| 8. Team Work | | | | |
| how many races have been won on the | | | | 12. Reward performance |
| pits. the speed, the team work, the sheer grit | | | | You win you get paid. most drivers need |
| of the guys in the pit crew, can make (or break) | | | | to pay to get a drive with a team. talk about |
| the drivers race. one second won at the pits, is | | | | talent management! once you show you are |
| worth a minute on the track! | | | | capable of winning, once you start the process of |
| | | | | winning, money starts coming! |
| 9. Processes | | | | |
| Clock work. Its amazing the amount of | | | | 13. Demand performance |
| testing these guys do. tests, tests, test. even | | | | Drivers get sacked, so do team bosses, so |
| when a grand prix race is on, another part of the | | | | do designers and so does anyone not able to |
| team is testing for the next race. even when | | | | perform. there is no time for people who cannot |
| the current season is on, another part of the | | | | deliver. |
| team is developing the car for the next | | | | |
| season! | | | | 14. know the rules, learn the rules, stretch the |
| | | | | rules! |
| 10. Long term strategies | | | | FIA is the governing body of the sport. |
| Mclaren boss Ron Dennis has been | | | | they come out with a set of rules (very very |
| sponsoring Lewis Hamilton from the time Lewis | | | | technical stuff). each team then pours over it. |
| was 3 yrs old. he finally brought him into formula | | | | the ones who come up with the most creative |
| 1 this year. Lewis would have created history (in | | | | interpretation of the rules are generally the ones |
| many ways he did) as he was on his way to | | | | leading the race. (corporate example? Reliance?) |
| becoming the youngest and only rookie driver to | | | | |
| become world champ! That is some long term | | | | 15. Adapt |
| strategy! | | | | Teams don’t go talking about how the |
| | | | | race track has too many turns, and how the |
| 11. Short term quick fixes | | | | sunshine was coming in their eyes, or how the |
| These are very sophisticated machines. | | | | weather was a touch too hot( or cold). they |
| things go wrong, things break down, parts blow | | | | adapt. they adapt immediately. if it starts raining, |
| up. its all par for the course. teams don’t | | | | they change tyres, change the setup and then go |
| sit and criticize at that juncture, they don’t | | | | out immediately to do what they came to do, |
| start talking about how amazing the design was | | | | WIN! |
| and how something else could be wrong and not | | | | |
| what they did. they just fix it. they use | | | | I could go on, but then I wouldn't be epitomizing |
| whatever they can and get the car on the | | | | the one thing I love about Formula 1.. Focus! |
| track. the analysis will come later! | | | | p.s I root for Ferrari! |