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FELICE TIENE'S

SECRETS

FOR A DAY

ON THE TRACK

TKART Staff

10 May 2016

We asked the official CRG driver what a day at the track is like when you have to carry out tests.

A lot of tips and one certainty: the carburation is crucial

1
THE FIRST TWO SESSIONS

"The first round, and the second one as well, are for breaking in the engine, chassis and ... ourselves. Whatever the reason you are on a track for, it is crucial initially to take the first reference points, even more so if it is a track you don’t know. But the rule also applies to known tracks. Also because the track conditions change constantly and significantly. Each circuit has key points that can make a difference: we will take great care when working on them.
Then, from a personal point of view, since I am very religious, I pray. And since I'm also superstitious, I always put on the right glove before the left, and the same for my shoes.

SET-UP

"In any case, the starting point is always a standard set-up, it’s where the work starts. At least, that’s how I work. It is useless to use past set-up s that worked when the track conditions were perhaps completely different; in fact, this risks losing your way on the wrong set-up. Moreover, modern chassis, including CRG ones, already work very well with the standard set-up, so only small changes are generally made. So it’s better to start with the standard set-up and, round after round, achieve an ideal set-up , also considering track condition changes".

3
CARBURATION

"Carburation is obviously the key to a high performance and reliable engine.

If the ideal set-up is achieved round after round, the right fuel mixture is achieved in 5 laps. This is done either by carefully listening to the engine noise at low, average and high-rpm, and using a telemetry probe that detects the temperature of the exhaust gas.

In the case of AIM’S MyChron, the temperature ranges from 450 - 490°C at low speed to 600 - 640°C at maximum speed, in other words depending on the circuit".

"However, it is necessary to be careful not to focus only on the carburation, because, sometimes, if a lack of engine thrust is sensed, it is known that it is possible to depend not so much on wrong carburation, but a chassis that is too "tied".

That is, a chassis with an excessive grip, which brakes above all coming out of a curve, and does not allow effective acceleration.

FELICE TIENE'SSECRETSFOR A DAYON THE TRACK

1 THE FIRST TWO SESSIONS

3 CARBURATION

FELICE TIENE'S
SECRETS
FOR A DAY
ON THE TRACK

1
THE FIRST TWO SESSIONS

3
CARBURATION