Ben Keating (keatingcarguy) reveals the learning curve he faced with the Corvette C8.R as he gears up for a new WEC season driving for the American marque: CorvetteRacing
Ben Keating has admitted that the Corvette C8.R took a “little bit to get used to” as he prepares for a season of racing in the GTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship for Corvette Racing.Keating will team up with Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone in the WEC, but says the technique required to extract pace from the C8.R is not like anything he had encountered previously.
“I will say that I was quite disappointed with my performance in Bahrain. I came back and looked at the data and realized that you drive this car completely differently than any of those. So while I was leaning on my experience of how to go fast in all those other cars, I wasn’t able to find it."Then fast-forward another couple of months and we went testing at Sebring. It was incredible. The speed came pretty quick for me, I would say.
“After Bahrain I was worried, but after Sebring I’m excited! I made the transition and was really happy with my performance after the test. After that, I’ve been testing in the LMP2 there as well, and I feel there is a decent crossover between the two cars at this particular track. I’m ready.” “As Ben said, I was trying to use all my experience with the Ferrari and put it in the Corvette, and it wasn’t working on the first outing I did. I was really struggling with low-speed corners with some oversteer.
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