The “button chamber” is now common in Formula 1: A second team of engineers who analyze the route data from home, send simulations to the computer and then tell their colleagues in the garages what to do real time. An extreme behind the scenes work in the races that MotoGP has so far remained immune to.
But now that the number of staff is falling on the track, some manufacturers might consider using the engineers who remain in the company to do this. Something that Pit Beirer, director of the motorsport department at KTM, absolutely wants to avoid.
“To keep our sport healthy for the future, we can’t follow F1 and have eighty or more engineers at home providing data to the people on the track“He said to crash.net. “Of course it would be useful, but I don’t think it is necessary at all to do what we want, which is race the motorbikes on the track and make the spectators happy with a show. “
Beirer absolutely does not want certain extremes, with the risk that racing has engineers and not drivers as protagonists.
“I don’t think people would ever come to the racetrack or turn on the TV to find out who the 100 smartest engineers in their offices are,” he added. “i would cry for every euro I had to spend in this direction. I really want to keep the spirit of racing as it is, and when I say I miss it, I mean on the track, not in the office. “
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