Prayer book (rallying)
The prayer book , even pace notes , English Pace rating is in rally -Sports a book of records of the special stages (WP). They are created through exploratory trips before the actual competition.
In a rally, you first make an exploratory drive over the route and log it. The driver dictates special features of the route to the co-pilot. The record that is created in this way contains characteristic data about events on the route, such as the course and length of route sections, curve radii and course, jumps and compressions (valleys), surface properties and changes, light-shadow relationships and the like. In addition, it records the driving data, such as possible speeds, gear changes, braking distances and the difficulty of the point. During the rally itself, the co- driver transmits this data to the driver via the on-board radio in uninterrupted sequence (hence the name “prayer book”) so that he is prepared and can act with foresight.
The first prayer book was used at the Carrera Panamericana in November 1952 by the German racing driver Hans Klenk for his driver Karl Kling - at the time with a sensational course record. This is purely team-internal data, the recording systems are quite different and are also regarded as closely guarded secrets. The word Aufschrieb was then German-spread since the 60s, in the international sports language is English Pace note , Route Note 'or generally roadbook usual.
Communication on the basis of the notes requires excellent interaction between the two crew members and, in this sense, makes rallying a team sport . The prayer book is one of the main tasks of the copilot, which relieves the driver in the context of a rally.
Shortly before the start, gravel spies (including gravel crews) are often deployed to check the route again, especially with regard to gravel, ice and moisture, and update or optimize the records.
Web links
- Holger Schmatz: Explanation of the prayer book. (PDF, 235 kB) EWO Motorsport, accessed on September 11, 2008 .
- Lothar Bökamp: Components and symbols in rally records . pacenote.de, accessed on November 22, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ DaimlerChrysler Communications: 50 years ago: Sensational double victory for Mercedes-Benz in the Carrera Panamericana Rally. motormove online, December 2002, accessed May 28, 2008 .
- ↑ note. (No longer available online.) In: Lexikon. rallye-magazin.de, archived from the original on December 16, 2008 ; Retrieved May 28, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Walter Röhrl , Reinhard Klein, Wilfried Müller: Aufschrift . Memories of a world champion. 1st edition. Reinhard Klein, Cologne 2002, ISBN 978-3-927458-04-8 , pp. 251 .
- ^ Christian Beecken: The rally co-driver. “I'm out!” (PDF, 483 kB) EWO Motorsport, accessed on September 11, 2008 .
