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EDITORIAL

JAMES NEWBOLD
EDITOR
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COVER IMAGE
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ROB WILSON
Getting into the sweet spot
Our expert coach explains how
drivers can find their rhythm

DRIVER’S EYE VIEW
Hayden Paddon
The Kiwi explains the challenges
of being a part-timer in the WRC

F1 SUBSTITUTES
Waiting in the wings
The unseen role of the F1 reserve is
easily ignored, until they’re called up

W SERIES
Making the most of a second chance
How a unique philosophy has helped
returnees thrive aft er time away

AWKWARD CARS
Dealing with a diva
Three veteran racers reflect on
their experiences with tricky cars

AGONY AUNT
Rahel Frey
The Audi GT stalwart shares her top
tips on ABS, night racing and more

FENESTRAZ IN JAPAN
From disaster to triumph
Dropped by Renault, Sacha Fenestraz
has flourished in Japan with sim time

he worst thing for a racing
driver is being at the track
watching the others race and
knowing that you can do the
job as well.” Christian Klien is well placed
to sympathise with the predicament
facing Mercedes reserve driver Esteban
Ocon. It’s one thing to watch the team’s
two main drivers clock up podium after
podium, but it’s quite another to be
on the sidelines while they endured a
catastrophic weekend at Hockenheim.
After losing his race seat at Red Bull in
2006, Klien was reserve driver for BMW
when Robert Kubica won at Montreal in
2008, and later worked as the Williams
simulator driver when Pastor Maldonado
scored an upset in the 2012 Spanish GP.
In between times, he had three races for
HRT in 2010 – “with Kolles, you were
always unsure if you drive or not!” – and
outqualifi ed team-mate Bruno Senna by
1.2 seconds on his comeback in Singapore.
“It depends a bit, some cars it takes you
longer to get comfortable and take it to

the limit, but with the HRT it felt pretty
easy for me to get the most out of it,”
Klien says. “In 2008 and 2009 there was
testing a lot with BMW so I was still very
sharp with F1 cars. It’s not just the driving
side, it’s also working with the engineers,
fi nding the right set-ups, all this you
don’t have it if you sit out.”
For test and reserve drivers like Ocon
with no racing activity planned and few
opportunities to get behind the wheel of
a contemporary car in anger, it’s tough
to stay sharp when an opportunity does
arise. As James Roberts explains in the
cover feature (page 8), it’s only when the
understudy gets to fi ll in that they get
to see whether their hard work behind
the scenes has been for nothing.
At least for W Series racers Alice
Powell and Emma Kimilainen, who had
a superb scrap for the win at Assen last
month, their eff orts during enforced
time out have not been in vain. Lucy
Morson explores how their second
chance is working out on p16.

Klien had forgettable
return to F1 with
HRT in 2010

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