Category: Racing is life
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#180 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E3 – Suspension
While we tried to understand the topic around the tires a little bit better last time, today, we will have a general look at the suspension. What is the suspension of a car? I guess to describe this best, just imagine a car. For example an open-wheel car, where you…
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#172 Racing is life – driving technique – S3 E2 – Tires
“Tires, that is black round rubber, what is so special about that?” Tires are the only connection between a car and the road. What ever you are doing, breaking, accelerating or steering, without a tire, that wouldn’t be working. I know that already, smart ass! Tell me something new! Disclaimer:…
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#170 Racing is life – driving techniques – S3 E1 – Introduction
Welcome to the new season! I guess the title already suggests what this will be all about. Season 3 will focus specifically on driving techniques. No matter if you are driving an actual race car, or doing sim racing, or just driving on the road, if you know what you…
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#165 Racing is life – S2 E9 – The VLN changed its name & what that means for my project
What is known as the VLN will change its name for the new season in 2020 to “Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie“. Well, what seems to be the right step in order to make this racing series even more popular, will have a dramatic influence on my goals list… I wanted to participate…
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#160 Racing is life – S2 E8 – Weekend warrior
What the hell is a weekend warrior? Having heard about that therm years ago in the world of cycling for the first time, I find myself in a very similar situation these days. So what does it mean? It basically means, that you do not work on something every single…
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#145 Racing is life – Season 2 Episode 7 – Porsches are expensive
Since the day my interest for Porsches grew exponentially, I am counting the days until I will finally have my first Porsche. Why do I like them so much? Actually, it is hard to explain to someone who has never ever actually driven one. It is just the experience you…
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#139 Racing is life – Season 2 Episode 6 – Simulator practice
“How realistic is it really?” “That is just a game! You can not compare that to the real world!” “You do not have the forces and stuff, don’t waste your time!” These are the questions and comments I get all the time. So what is the deal? What is that…
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#135 Racing is life – Season 2 Episode 5 – A perfect Sunday
6:30 Waking up 6:58 – 9:48 Racing simulator stint 1 9:48 – 11:00 Breakfast and blog writing 11:00 – 12:03 Bike ride 12:03 – 14:26 Racing simulator stint 2 14:26 – 15:10 Stretching & reaction training 15:10 – 15:50 Swimming 15:50 – 16:28 Eating, Language learning 16:28 – 18:43 Racing…
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#127 Racing is life – Season 2 Episode 4 – So far 🛣 so good❓🏎📈
As mentioned multiple times in my blog already, just talking about things is as valuable as saying nothing. This blog is intended to give you more then just some random facts. This blog is supposed to show you the real world consequences. So, what does it take to become a…
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#121 Racing is life – Season 2 Episode 3 – Stage 1
As already presented in #118 Racing is life – Season 2 Episode 2 – The road map – My next steps in Motorsport you can see the next milestones towards my ambitions in motorsport. For that, I have defined stage 1 as the following. Stage 1 – Getting started This…
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