How important is the navigator in a rally?

Rally - one of the most popular forms of motorsport on the planet. Skill and utmost concentration pilot during the race are the main components of success. However, many forget that in those races not only by the pilot, but the navigator. Only their concerted and joint action is clearly capable of leading the crew to succeed. In this dynamic and fast form of motor racing, as racing, the result can solve one moment, one fraction of a second. A small delay or, conversely, too fast cornering could result in irreparable consequences. To avoid this, the pilot should be clear about the route, to know in advance what will happen to his crew around the next corner. In order to accurately choose the trajectory and speed, headphone driver is endless information that prepares the track. According to one of the most outstanding pilots of our Wedge McRea, the words of the navigator - is more than just a reminder, this is very detailed, three-dimensional description of the road lying ahead when reading a navigator with great rapidity, and even the smallest mistake or a reservation can be fatal. "When a pilot makes a mistake in the corner, hidden from the driver's springboard, all may end up the most vile way, - said McRae. - If the pilot sees a turn, the effects of navigational errors can be somewhat smooth, but make no mistake - in any case time will be extremely unpleasant, and in nine cases out of ten it is complete accident. " The transcript recorded data on the direction, trajectory and speed, you must select a pilot for maneuver. In addition, there contains data on a trajectory to leave the airplane, whether dovorachivat wheel at the end of the rotation, whether to add or subtract gas. Simply put, in the transcript progressively displayed virtually all of the necessary actions that should make the pilot. A well-known navigator and former partner McRea Nicky Grist noted that different drivers prefer different principles of transcripts. McRae used the transcript, based on numbers that indicate the transfer. Many pilots prefer to have the numbers was marked steepness of the turn. Some use a descriptive system. In fact, no matter how the principle of filling transcripts enjoys crew, most importantly, that he understood the pilot. Russian rallisty mostly prefer the transcript based on the number and discriminating turns on the degree of slope: the greater speed and higher gear, the smaller the number assigned to this rotation. For example, a twist that McRae called "right 6" and passed on the 6 th gear in the transcript of the Russian racer will be recorded as "right 0" or "right one". After a thorough acquaintance with the route navigator had to delete some information, because during the race, he's just not physically have time to pass it on to the pilot. Transcript appeared before the First World War, but the era of its heyday began in the 60's, when I come to any race, the guests tried to minimize the advantage of local crews, who knew their route to the smallest detail. In our time, the process of familiarization with the route clearly controlled by the rally organizers. The track is written at low speed so as not to miss even the slightest nuances. The day can be written from two to four special stages. To view the route used is not "fighting" fireballs, and special training cars. Route on which the crew performed several times, only require some adjustment of the old transcripts. When the crew of mastering an unfamiliar route, the task navigator - fix the description of the route as it sees the driver, and already after reading some of his adjusted. Importance of the role of the navigator in a rally there is no doubt - he must clearly write down all thoughts pilot, so that later, during the race, just as clearly to convey to him these thoughts back. In addition, the transcript - it is case sensitive individual as fingerprints. Many navigators say there is a world of two duplicate transcripts.