You know by now that you can’t just show up to the first round of the season and be at your peak performance straight away.
A motorsport season is gruelling, and extensive preparations are crucial to ensure that your mind and body are ready for the wear and tear it will go through over several months of fierce competition.
The physical and mental demands of the sport at the top levels are tremendous and should not be underestimated. Any form of fatigue can lead to very simple mistakes that could derail your championship ambitions.
So, what does it take to prepare for a new motorsport season? Let’s run through what you need to know and do to perform at the highest level.
If you’ve been following Focus Driver Performance for a while, you’ll already understand the benefits of our cognitive development and fitness programs. They develop skills that are critical for any driver preparing for a motorsport season. But the results from these programs don’t come overnight.
To develop these skills, you must undergo rigorous training that challenges both your mental and physical abilities. Both studies and our own experience have shown that it takes consistent sessions over the course of three to four months to reach your peak potential.
Extensive preparation is even more critical if you are switching to a new category where you’ll need adapt to a new car as well as new circuits. It takes months to develop the required muscle memory and ability to compete at a high level.
If you’d like to know more about our improve cognitive development and physical fitness programs, check out our previous posts on WhatCognitive Development Is All About and TheImportance Of Fitness Testing.
Making the step up each motorsport season, inevitably means learning new equipment.
Each category and each different car have their own intricacies which take time to learn and adapt to.
While you could spend thousands of dollars on countless test days to get up to speed(depending on the rules of each category), simulator sessions offer a much more cost effective and controllable alternative to help make the transition.
Practice in our simulator before getting behind the wheel of a real car is a great way to adapt your driving technique and push the limits without any of the inherit risks typically associated with a test day.
A professional simulator like ours can also help you get a feel for how different braking techniques and gear shifting work with the new type of car, allowing you to make any necessary adjustments to your driving style and develop the muscle memory long before the first race of the season.
We’ve already touched on the fact that testing is expensive. Let alone traveling to new, particularly interstate, circuits just to get familiar with them.
Add in the fact that practice sessions are often quite limited at race meetings. Being up to speed on a new circuit before you arrive is a big competitive advantage.
In addition to using a professional simulator like ours to adapt to a new car, you can also use the facility to get up to speed on a new circuit before you even get there.
At FocusDriver Performance we’ve got all the major circuits around Australia and many international circuits to help to get you up to speed no matter where the next. chapter of your motorsport career directs you.
To make sure you give yourself the best possible preparation for a new motorsport season, you must begin months before the opening round.
A thorough off-season training program will ensure that you are both prepared physically and mentally, so you can go into the opening races with a much-needed advantage: complete confidence that they can win.
Momentum is everything in motorsport, so make sure you hit the ground running.