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by Type_R on June 28th, 2005

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What does the co-driver say during the time attack, and what does it mean?

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  • by Shabba on December 27th, 2005

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    I'm guessing you're referring to the reading of the pace notes. What the co-driver is reading out is a description of the road ahead. It's strung together - one obstacle after another, and flows along as they progress.

    Corners are often given a number dependant on their severity - a 7 corner is a long, open sweeping corner that can be taken at full speed. A 3 corner is probably a sharp elbow, while a 2 or a 1 is reserved for u-turns or hairpins.

    Other obstacles are described - rocks or obstructions near the edge of the road, water, jumps, grids etc.

    An example of pace note chatter:

    "One hundred, seven left tightens then fifty jump, then two hundred 3 right - rocks, don't cut, into hairpin left, fifty jump then fifty water into 4 right - fence, don't cut..."

    What does all that mean?

    One hundred metres to a sweeping left hand turn that tightens, then fifty metres to a jump, then two hundred metres to a sharp right turn. The turn has rocks near the inside edge that you will hit if you cut the corner. That corner leads straight into a sharp hairpin left turn. Fifty metres from that is a jump. Another fifty metres along there is a water obstacle, and from there the road turns immediately into a fairly sharp right hander with a fence close to the inside edge which you will hit if you cut the corner...

    Hope this helps.

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  • by ronnstein on March 1st, 2006

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    Regarding the "1", "2"... to "7", that the navigator tells the driver in rally racing, is that those numbers also seem to correspond to the angles that the hands of a clock makes during those specified numbers.

    Hence, "1" (or "1:00"), is a very tight hairpin turn; "3" is a 90-degree elbow, and so forth.

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  • by Skullcrusher on September 14th, 2006

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    The only thing I have to add to this is the co-driver, while reading his notes, is telling the driver what is 3-5 turns down the road. It's a heads up of sorts letting the driver know what is coming up and what hazards there may be.

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