This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

Posted on by admin

Table of contents

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Wiessmann

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

14th pictures

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

1/14
Did PS author Tobi Munchinger already know before the race that it would be painful? Yes, actually. While here he has to endure the first pain away from the racetrack, …

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

2/14
But lo and behold: 34th place! Tobi was able to leave two drivers behind.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

3/14
Where did he end up?? Well, his name cannot be found in the first 21 places.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

4/14
After 37 drivers have carried out the race on the ring, Tobi also comes back to the pits after crossing the finish line.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Wiessmann

5/14
Get out on the track and ideally be as fast as possible. And please don’t be last. That is Tobi’s wish.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

6/14
Then it slowly gets hot. The nervousness has been quite high for some time now, but pinching does not apply.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

7/14
… and listen carefully to what Sven and Christian have to say.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

8/14
Get some final advice …

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

9/14
So better listen to the professionals and learn.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

10/14
For example, it confirms what Christian said: Tobi would brake too early and accelerate too late. They are right.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

11/14
Laura from 2D-Datarecording can use the recordings to explain what is happening out there on the track that the driver would otherwise not even notice.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

12/14
“Team? What do I need a team for??” Tobi asked himself that in advance, but was then more than just happy about the support.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

13/14
… his team takes care of everything else.

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Munchinger

14/14
Does that please him? Well, he seems both broken and stunned, but he himself says: once is not a time. So let’s wait and see in 2016.

Sports & scene

Motorsport

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Reality check

Content of

As a writer at PS, your first job is to write a notebook. Of course it is not a mistake to feel for yourself what is going on in racing. Tobi held out his left cheek in the R6 Cup and was promptly washed the right one too.

Tobias Munchinger

13/10/2015

I’m sitting on one Yamaha YZF-R6 and let it run right into the Sachskurve from the far right in Hockenheim. Suddenly someone shoots past me to the left and two others slip through. Quickly afterwards! At 15,300 rpm the motorcycle shrieks out into the world, and I am almost lifted out of the saddle at the next corner exit. With everything that the speed-hungry buck has to offer, the parabolic steroids go down to the cross connection. Let stand, just let the gas stand! I want to brake precisely, but my right arm cramps so much that I hardly have enough strength to pull the lever. Oh oh. It will be close.

Buy complete article

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup

This is how an editor does at the R6 Cup
Reality check

6 pages) as PDF

€ 2.00

Buy now

Weeks earlier, perhaps my low inhibition threshold for risky activities was the trigger that PS Kapo Uwe Seitz said to me: “R6 Cup! You should take part in the R6 Cup! ”My previous racing vita has only made one guest appearance at the Triumph Street Triple Cup and two at the Trofeo Italiano. Is this a maneuver to teach me humility? Does not matter. You grow with your tasks, and in my eyes there is no pinching.

“They’ll beat me up there very brutally”

A call to R6 Cup boss Thomas Kohler made the matter perfect. In Hockenheim it should be at the end of September. As part of the IDM season finale, I would use the press machine for the final race of the R6 Cup. I was thrilled, but also looked forward to the matter with somewhat queasy feelings: “They’ll beat me up there very brutally.” That I was proved right in the end still tastes bitter even now. but one after anonther.

I get to know Christian on site, next to Norbert the second technology guru in the Yamaha team and extremely good at dealing with cup issues. “Where is your team?” He asks me. While I’m wondering why I need a team, Christian introduces me to Sven and Laura.

First contact with motorcycle, tires and track

Sven, known as pirate due to his North German origins and long hair, can look back on ten seasons of the R6 Cup and knows how things are going. Laura comes from 2D data recording and can use the recordings to explain to me what is happening out there on the track that I don’t even notice.

We start by customizing mine Yamaha YZF-R6, set levers and footrests for me. Then it goes to the Ohlins service man Laszlo, who takes care of the Yamaha chassis setup. Everything is organized down to the last detail and everyone here, except maybe me, has a real plan for how racing really works.

For the IDM season finale, a huge tent city covers the paddock, and the atmosphere slowly makes me think that I am not at a harmless hobby event. Now at the latest the nervousness increases and it is time for the first training. I move out to contact the motorcycle, tires and track.

This R6 is tough, direct and honest

It’s impressive how sharply the 600 runs. Although only the chassis and the peripherals such as levers, notches and cladding are made, the machine behaves completely differently than in series. This Yamaha YZF-R6 is tough, direct and honest. Sven’s words come to mind: “The R6 wants to be ridden, you have to tackle it properly!” The Cuppis just fly past me, beat the 600s precisely into the Sachskurve and even overtake me in the Parabolika.

“How can that be, I’m going full throttle!” I ask myself. Laura later takes a look at the data recording with me and gives me a simple and sobering answer: “You brake too early and you accelerate too late. Make sure that you shorten the intervals between braking and accelerating, then you will be faster. ”Christian pushes afterwards:“ When shifting the gears between accelerating and reopening are also too big, can you see that? ”He points to one of wide jagged spiked line on the screen. “It’s nice that you are protecting our motorcycle so much. But that doesn’t make you quick. ”In the second training session it goes better and I think 1.5 seconds. In return, I keep the rear in the air when I brake, and when I accelerate out, the rear wheel sometimes smears away a lot.

Just never let the speed drop!

I am always afraid of highsiders. Laszlo fitted the Ohlins shock absorber with a harder spring, and we put the fork through a bit for the first qualifying. Now I know why you need a team. The driver cannot possibly get the motorcycle fit alone, keep an eye on the schedule and then hammer in nails out on the slopes. Folks, I’m at your mercy – and infinitely grateful!

The first qualifying is coming up and the bike works really well for me. I’m getting used to constantly beating the 600s and drifting them into the corners. Just never let the speed drop, otherwise you will have lost! In Parabolika, nobody is overtaking me anymore, which suggests that I can get out of the driveway much better. The fastest time on the clock is 1.38.0 min (we are driving the IDM course), and I get to the point where I no longer know how to get any faster. In addition, I fight with cramped forearms and can no longer pull the brakes as hard as I would like. “It’s all a matter of the head,” says Norbert. “You have to relax and breathe.” He’s definitely right, but nothing works in the second qualifying.

A time is not a time

So I’m on the starting grid for the race with two more chasers behind my neck, the entire field is in front of me. I imagined it differently. Oddly enough, I’m pretty calm and I think that’s exactly what makes me slow. You are only quick with a little foam at the mouth and a healthy willingness to take risks. At the start I get off well and overtake two, if not three, drivers. Unfortunately, they’ll snuff me up again within the next two laps. The Cuppis simply drive in and out of the curve faster. That adds up quite nicely over the race distance, and the field keeps pulling out of my field of vision. I do the laps with constant 1.37 times and am driving at my personal limit. One or two near-highsiders are doing well, but if I push harder, I’ll definitely throw the Yamaha YZF-R6 away. Towards the end, my concentration drops extremely after 13 laps, and I go far beyond the green strip in the north curve. Hell, my last real pursuer actually slips through. The checkered flag lowers like a releasing hangman’s ax, completely flat I let the R6 roll into the run-out lap. Penultimate. Jesus Christ, that can’t be true!

Later someone asks me what was more difficult now: jumping backflips (see PS 10/2015) or driving the R6 Cup. To be honest, the reality check says I should probably stick with backflipping. Achieving a clean result at the Yamaha Cup is definitely a much greater challenge for me. With more training and a plan, you should be able to do something. Let’s wait and see in 2016. Once is not a time, this sport is too addicting for that!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *