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cover of episode Sonoma: How good was Kyle Larson and why?; the importance of data homework and the Scott Speed connection; F1 tries a NASCAR finish at Baku

Sonoma: How good was Kyle Larson and why?; the importance of data homework and the Scott Speed connection; F1 tries a NASCAR finish at Baku

2021/6/7
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NASCAR on NBC analyst and NASCAR driver Parker Kligerman on how fast Kyle Larson was at Sonoma (1:00); the impressive feet of gaining 6 seconds in six laps on a leader (3:30); is it harder to drive well with a car that is so superior (5:30); what is making the Hendrick cars so good on road courses? (7:30); will the parts freeze and development restrictions make it tougher to catch Hendrick in 2021? (10:00); the homework Kyle Larson has been doing (12:15); and the Scott Speed connection of coaching (15:00); how data has finely honed driver coaching in all forms of top racing and namely IndyCar (17:30); even though some drivers don’t talk much about it (20:00); how Scott Speed makes an impact with limited recent experience (21:30); another surprising layer to the Cliff Daniels-Kyle Larson relationship that involves dirt racing (24:30); why it’s important to have a crew chief-driver relationship that at least fits some mold (27:00); Ross Chastain’s big move (29:00); talking some Formula One in Baku (32:00); what happened to Lewis Hamilton? (33:30); the interesting call by F1 to institute a NASCAR-style finish (37:30); F1’s new strategy for success (40:00); and the Americanization of F1 (42:30).

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