Apex Scout

Sample Analysis

A full Day Pass day, with its extra. Every lap in it is simulated.

After each Session it shows the Verdict, the Next Change and the Plan, as a Day Pass gives them. Then comes the full Analysis of the day, which is the extra.

PortimãoMINI John Cooper Works R56

Your last Next Change · T8

Worked.

You tried: Brake at -18 m

T8 is 0.17 s faster per lap.

Your normal lap-to-lap spread is ±0.05 s, so this is not luck.

Your Next Change · for Session 5

Brake about 2 car lengths later than on lap 7, into T5.

That is about 7 m.

Change only this, and leave the rest as it is.

Why this Next Change

Nice steady progress, you got down to 2:09.758 in session 4, and your ideal lap of 2:09.167 shows there's more in there. Most of the time went in Lagos (0.322 s), Samsung (0.287 s) and Torre VIP (0.203 s), and in each one the reference brakes later and carries more minimum speed.

For session 5, try the T5 brake point at -12 m at Torre VIP: it's one clear change you can test lap after lap, and if it sticks you'll carry more speed through the corner.

Where these numbers come from

  1. Lap 7 of Session 42:09.758
  2. Session4
  3. Ideal Lap2:09.167
  4. Time lost at T3 Lagos0.32 s
  5. Time lost at T8 Samsung0.29 s
  6. Time lost at T5 Torre VIP0.20 s
  7. Session5
  8. CornerT5 Torre VIP
  9. Your Next Change12 m
The Plan · from 2:09.75 toward 2:03.34

  1. T8Samsung

    Brake later

    Tried in Session 1Worked0.31 s faster

  2. T3Lagos

    Brake later

    Tried in Session 2Worked0.32 s faster

  3. T8Samsung

    Brake later

    Tried in Session 3Worked0.17 s faster

  4. T5Torre VIP

    Brake about 2 car lengths later than on lap 7

    Next, in Session 5up to 0.20 s

  5. T3Lagos

    Brake at the same point as on your best lap

    Thenup to 0.32 s

  6. T8Samsung

    Brake about 1½ car lengths later than on lap 9

    Thenup to 0.29 s

  7. T14Sagres

    Brake about 1 car length later than on lap 8

    Thenup to 0.18 s

  8. T1Primeira

    Brake about half a car length later than on lap 4

    Thenup to 0.09 s

More steps show up after each Session. Each braking step closes half of the gap that is left to the Reference Lap.

Where the time is

On a typical lap you lose 1.65 s in the corners against your Ideal Lap.

Your Ideal Lap is your best pass through every corner, added up: 2:09.16. Biggest losses first.

  • T3Lagos+0.32 s lost
  • T8Samsung+0.29 s lost
  • T5Torre VIP+0.20 s lost
  • T14Sagres+0.18 s lost
  • T13+0.12 s lost
The other 10 corners+0.55 s lost
Lap Replay

Your best lap of Session 4, played back on the Circuit.

0:00.00
Speed · Lap 7
195km/h
S1S2S3S4
Sector 1
Start line to T4
S1 0:36.55

About the Lap Replay

  • Your lap. The clock and the speed come from your lap's Export. The camera and the coloured line follow the line you drove, taken from your Logger's GPS and placed on the Circuit. It can sit a few metres off where you really were.
  • The Circuit. The outline and the width of the road come from OpenStreetMap, and the elevation from Copernicus GLO-30, in 30 m cells. The road has no camber.
  • Kerbs are placed by a rule, not surveyed. 25 stretches, 989 m: an apex kerb on the inside of each corner and an exit kerb on the outside of the main ones, cut from the map outline and the corner list. They are not checked against video, satellite imagery or a site visit, so some will be missing or in the wrong place.
  • Walls. Only walls and tyre barriers that OpenStreetMap has within 30 m of the Circuit are drawn, as faint lines. A stretch with none drawn does not mean there is no barrier there. Guard rails, fences and gravel are not drawn.
  • Reference points. Stands, buildings and masts follow their OpenStreetMap footprints, and their heights are estimated. Crest and dip markers are approximate. The posts at the apex, every 50 m and the start line are aids we generate. The tall posts mark where your lap started braking for each corner.
  • Clock and speed. The clock is your lap's time. The speed is worked out from the time your lap took between points of the Circuit, so the car on screen can be a few km/h off the number your Logger showed.
  • Left out. No pit wall, trees or stand roofs beyond their outlines. The pit lane and the buildings are faint outlines, there only to help you find your place.

Sources: Driven line averaged from logged laps, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, autodromodoalgarve.com, Driver61, RacingNews365, F1-Fansite, European Le Mans Series, Le Mans Ultimate guide.

Your Next Change is pinned at T5 Torre VIP.

  • T3 Lagos · lost · +0.32 s
  • T8 Samsung · lost · +0.29 s
  • T5 Torre VIP · lost · +0.20 s
  • T14 Sagres · lost · +0.18 s
  • T13 · lost · +0.12 s

Your line on this lap, from your Logger's GPS.

Portimão · 4.65 km · 15 corners

You lose the most time at T3 Lagos.

A triangle marks a corner where you lost time on a typical lap. The redder the badge, the more.

  • T1Primeira+0.09 s lost
  • T2+0.07 s lost
  • T3Lagos+0.32 s lost
  • T4+0.04 s lost
  • T5Torre VIP+0.20 s lost
  • T6+0.02 s lost
  • T7+0.08 s lost
  • T8Samsung+0.29 s lost
  • T9Craig Jones+0.02 s lost
  • T10Portimão+0.06 s lost
  • T11Portimão+0.03 s lost
  • T12+0.02 s lost
  • T13+0.12 s lost
  • T14Sagres+0.18 s lost
  • T15Galp+0.11 s lost

Driven line averaged from logged laps.

Reference Lap

Your MINI John Cooper Works R56 could lap Portimão in 2:03.34.

That is 6.41 s under your best lap. It is built for your MINI John Cooper Works R56 and this Circuit, in the dry.

Calibrated to your MINI John Cooper Works R56 and to Portimão, so it is a fair target.

How your faster pass was driven · T5 Torre VIP

On lap 7 you started slowing about 7 m later.

Lap 7 of Session 4 took T5 Torre VIP 0.20 s quicker than your typical pass there. Here is what was different.

Started slowing
7 m later
Speed and braking · T5 Torre VIP

Your best lap in Session 4 against your best lap in Session 3.

The approach to T5 Torre VIP and the corner itself.

  • Session 4 · Lap 7 · 2:09.75
  • Session 3 · Lap 7 · 2:10.32
Your laps

Your best lap was lap 7, 2:09.75.

LapTimeAgainst bestNote
12:10.35+0.60 s
22:10.09+0.34 s
32:10.06+0.31 s
42:09.98+0.23 s
52:09.85+0.10 s
62:10.30+0.55 s
72:09.75–Best
82:10.22+0.47 s
92:09.76+0.01 s
Data quality

Good data to work with

RaceChrono, recording at 3 Hz or faster, with trusted g readings in every Session. That is enough for an Ideal Lap, a Reference Lap and braking points.