Technical musical chairs

Racenut · 31 Dec 2010, 22:32 (Ref:2809815)

There has been talk about technical staff leaving different teams, and there are jobs being advertised at DJR (lots), Triple F (race engineer) etc,

Where have the technical staff gone to?

Will there be an impact at the team that they left?

Will they make a difference with the new team?

There did not seem to be a big improvement at FPR when Campbell Little got onboard. But then again 888 did not slow down when he left there either. Does that mean that the driver is the most important part of the equation, or the engineering team, or a combination.

Axeman444 · 31 Dec 2010, 23:25 (Ref:2809819)

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There did not seem to be a big improvement at FPR when Campbell Little got onboard.

i wouldn't have thought that a new engineer would bring immediate results, but should do so within 6 months. i'm not sure how else you would explain Steve Richards being very close to the front of the pack in the last race of the year

bluesport · 31 Dec 2010, 23:32 (Ref:2809820)

FPR put in some good performances towards the end of 2010 and I think much of that is probably due to Campbell Little. It will be interesting to see how they perform in 2011 with Will Davidson on board. Also of interest is how Will compares to Courtney now that Courtney has his old seat.

At this stage I can only see DJR as a basket case.

Axeman444 · 31 Dec 2010, 23:35 (Ref:2809821)

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It will be interesting to see how they perform in 2011 with Will Davidson on board. Also of interest is how Will compares to Courtney now that Courtney has his old seat.

likewise with the change of role for Mr Nilsson

STEALTHY · 1 Jan 2011, 03:11 (Ref:2809844)

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Originally Posted by Axeman444

i wouldn't have thought that a new engineer would bring immediate results, but should do so within 6 months. i'm not sure how else you would explain Steve Richards being very close to the front of the pack in the last race of the year

Thats just the 'out of contract' performance that every driver has when they're about to be sidelined...

Racenut · 4 Jan 2011, 23:13 (Ref:2811255)

Did some of the DJR guys go to FPR in preparation for the Courtnet deal? or was that just gossip?

rik · 6 Jan 2011, 00:06 (Ref:2811697)

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Did some of the DJR guys go to FPR in preparation for the Courtnet deal? or was that just gossip?

Nope, the DJR guys have gone to 888, PMM and HRT.

Chris - Melb · 6 Jan 2011, 00:17 (Ref:2811699)

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Originally Posted by Racenut

Did some of the DJR guys go to FPR in preparation for the Courtnet deal? or was that just gossip?

If they did follow James 'I want to end my career at HRT' Courtney to Ford Performance Racing, they would look silly now.

Courtney has made his Holden-owning father happy by joining a Holden team.

touring fan01 · 6 Jan 2011, 00:55 (Ref:2811712)

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If they did follow James 'I want to end my career at HRT' Courtney to Ford Performance Racing, they would look silly now.

Only one guy left DJR to go with Courtney (his engineer). All the others have gone to other Qld based teams (none to FPR!), so they obviously saw the writing on the wall for DJR.

Chris - Melb · 6 Jan 2011, 00:59 (Ref:2811715)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

Only one guy left DJR to go with Courtney (his engineer). All the others have gone to other Qld based teams (none to FPR!), so they obviously saw the writing on the wall for DJR.

I know, I just wanted to get the James Courtney thing off my chest. I feel better now!

Racenut · 6 Jan 2011, 21:39 (Ref:2812137)

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Originally Posted by Chris - Melb

If they did follow James 'I want to end my career at HRT' Courtney to Ford Performance Racing, they would look silly now.

Courtney has made his Holden-owning father happy by joining a Holden team.

Yeah I thought it would be a brave move but I did read somewhere that FPR had employed more people in preparation for the 4th car.

According to Dean Fiore in speedcafe there is a shortge of race engineers... where have they all gone? Interesting that he is looking for someone his own age to engineer his car, how is an engineer supposed to have the right knowledge and experience at that age?

Racenut · 20 Jan 2011, 03:46 (Ref:2818088)

According to V8 supercars the music has stopped... they named a few guys and where they went to but none heading to DJR!!! any ideas who went there? from where?

Interesting that Leigh Geyer left Triple F to play Porkys.. do they (FFF) still have a team? or just a couple of mechanics?

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