has to take note of 3 main aspects:

  1. Driving Skills
  2. Kart Technical Knowledge
  3. Fitness abilities

Driving Skills


Driving a kart is simple to operate. Right pedal to accelerate and left pedal to brake. Initially you may find it easy to drive the kart around the track and you will usually see huge cuts in your timing in your lap times as you get more and more comfortable with your kart. But after a while, when you reach a peak, you realise that no matter what you do, you can’t go any faster to break the circuit record that you’re eyeing on. That is when you know that you’ll need to attend a kart racing course to take you to the next level. The training will usually point out aspects of your driving that you’re losing time on and these may include:

  1. Too aggressive with steering
  2. Too much use on the kerbs
  3. Too slow on the pedals
  4. Improper pressure placed on brake pedals
  5. Wrong racing and braking lines for corners
  6. Incorrect weight distribution on the kart

All these can be worked on and improved to bring your lap times lower. You’ll be surprise that just through a 3 day karting course you may have improved your lap times by up to 6 seconds per lap. It is definitely something that you will want to take note of the next time you’re stuck in a plateau in your driving abilities.

Kart Technical Knowledge

There are many kart drivers out there with fantastic racing abilities but when it comes down to setting up a kart, they know nothing about it. But why is this important? You may think that as a driver your job is only to drive. That is where you’re WRONG!

You need to be able to know what is wrong with the kart so that you’ll be able to give that feedback to your race engineer. Only then he can help you tune your machine to better suit what you’re looking for e.g. more grip in the rear end. By knowing your equipment, you’ll be able to get the perfect set up for your kart in a much shorter amount of time. That saves time during competitions and it also gives you the chance to have a sensitive feel of what is wrong with the kart at any point of time.

For an inexperienced kart driver, he wouldn’t be able to tell if the kart is bent and may go on driving it telling the race engineer that everything with the kart is fine. But for an experienced kart driver that knows his equipment, he will be able to pick these up in an instant. And once these problems are sorted out, you’ll usually notice that it may be the difference between winning and losing.

Fitness abilities

Fitness is something that many drivers also overlook. That is because most drivers feel that as long as they can survive the number of laps required then it should be fine. But what they fail to know is that merely surviving the physical demands of the track and conquering the demands of the track can make a difference of up to 0.5 seconds per lap.

That may not seem like a lot but when you add up that difference every lap over the course of 30 – 50 laps, you’ll be a long way behind when the race ends. So establish your fitness level by eating healthy and maintain a good balance in the food that you eat. We’ll be taking more on this in the coming articles too.

Summary

When someone ask “ What is the route to become a professional racer”, the closest answer will have to be “Start karting now” Karting is the most basic form of racing and you need to have an adequate amount of that before you can decide to move on to higher levels of motorsports. The skills that you learn from karting will stay with you forever and you’ll always be looking back at your roots for fundamental racing techniques.

But you have to know that racing/ karting is not merely about driving. There are issues like physical health, driver skill and also technical knowledge. When all these combine, it makes up the essence of a talented driver.

Now do you have what it takes to be a racer? We’ll see.

In the next Issue:

In the next issue, we’ll be looking at what steps to take after you have master karting to move on to your goals in higher levels of motorsports such as touring car racing and formula racing.

Stay tuned for our next newsletter for that.

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Understanding Formula One: Brakes

By Michael Griffin

Welcome one and all to the second edition of “Understanding Formula One,” where I am looking to teach you in the fundamental rules and technologies that make up modern Formula One.

Here in this edition, I will look at brakes, which was also heavily discussed in the comments section of the Aerodynamics edition of this series.

A Formula One car is actually closely related to its road-going counterpart when it comes to the art of braking.

Now that ABS anti-skid systems have been banned from Formula One, most modern road cars can lay claim to having considerably cleverer retardation. That sounds slightly embarrassing really, but less aids means better racing…doesn’t it?

The principle of braking is simple, slowing the object by removing kinetic energy from it. Formula One cars have disc brakes, like the vast majority of road cars, with rotating discs, attached to the wheels, being squeezed between two brake pads by the action of a hydraulic calliper.

This turns a car’s momentum into large amounts of heat and light, eagle eyed fans will have noticed the way Formula One brake discs glow yellow hot. Looks cool, doesn’t it?

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Lewis Hamilton. 2008 Formula One World Champion. Game Over.

Hamilton Crashed!

It is now mathematically impossible for Lewis Hamilton to retain the World Drivers Title. It is September of the following year. This is normal in Formula One with a relinquishment rarely happening without only a few races to spare, if any at all!

How many of you thought, however, that it would take this long, 13 races in total, for him to lose his crown following the start of the season that he endured?

A disqualification, the possibility of being thrown out of the Championship after just one round, and a lot of mediocre results had the World Champion genuinely struggling to love the sport he has strived to compete at the top of since he was a very young boy. He was struggling, and due to the current international media machine, it showed, and was visible to the world.

Yet the McLaren Motor Racing Machine based in Woking pulled together, and somehow Lewis slowly mounted a charge, just a case of too little too late really. By the time he got properly up and running, Jenson Button had already won six Grands Prix, and was well on his way to a possible world title.

So we reach the end of the “European Season” and with it, what honestly seems like the strangest of crashes from one of the current driving masters. Nobody will know what Lewis was up to at the first Lesmos corner on the last lap, other than he was pushing too hard. Nobody will be harder on him for that error than himself. Especially considering that it certainly wasn’t a last dash attempt to keep his vague championship hopes alive, as he required Button to finish fifth or lower, and not score any more points all season, as well as for Lewis himself to win every remaining race to be able to retain his crown.

So if this wasn’t the incentive then what was? A fastest lap at the end of a race means nothing, especially since there are no points awarded anymore for the man lapping the quickest in race trim.
In the current generation of computer games left, right and centre, it seems like Hamilton was just going through the motions in “Arcade Mode”, having a bit of fun and almost hoping he’d breeze up to the back of Button and pass with ease.

He ended up with pieces of car all over the road with no way of pushing a “Restart” button.
Championship over Lewis…

GAME OVER

source: bleacher report

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2010 Driver Market Analysis: Can We Please See Some Action?

Never before have we gone this late in the season without knowing very much about the look of the grid for next season. But the game seems to have changed greatly over the last few weeks. Going team-by-team, in order of Constructor Standings:

Brawn

Everything that Team Principal Ross Brawn is saying about next year indicates that he wants to bring back the current driver lineup of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. And why not? Both drivers have delivered this season, and they appear to have a friendship and good working relationship.

The only issue that Brawn needs to consider is the unique driver market in 2010. Only five drivers on the grid—Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, and Felipe Massa- have confirmed race seats next season.

As such, there has never been such an abundance of talent on the market at one time, especially young talent. Brawn may feel that, in order to secure a young talent for the future, he may need to dump Barrichello to make way for one.

But if Ross Brawn is anything, it’s patient and forward-thinking. He knows how well his current team is gelling now, and with Barrichello still on form and having plenty of juice left in the tank for another go or so, there’s not really much of a reason to dump him. There will surely be opportunities in the future to sign young talent, especially if the team builds on its success this season.

Predicted Drivers Button and Barrichello.

Red Bull

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are confirmed for next season.

Ferrari

Ferrari have confirmed Massa will be ready for the start of next season and will be with the team.

The Fernando Alonso-to-Ferrari rumors just will not die, even though they should. Ferrari have maintained throughout that both Massa and Kimi Raikkonen are contracted for next season, and they have done so without waffling.

Furthermore, Raikkonen has come alive since Hungary, with three-straight podiums and a win. He’s done something for the first time in his career that many people didn’t think he was capable of doing: taking leadership of a team during a difficult time.

Ferrari would be stupid to dump Raikkonen at this point, given that the Iceman has shown he still has it and that he and Massa have a good working relationship. They would be taking an especially high risk with Alonso, who, regardless of what one thinks about his driving ability, has shown he’s willing to blow up a team if things don’t go his way.

Furthermore complicating the “Alonso-to-Ferrari” plot is a report that the team made an aggressive approach to Vettel before he signed an extension with Red Bull, apparently offering him a seat beginning in 2011. This just happens to be the year that both Raikkonen’s and Massa’s contracts expire, as well as the year by which Alonso is supposedly guaranteed to be in a red car.

If this is true, then it calls into question what interest they really had in Alonso, who surely wouldn’t approve of having to go up against another young super-talent.

Predicted Drivers Raikkonen and Massa

McLaren

Martin Whitmarsh has finally signalled McLaren’s intent in the driver market, and that intent has a familiar ring to it when it comes to the team’s strategy in hiring drivers:

Hire the best driver they can.

The persisitent rumor is that Mercedes’ thirst for a German driver will sway McLaren to hire Nico Rosberg, the young German ubertalent. But if Whitmarsh’s recent comments are any indication, talent will come before other concerns.

Whitmarsh stated in Valencia that his greatest regret is that McLaren did not manage the situation with Alonso properly in 2007, indicating that his desired situation is to have two championship drivers in the team pushing each other.

He has also publicly backed Raikkonen in the media in a variety of situations. When David Coulthard questioned Raikkonen’s car development ability, Whitmarsh retorted that the Iceman’s contribution to development was very valuable.

He furthermore praised Raikkonen’s performance publicly in Valencia, all in the context of firing the “improve your race pace, or else” warning to Heikki Kovalainen.

Whitmarsh’s comments may be intended as a signal to the Raikkonen camp that Macca wants him, as does his statement that he will wait and see what happens with Alonso before Woking makes their driver move. But every sign from Maranello points to Raikkonen being in a red car next season.

If McLaren are going to hire the best man can, which they have signalled to be their intent, then it appears they need to decide if they think Rosberg or Robert Kubica is better.

Rosberg has shown promise in many moments in his F1 career, and this season he has displayed consistency perhaps unmatched by any other driver on the grid. It is also apparent that he has high technical savvy, as he scored the highest ever on the technical aptitude test that Williams gives to its drivers

On the other hand, Kubica is perhaps the more skilled driver of the two. While Rosberg has not particularly shown in wet races, Kubica has thrived in them with an array of impressive rain drives from the moment he entered F1. Furthermore, Kubica is the one who has achieved a grand prix victory and proved he can contend in the thick of a championship campaign.

And with cars having similar performance levels relative to the rest of the grid in 2006, Kubica outperformed Rosberg in the brief period at the end of the season in which he raced that year.

Both drivers came through the the development path with Hamilton and are well-acquainted and friendly with him, suggesting that the working relationship at McLaren would be harmonious.

While Kubica is linked to Renault and Rosberg has said that staying at Williams is a possibility, both are in prime position to move themselves into more competitive cars and teams for next season. In Formula One, such a chance doesn’t come often, if more than once or even ever.

McLaren is the team with the most resources and promise of consistent competitiveness season-to-season. If either Kubica or Rosberg get the call, you can bet they’ll answer.

Predicted Drivers Hamilton and Kubica or Rosberg

Toyota

It has long been rumored that Toyota is on the way out of Formula One, but a recent reports indicate that they will remain but with cost cuts.

Toyota is probably in the worst position of signing drivers of any team currently on next season’s grid, as their budget for next season reportedly will not be approved in Japan until after the 2009 championship is over. This puts them likely not only at a development disadvantage next season, but also with less leverage in the driver market.

Compounding the problem for them is that, despite reportedly spending more money than any other team for a long time in Formula One, they have yet to win their first grand prix or have a sniff at the championship. They blew their one chance at a win this season with a poor strategy in Bahrain, a weekend in which they had the quickest car.

Toyota has signalled that they want Timo Glock back. But Glock will likely have offers from teams whose competitive future looks brighter than Toyota’s, so keeping him will be a task.

They have signalled that they will part with Jarno Trulli, who didn’t help himself with his botching of what looked to be a shot at victory in Spa with his poor start. Odds are he will have to deliver a win, and soon, if he’s to keep his seat.

Toyota won’t contend for young drivers like Rosberg and Kubica, who will surely have their pick of more competitive seats to fill. As large cost cuts are expected, it’s more like they will sign at least one affordable veteran driver to replace Trulli.

One strong possibility for the seat is Kovalainen, who appears to be exiting McLaren. It is reported that many teams think he is better than the form he’s shown with Macca, and he would be an affordable hire who has previously shown competitive form in a midfield car.

Another possibility would be Nick Heidfeld, who is looking for a team more competitive than what will be left of the BMW-Sauber team. Heidfeld would also be affordable, and he has been credited with good technical aptitude.

Predicted Drivers Timo Glock and Heikki Kovalainen

Williams

Pencil in GP2 Champion-to-be Nico Hulkenberg for one seat. Everyone in the paddock knows how good he is, and Williams would be flat foolish to let him walk to another team (who would most likely be McLaren). Frank Williams isn’t an idiot.

Williams is in a fantastic position to select the driver for the other seat. They have shown competitive form this season, and in an era of cost-cutting, what many feel to be the best-run team on the grid will be in prime position to compete with a lean-and-mean operation.

While nearly everyone is reporting that Rosberg will go to McLaren, it’s by no means a guarantee. Rosberg has praised Williams’ form many times this season, and as perhaps the smartest driver on the grid, he likely sees the direction in which they are headed for the future.

If Rosberg signs with McLaren, then Williams’ choice seems to be between the current BMW-Sauber drivers, Kubica and Heidfeld. Kubica is younger and quicker, but Heidfeld performed well with the team in 2005 when it was the BMW works team and would provide valuable experience to the team.

Williams is back in competitive mode, though, and they’ll elect the quickest driver available.

Predicted Drivers Hulkenberg and Rosberg or Kubica

Renault

Renault, for some reason, are a hot destination in the rumor mill. This is a shock, considering their uncompetitive form for three seasons straight, the controversy in which they have continuously involved themselves, and the perception in the paddock that it is Alonso’s play den.

For starters, Alonso should be expected back at Renault next season. All signs point to Raikkonen staying with Ferrari in 2010. BMW are pulling out, and Toyota look set to be uncompetitive next season.

Unless lots of unheard noise is being made about him among the likes of McLaren, Brawn, and Williams, there really isn’t a better team on the grid than Renault for whom he can drive next season. Furthermore, it is quite apparent that he will always be Flavio Briatore’s backed driver, so why leave such a secure position if a better one isn’t available?

Rumors are that Renault wants Kubica. But it’s doubtful that Kubica will select them over teams like McLaren and Williams, who are currently more competitive and look to be more competitive in the future.

Renault will certainly give Romain Grosjean the rest of the season to prove his worth. He has performed decently in his first two races, and odds are good that he’ll have the second seat next season.

Predicted Drivers Alonso and Grosjean

Force India

Fresh off an amazing performance for the team in Spa, it looks as though Force India may indeed one day become competitive. They will not sign a major name for next season, but the future looks bright for the team.

Adrian Sutil looks set to return. Team Principal Vijay Mallya thinks highly of him, and rightly so, as Sutil has impressed quite a few times while nonetheless failing to close the deal.

Giancarlo Fisichella’s seat is now open, as Fisi fulfills his dream to drive for Ferrari for the rest of the season in relief for Felipe Massa before becoming the reserve driver in 2010. Current reserve driver Vitantonio Liuzzi has been rumored to be in line for the seat, and he is reportedly scheduled for a straight line test before Monza.

Mallya has said that he wants an Indian driver with the team, but given the progress it’s showing, he surely realizes it’s no time to install a pay driver who doesn’t have the talent to deliver and help the team progress.

The critical piece in Force India’s development has been Fisichella’s input for the last season and a half, and he is an asset who will be sorely missed. Look for the team to turn to a veteran driver on the market who can help the team with development.

Their pace in Spa has greatly increased their stock among such drivers. The performance of the car on low-drag circuits indicates that perhaps the team may have a car worthy of victory next season at places like Spa or Monza. If this is the case, then the direction seems aimed toward Heidfeld.

Predicted Drivers Sutil and Heidfeld

Toro Rosso

The team have said flat out that Jamie Alguersuari’s time this season is preparation for next season. He’ll be back.

As will Sebastien Buemi, whose inconsistent form has shown he needs more seasoning before he is ready to step up to a more competitive drive.

Predicted Drivers Alguersuari and Buemi

The Team Currently Known as BMW-Sauber

Their future is completely up in the air. However, they have Christian Klien on the roster as a reserve driver itching for a chance at a race seat. He’s a good bet to take one of the seats.

Trulli likely won’t find anything better than this seat on the market if he wants to stay in F1. He’ll certainly get a call from USF1, as Peter Windsor does his best every grand prix weekend to make the American F1 audience very uncomfortable with his impromptu fawning over the Italian’s driving. But I doubt Trulli will stoop that low.

Predicted Drivers Trulli and Klien

USF1

USF1 will definitely higher a veteran development driver to help the team in its first year or so. And they’re going to need him in fine form, as reports are that the Cosworth engine they will be using could be up to three full seconds off the pace. Alexander Wurz seems the strongest contender.

Jonathan Summerton is rumored to have visited the team’s base recently. He seems to be the favorite for the “American” seat.

Predicted Drivers Wurz and Summerton

Campos

Pedro de la Rosa, longtime test driver for McLaren and one of the best as such, looks set for a ride with the young team. Surely, Campos is smart enough to realize the impact the Spaniard could have on the first-year Spanish team.

As for the other seat, the main contenders appear to be Lucas di Grassi, Bruno Senna, and pay driver Vitaly Petrov.

Petrov is the weakest of the three, but reports are that he brings up to $15 million in sponsorship from Russia with him. Clearly, he’s a strong contender for a seat with a team that needs cash to get it off the ground.

The ultimate journeyman of the young GP2 series, di Grassi has performed solidly throughout his GP2 and entire F1 development career, if unspectacularly. It’s pretty hard to imagine what the former winner of the Macau Grand Prix has to do to just get a Formula One seat.

Senna has perhaps permanently doomed his chances of a Formula One career by choosing not to race this season. Another year in GP2 with a competitive team could have seen him smooth some rough edges and possibly contend for the title, boosting his credentials.

Predicted Drivers DLR and di Grassi

Manor Grand Prix

OK, so we know they’ll have Virgin as the title sponsor.

Now, what? Is Richard Branson going to drive the car, too? Isn’t skydiving enough for Mr. Mid-life Crisis to get his kicks?

Source: bleacher report

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LOOKING FOR A DRIVER TO SPONSOR FOR 2010 FORMULA BMW EUROPE!

Location: Leicester, United Kingdom

Contact: info@globalracingschools.com

There are hundreds of driver development programs in the world starting from simple kart training to advanced formula car or stock car racing programs. So how do we differ from the rest of the pack?

We have partnered with several top teams in the formula racing industry to offer this exclusive program to you so that can help you reduce your time efforts and accelerate your learning curve. What we’ll do is to put you head-to-head in a sprint race format with top racing experts watching your every move to decide which driver is best? We are going to assess drivers from all over the world, choose the most talented and do our best to take you all the way to Formula 1.

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Client of the Month – Sharbel Dias

Sharbel Dias is a 22 year old driver aspiring to make it into Formula 1 racing one day. He has no formula racing experience before in the past so he approached Global Racing Schools for help on how to develop himself as a driver so that he can turn professional one day. He wanted to be able to learn how to drive a formula car in the shortest amount of time with a limited budget.

So shortly after working with Sharbel, we developed a training program to suit his needs in order to start his racing career as well as to take part in a crash course to develop his skills further. After much discussions, we developed a 5 day Formula Racing Program for him in New Jersey, USA.

Day 1

The day began with a classroom session on the circuit and also the F2000 Cars. There were about 15 other drivers in the classroom with him as our instructors went through the basics of cornering, circuit diagrams and also the formula car’s characteristics. After a short briefing, the official training start. It started off with a Track drive in a  Chevrolet Malibu to get the students to know specific parts of the track and after that they will put into special side cars. After that, it was back to more classroom learning and a review of the track and cars.

Day 2

After a short continuation of the program in the Side cars, it was time to be fitted into the F2000 Race cars for a test to see the racing lines of the students. Sharbel had to produce laps and racing lines to be recorded by the instructor so that the briefing will be more precisely geared towards learning on the mistakes. In order to further the driving development, the drivers were paired up with a partner with equal driving skills so that they will be able to work as a team to improve and push each other.
Day 3

The day directly into the race cars again. This time Sharbel was allowed to pass on only the stretch and on certain corners. This is to teach the students specific cornering and passing techniques in a controlled environment of racing. However as a beginner, Sharbel did spin out of the track a number of times as he misjudged the corners and entered it at too high a speed. But he managed to catch up and ended up as the lead car before the day’s session was over. By this time, the results on the timing sheets has dropped dramatically and the training was started to push more intensively and aggressively towards a more race competition focused point of coaching.

Day 4

The remaining 2 days of the program included the expertise of a professional driver and he was specially assigned to be paired up with Sharbel in order to advance his learning and driving skills. He was tagged with the driver to watch his racing lines and braking lines which added to more analysis for Sharbel to learn and by the end of the session, Sharbel cut more time from his laps and was almost beating his professional driver team mate in some of the corners. There was intensive analysis done on each lap and the timing based on every corner. After the  day’s session, the students were prepared for an official race situation that was going to take place the following day. This was something Sharbel was thrilled to take part in.

Day 5

The day consisted of 2 qualifying rounds and 2 races to achieve the best overall result. So the night before, Sharbel had been given materials to look through and also to study the strategy for this day.  The day started with 10 minutes of practice session where all the students were pushing the limits of their cars to get the best time. On the practice session, Sharbel was able to catch up to the tail of a more experienced mexican driver and he was getting blocked on every corner of the race. But finally an opportunity came and on turn 9 of the circuit, where sharbel had mastered the cornering technique and line, he passed the driver which added much boost to his confidence for the qualifying session that was to come.

Qualifying came and Sharbel knew he had to stay on the tail of the professional driver as he was the best among the pack. Squeezing out every piece of the track to run on and braking as late as possible, Sharbel managed to qualify in a decent position for the 2 races.

The first Race began and Sharbel managed to be on the lead all the way even beating out the professional driver in the opening laps of the race.  The pro driver was trying to pass him at every corner and pushing his limit at the corners. But the frustration was too much for the professional driver to take and Sharbel managed to keep him at bay for most of time.  Finally at lap 5, he was pushed out of track by an inexperienced driver that was a back marker that wasn’t looking at her mirrors. So in order to avoid a collision, he swirled off track and losing the lead in the process. That was too late for a come back and Sharbel managed a respectable 5th place for the 2nd race.
As the second race began, Sharbel noticed the mexican kid sticking onto the tail of his car right when they started and when the Mexican driver was too close, the driver loss control of his car. After which, Sharbel passed another 4 other drivers to get up to 2nd spot. Looking forward at number 1 spot, he pushed the limits all the way and on the final lap, the gap was not close enough to take over.

As they got into the Pit lanes the pro driver came up and congratulated Sharbel saying he didn’t know he could do what he did. That concluded the 5 day training and he learned so many fundamental techniques such as  learning how to think, how to pass safely and quickly, how to perfect corners, how to learn tracks by oneself and so much more. Many of the instructors were very surprised at the speed and maturity of driving that Sharbel displayed in his maiden race and training session.

Currently Sharbel is getting ready for his 2010 race season with the guidance of Global Racing Schools and we all know this is a young driver to watch for the future and we are giving him our 100% support for it.

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