Race Preparation

How to use the Race Engineer to prepare for races with strategy, stint plans, and checklists.

The Race Engineer can help you prepare for races by building strategies, calculating fuel loads, planning stints, and creating structured preparation checklists — all based on your actual telemetry data.

Creating a Race Preparation

Ask your AI assistant to help you prepare:

  • “Help me prepare for my race at Spa next Saturday”
  • “I have a 45-minute race at Monza, create a prep plan”
  • “Build a strategy for the 24h of Le Mans using my practice data”

The Race Engineer will:

  1. Check your calendar for the race event (or create one)
  2. Look at your practice sessions at that track/car
  3. Generate a strategy and preparation checklist
  4. Save everything to your account

Strategy Generation

If you have practice session data, the Race Engineer can auto-generate strategy:

Fuel Calculation

Based on your actual fuel consumption in practice:

  • Fuel per lap — Average consumption from your telemetry
  • Total fuel needed — For the race distance or duration
  • Safety margin — Extra fuel for safety cars, incidents
  • Starting fuel load — Adjusted for formation laps

Stint Planning

For endurance races or races with mandatory pit stops:

  • Stint length — Optimal number of laps per stint
  • Tire degradation — Based on pace drop-off in practice
  • Pit window — When to pit for best overall time
  • Fuel load per stint — How much fuel for each stint

Pit Timing

  • Pit loss — Time lost per pit stop (based on track layout)
  • Optimal strategy — Whether to undercut, overcut, or match opponents

Preparation Checklists

The Race Engineer creates structured preparation plans with phases:

Typical Phases

  1. Research — Track study, competitor analysis, weather forecast
  2. Setup — Car setup adjustments, hardware configuration
  3. Practice — Structured practice plan with goals
  4. Strategy — Fuel, tire, and stint strategy
  5. Pre-race — Final checks before the green flag

Each phase has checklist items you can mark as complete.

Templates

The Race Engineer has built-in preparation templates:

  • Sprint race — Short format (20-45 minutes)
  • Endurance — Long format with pit stops
  • Qualifying focus — Session focused on one-lap pace

You can also ask for a custom plan based on your specific needs.

Linking Practice Sessions

Connect your practice sessions to a race event:

  • “Link my practice session from Tuesday to the Spa race”
  • “Find practice sessions I can link to this weekend’s race”

The Race Engineer will search for sessions matching the race’s track and car combination and suggest links. This creates a complete race weekend view in the web app.

Example Workflow

Here’s a typical race preparation conversation:

  1. “I have a GT3 race at Monza this Saturday, 45 minutes” → Race event created, templates offered

  2. “Create a preparation using the sprint template” → Preparation created with phases and checklists

  3. “Generate a strategy from my last practice” → Fuel calculation, stint plan, and pit timing generated

  4. “Link my practice sessions from this week” → Sessions linked, complete weekend view ready

  5. “What should I focus on in my final practice?” → Analysis of weak areas from linked sessions, targeted practice plan

Race Readiness Assessment

Once you’ve linked practice sessions to a race, you can ask the Race Engineer to evaluate your overall readiness:

  • “Am I ready for my race at Spa?”
  • “Evaluate my preparation across all practice sessions”
  • “Generate a readiness report for Saturday’s race”

The Race Engineer will:

  1. Gather data from all linked practice sessions (FP1, FP2, etc.)
  2. Analyze pace progression, consistency, and corner performance across sessions
  3. Identify areas that improved vs. areas that still need work
  4. Generate a readiness report with a clear recommendation

The readiness report is saved to your account and visible alongside the race event in the web app.

Tips

  • Practice before strategizing — The strategy is only as good as the data. Run at least one proper practice session first
  • Update your preparation — Mark items as complete to track progress
  • Ask follow-up questions — “What if the race goes to 50 minutes?” or “What if there’s a safety car?”
  • Review the race after — Ask the Race Engineer to compare race laps to practice for a post-race debrief

Next Steps

  • Code Mode — Advanced analysis with custom code
  • Coaching — Get driving feedback alongside your preparation