Rally-tests are run with a crew of two, the
navigator providing the driver with guidance and criticism in varying measure.
"Left, right, left all the way round, mind the hedge you pillock".
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Rally-tests are run with a crew of two, the
navigator providing the driver with guidance and criticism in varying measure.
"Left, right, left all the way round, mind the hedge you pillock".
Each car is set off from the test start at a defined time, usually at 60- or
30-second intervals. The actual time-of-day when the car stops astride the
test finish is recorded to the second. Simple time subtractions by the
organiser give the time in seconds taken by the crew.
The crew are
given a diagram of the test, on which they make some notes. The crucial points
are which side of the cone to pass, and whether to stop astride an invisible
line between a pair of cones, or whether to pass fully over it. And, of course,
when to reverse.
Hitting cones is regarded as bad, but not worthy of a total fail, so a few
seconds are added on for each cone nudged, run over, or even flung out-of-course.
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